Travelin' Soldier

Two days past eighteen
 He was waiting for the bus in his army green
 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 give 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"
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 So they went down, and they sat on the pier
 He said, "I bet you got a boyfriend, but I don't care
 I've 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"
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 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"
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 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 list of 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"