Travelin' Soldier

Two days past eighteen
 He was waiting for the bus in his army greens
 Sat down in a booth in a cafe there
 Gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair
 He's a little shy so she gave him a smile
 So he said would you mind sitting down for a while
 And talking 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
 Waiting for the love of the travellin soldier
 My love will never end
 Waiting for the soldier to come back again
 Never more to be alone when the letter says
 My soldiers coming home
 The letters came from an army camp
 In California and Viet Nam
 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 getting kinda tough over here
 I think of that day sitting 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
 Waiting for the love of the travellin soldier
 My love will never end
 Waiting for the soldier to come back again
 Never more to be alone when the letter says
 My soldiers coming home
 SOLO
 One Friday night at a football game
 The lords prayer said and the anthem sang
 The man said
 Folks would you bow your head
 For the list of local Viet Name dead
 Crying all alone under the stands
 Was the picolo player in the marching band
 And one name read 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
 Waiting for the love of the travellin soldier
 My love will never end
 Waiting for the soldier to come back again
 Never more to be alone when the letter says
 My soldiers coming
 I cried never gonna hold the hand of another guy
 Too young for him they told her
 Waiting for the love of the travellin soldier
 My love will never end
 Waiting for the soldier to come back again
 Never more to be alone when the letter says
 My soldiers coming home