two days past eighteen he was waitin' for the bus in his army greens sat doown in a booth, at a cafe there gave his order to a girl with abow in her hair hes a little shy, so she gave him a smile and he said, would you mind sittin' down for a while and talkin' to me, im feelin' a little low she said, im off in an hour and i know where we can go

so they went down and they sat on the peir he said, i bet you got a boyfriend, but i dont care i got no one to send a letter to would you mind if i sent one bace 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 trtravelin' soldier our love will never end waitin' for the soldier to come back again never more to be alone when the letter says, a soldier's comming home

so the letteres 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 its 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 dont worry, but i wont be able to write for awhile

i cried never gonna hold the hand of another guy too young for him they tod 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 says, a soldier's comming home

one ffriday night at a football game the lords prayer said and the anthem sang a man said, folks would you bow your heads for a list of local vietnam dead cryin' all alone under the stands was a piccolo player in the marching band and one named read, but 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 tod 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 says, a soldier's comming ...

i cried never gonna hold the hand of another guy too young for him they tod 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 says, a soldier's comming home