Travelin' Soldier-Country Crusaders

[ti:Travelin' Soldier] [ar:Country Crusaders] [al:21st Century Country Hits] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.36]Two days past eighteen [00:03.90]He was waiting for the bus [00:05.49]In his army green [00:07.11]Sat down in a booth [00:08.91]In a cafe there [00:10.56]Gave his order to a girl [00:12.28]With a bow in her hair [00:14.50]He's a little shy [00:15.60]So she gives him a smile [00:17.41]And he said would you mind [00:19.08]Sitting down for a while [00:20.84]And talking to me [00:22.75]I'm feeling a little low [00:27.32]She said I'm off in an hour [00:29.51]And I know where we can go [00:37.66]So they went down [00:39.10]And they sat on the pier [00:41.09]He said I bet you got a boyfriend [00:43.03]But I don't care [00:44.57]I got no one to send a letter to [00:51.44]Would you mind [00:52.30]If I sent one back here to you [00:59.08]I cried [01:02.06]Never gonna hold the hand [01:04.15]Of another guy [01:05.83]Too young for him they told her [01:08.81]Waiting for the love of [01:10.41]A traveling soldier [01:12.66]Our love will never end [01:15.43]Waiting for the soldier [01:16.88]To come back again [01:19.54]Never more to be alone [01:22.00]When the letter said [01:24.00]A soldier's coming home [01:32.09]So the letters came from an army camp [01:35.87]In California then Vietnam [01:38.62]And he told her of his heart [01:41.03]It might be love and all of the things [01:44.21]He was so scared of [01:46.20]He said [01:46.88]When it's getting kinda rough over here [01:49.68]I think of that day sitting down at the pier [01:52.82]And I close my eyes [01:54.62]And see your pretty smile [01:59.56]Don't worry but [02:00.65]I won't be able to write for awhile [02:07.14]I cried [02:10.03]Never gonna hold the hand of another guy [02:13.89]Too young for him they told her [02:16.88]Waiting for the love of a traveling soldier [02:20.76]Our love will never end [02:23.57]Waiting for the soldier [02:24.85]To come back again [02:27.72]Never more to be alone [02:29.91]When the letter said [02:32.06]A soldier's coming home [03:14.46]One Friday night at a football game [03:18.02]The Lord's Prayer said [03:19.59]And the Anthem sang [03:21.36]A man said folks [03:23.04]Would you bow your heads [03:24.61]For a list of local Vietnam dead [03:31.71]Crying all alone under the stands [03:34.77]Was a piccolo player [03:36.50]In the marching band [03:38.27]And one name read [03:40.13]Nobody really cared [03:44.91]But a pretty little girl [03:46.68]With a bow in her hair [03:52.86]I cried [03:55.64]Never gonna hold the hand of another guy [03:59.44]Too young for him they told her [04:02.41]Waiting for the love of a traveling soldier [04:06.37]Our love will never end [04:09.06]Waiting for the soldier to come back again [04:13.02]Never more to be alone when the letter said [04:17.64]A soldier's coming home [04:23.65]Travelin' Soldier - Country Crusaders