Travelin' Soldier

Two days past eighteen

He was waiting for the bus in his army greens

Sat down in a booth in a café there

Gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair

He's a little shy, so she gives him a smile

And he said, "Would you mind sittin' down for a while

And talkin' to me? I'm feeling a little low"

She said, "I'm off in an hour and I know where we can go"

So they went down and they sat on the pier

He said, "I bet you got a boyfriend, but I don't care

I got no one to send a letter to

Would you mind if I sent one back here to you?"

I cried, never gonna hold the hand of another guy

Too young for him, they told her

Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier

Our love will never end

Waitin' for the soldier to come back again

Never more to be alone, when the letter said

"A soldier's coming home"

So the letters came from an army camp

In California, then Vietnam and he told her of his heart

It might be love and all of the things he was so scared of

He said, "When it's gettin' kinda rough over here

I think of that day sittin' down at the pier

And I close my eyes and see your pretty smile

Don't worry, but I won't be able to write for awhile"

I cried, never gonna hold the hand of another guy

Too young for him they told her

Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier

Our love will never end

Waitin' for the soldier to come back again

Never more to be alone, when the letter said

"A soldier's coming home"

One Friday night, at a football game

The Lord's prayer said and the anthem sang

A man said folks would you bow your heads

For a listed local Vietnam dead

Crying all alone, under the stands

Was a piccolo player in the marching band

And one name read and nobody really cared

But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair

I cried, never gonna hold the hand of another guy

Too young for him, they told her

Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier

Our love will never end

Waitin' for the soldier to come back again

Never more to be alone, when the letter says

"A soldier's coming..."

I cried, never gonna hold the hand of another guy

Too young for him they told her

Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier

Our love will never end

Waitin' for the soldier to come back again

Never more to be alone, when the letters says

"A soldier's coming home"