Travelin' Soldier - Deja Vu
Tow days past eighteen
He was waiting for the bus in his army greens
Sat down in a booth a caf there
Gave his order to the girl with a bow in her hair
He's a little shy but she gave 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 sat on the pier
He said I bet you got a boyfriend and I don't care
I've got no one to send my letters 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 traveling soldier
My 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
So the letters came
From an army camp
In California then Vietnam
And he talked about his heart
It might be love
And all of the things he was so scared of
Said when it's start getting kinda tough over here
I think about that day sitting down at the pier
And close my eyes I see you pretty smile
Now 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 traveling soldier
My 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
The man said folks bow your heads
For the 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
Waiting for the love of a traveling soldier
My 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