Traveling Soldier-Countdown Singers

[ti:Traveling Soldier] [ar:Countdown Singers] [al:12 Best Country Favorites] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Traveling Soldier - Countdown Singers [00:00.93]Two days past eighteen [00:03.37]He was waiting for the bus in his army green [00:06.79]Sat down in a booth in a cafe there [00:10.15]Gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair [00:13.90]He's a little shy so she gives him a smile [00:16.85]And he said would you mind sitting down for a while [00:20.27]And talking to me [00:22.19]I'm feeling a little low [00:25.51] [00:26.64]She said i'm off in an hour and [00:28.87]I know where we can go [00:32.19] [00:37.11]So they went down and they sat on the pier [00:40.27]He said i bet you got a boyfriend but i don't care [00:43.84]I got no one to send a letter to [00:49.32] [00:50.63]Would you mind if i sent one back here to you [00:56.82] [00:58.27]I cried [01:01.28]Never gonna hold the hand of another guy [01:05.04]Too young for him they told her [01:08.04]Waiting for the love of a traveling soldier [01:11.77]Our love will never end [01:14.57]Waiting for the soldier to come back again [01:18.50]Never more to be alone when the letter said [01:22.94]A soldier's coming home [01:27.54] [01:31.15]So the letters came from an army camp [01:34.54]In california then vietnam [01:37.76]And he told her of his heart [01:39.82]It might be love and all of the things [01:42.99]He was so scared of [01:44.93]He said when it's getting kinda rough over here [01:48.22]I think of that day sitting down at the pier [01:51.17]And i close my eyes and see your pretty smile [01:56.47] [01:58.22]Don't worry but i won't be able to write for a while [02:04.38] [02:05.75]I cried [02:08.83]Never gonna hold the hand of another guy [02:12.56]Too young for him they told her [02:15.53]Waiting for the love of a traveling soldier [02:19.36]Our love will never end [02:22.05]Waiting for the soldier to come back again [02:26.10]Never more to be alone when the letter said [02:30.51]A soldier's coming home [02:34.53] [03:12.60]One friday night at a football game [03:16.05]The lord's prayer said and the anthem sang [03:19.30]A man said folks would you bow your heads [03:22.61]For a list of local vietnam dead [03:26.54] [03:29.86]Crying all alone under the stands [03:32.73]Was a piccolo player in the marching band [03:36.13]And one name read and nobody really cared [03:41.48] [03:42.82]But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair [03:48.78] [03:50.53]I cried [03:53.50]Never gonna hold the hand of another guy [03:57.27]Too young for him they told her [04:00.27]Waiting for the love of a traveling soldier [04:04.04]Our love will never end [04:06.80]Waiting for the soldier to come back again [04:10.83]Never more to be alone when the letter said [04:15.20]A soldier's coming home