Two days past eighteen
He was waiting for the bus
in his army green
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 give him a smile
So he said "Would you mind
sittin' 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
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 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
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 a while
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 home
INSTRUMENTAL
One Friday night at a football game
The Lord's Prayer said
and the anthem sang
A man said folks would you bow your head
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
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 home
Remembering the brave men and women
who fought and died for our country.
