Travelin' Soldier

Album: Sinner (2016)
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  • Two days past eighteen
    He was waitin' for the bus in his army green
    Sat down in a booth, in a cafe there
    He gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair

    He's a little shy so she give him a smile
    And he said would you mind sittin' down for a while
    And talkin' to me, I'm feelin' 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 comin' home

    So the letters came from an army camp
    In California then Afghanistan
    And he told her of his heart, it might be love
    And all of the things that he was so scared of

    He said when it's gettin' 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 said, a soldier's comin' 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 head
    To a list of local soldiers dead"

    Cryin' all alone under the stands
    Was a piccolo player in the marchin' band
    And one name read, and nobody really cared
    But the 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 comin'

    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 comin' home Writer/s: Bruce Robison
    Publisher: Bluewater Music Corp.
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