Travelin' Soldier - Live - 2003

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 gives him a smile
 And 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 a travelin' soldier
 Our love will never end
 Waiting for the soldier to come back again
 Nevermore to be alone
 When the letter said the 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 getting kinda rough over here
 I think of that day sitting down on the pier
 And I close my eyes and see your pretty smile
 Don't worry but I won't be able to write for a while"
 I cried
 Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
 Too young for him they told her
 Waiting for the love of a travelin' soldier
 Our love will never end
 Waiting for the soldier to come back again
 Nevermore to be alone
 When the letter said soldiers 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 the list of local Vietnam dead"
 Crying all alone under the stands
 Was the 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
 Waiting for the love of a travelin' soldier
 Our love will never end
 Waiting for the soldier to come back again
 Nevermore to be alone
 When the letter said soldiers coming
 I cried
 Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
 Too young for him they told her
 Waiting for the love of a travelin' soldier
 Our love will never end
 Waiting for the soldier to come back again
 Nevermore to be alone
 When the letter said soldiers coming home