Travelin' Soldier
Bruce Robison
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Two days past eighteen
He was waiting for the bus in his army greens
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Sat down in a booth in a cafe there
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Gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair
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He's a little shy so she gave him a smile
So he said would you mind sitting down for a while
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And talking to me
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I'm feeling a little low
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She said I'm off in an hour
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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
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I got no one to send a letter to
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Would you mind if I sent one back here to you
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I cried never gonna hold the hand of another guy
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Too young for him they told her
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Waiting for the love of the travellin soldier
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My love will never end
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Waiting for the soldier to come back again
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Never more to be alone when the letter says
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My soldiers coming home
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The letters came from an army camp
In California and Viet Nam
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He told her of his heart It might be love
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And all of the things he was so scared of
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He said when it's getting kinda tough over here
I think of that day sitting down at the pier
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And I close my eyes and see your pretty smile
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Don't worry but
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I won't be able to write for awhile
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Solo (play verse)
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One Friday night at a football game
The lords prayer said and the anthem sang
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The man said
Folks would you bow your head
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For the list of local Viet Name dead *(pause)*
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Crying all alone under the stands
Was the picolo player in the marching band
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And one name read nobody really cared
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But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair
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Last Chorus:
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I cried never gonna hold the hand of another guy
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Too young for him they told her
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Waiting for the love of the travellin soldier
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My love will never end
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Waiting for the soldier to come back again
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Never more to be alone when the letter says
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My soldiers coming home