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Travelin' Soldier

composed by Bruce Robison; performed by Dixie Chicks


    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 gives him a smile
    And 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 said
    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 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

    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 said
    A soldier's coming home

    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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