Writer(s): Bruce Robison
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
And he said would 17.937415 17.937415 you 18.158005 18.158005 mind 18.575964 18.575964 sitting 19.017143 19.017143 down 19.388662 19.388662 for 19.609252 19.609252 awhile 20.021406 20.021406 #2 20.207166 20.207166 and 20.509025 20.509025 talking 21.228844 21.228844 to 21.472653 21.472653 me? 21.983492 21.983492 #2 22.140227 22.140227 I'm 22.337596 22.337596 feeling 22.906485 22.906485 a 23.127075 23.127075 little 23.637914 23.637914 low.
She said I'm 27.260227 27.260227 off 27.631746 27.631746 in 27.794286 27.794286 an 28.130975 28.130975 hour 28.467664 28.467664 and 28.688254 28.688254 I 28.914649 28.914649 #2 29.071383 29.071383 know 29.338413 29.338413 where 29.651882 29.651882 we 29.884082 29.884082 can 30.325261 30.325261 go
So they went down and they sat on the pier
He said I 40.367891 40.367891 bet 40.565261 40.565261 you 40.739410 40.739410 got 40.936780 40.936780 a 41.157370 41.157370 boyfriend 41.819138 41.819138 but 42.097778 42.097778 I 42.446077 42.446077 don't 42.840816 42.840816 care 43.125261 43.125261 #1 43.247166 43.247166 I 43.525805 43.525805 got 43.885714 43.885714 no 44.524263 44.524263 one 45.249887 45.249887 #1 45.545941 45.545941 to 45.743311 45.743311 send 45.940680 45.940680 a 46.149660 46.149660 letter 46.602449 46.602449 to 49.435283 49.435283 #2 49.818413 49.818413 Would 49.992562 49.992562 you 50.294422 50.294422 mind 50.665941 50.665941 if 50.991020 50.991020 I 51.362540 51.362540 sent 51.792109 51.792109 one 52.186848 52.186848 back 52.651247 52.651247 here 52.953107 52.953107 to 53.254966 53.254966 you? 57.004989 57.004989 #3 57.364898 57.364898 I 59.268934 59.268934 cried 59.739138 59.739138 #3 60.128073 60.128073 Never 60.522812 60.522812 gonna 60.975601 60.975601 hold 61.335510 61.335510 the 61.707029 61.707029 hand 62.194649 62.194649 of 62.357188 62.357188 another 63.042177 63.042177 guy 63.721361 63.721361 #3 63.878095 63.878095 Too 64.226395 64.226395 young 64.806893 64.806893 for 65.085533 65.085533 him 65.515102 65.515102 they 65.944671 65.944671 told 66.316190 66.316190 her 66.542585 66.542585 #3 66.676100 66.676100 Waiting 67.105669 67.105669 for 67.268209 67.268209 the 67.581678 67.581678 love 67.906757 67.906757 of 68.127347 68.127347 a 68.313107 68.313107 travelin' 69.172245 69.172245 soldier 70.106848 70.106848 #3 70.472562 70.472562 Our 70.855692 70.855692 love 71.366531 71.366531 will 71.633560 71.633560 never 72.434649 72.434649 end 72.840998 72.840998 #3 73.084807 73.084807 Waiting 73.665306 73.665306 for 73.862676 73.862676 the 74.060045 74.060045 soldier 74.652154 74.652154 to 74.988844 74.988844 come 75.511293 75.511293 back 75.929252 75.929252 again 76.747755 76.747755 #3 76.950930 76.950930 Never 77.380499 77.380499 more 77.763628 77.763628 to 78.053878 78.053878 be 78.425397 78.425397 alone 78.947846 78.947846 #3 79.330975 79.330975 When 79.632834 79.632834 the 79.830204 79.830204 letter 80.468753 80.468753 says 81.026032 81.026032 #3 81.269841 81.269841 a 81.594921 81.594921 soldier's 82.326349 82.326349 coming 83.150658 83.150658 home 88.851156 88.851156 #1 89.269116 89.269116 So 89.431655 89.431655 the 89.663855 89.663855 letters 90.290794 90.290794 came 90.720363 90.720363 from 91.126712 91.126712 an 91.428571 91.428571 army 92.206440 92.206440 camp 92.461859 92.461859 #1 92.543129 92.543129 In 92.961088 92.961088 California 94.319456 94.319456 then 94.644535 94.644535 Vietnam 95.521088 95.521088 #1 95.828753 95.828753 And 96.084172 96.084172 he 96.229297 96.229297 told 96.444082 96.444082 her 96.676281 96.676281 of 96.827211 96.827211 his 97.129070 97.129070 heart 97.686349 97.686349 it 97.906939 97.906939 might 98.324898 98.324898 be 98.858957 98.858957 love 98.980862 98.980862 #1 99.102766 99.102766 And 99.334966 99.334966 all 99.718095 99.718095 of 99.950295 99.950295 the 100.205714 100.205714 things 100.617868 100.617868 #1 100.797823 100.797823 he 100.971973 100.971973 was 101.180952 101.180952 so 101.610522 101.610522 scared 101.993651 101.993651 of 102.301315 102.301315 #2 102.620590 102.620590 He 102.910839 102.910839 said 103.224308 103.224308 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 awhile
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
Never more to be alone
When the letter says
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 163.329161 163.329161 would 163.549751 163.549751 you 163.828390 163.828390 bow 164.165079 164.165079 your 164.571429 164.571429 heads 164.786213 164.786213 #1 164.954558 164.954558 For 165.140317 165.140317 a 165.360907 165.360907 list 165.755646 165.755646 of 166.034286 166.034286 local 166.881814 166.881814 Vietnam 167.787392 167.787392 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
Waiting for the love of a travelin' soldier
Our love will never end
Waiting 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
Waiting for the love of a travelin' soldier
Our love will never end
Waiting for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone
When the letter says
a soldier's coming home
