Travelin' Soldier-Ameritz Tribute Club

[ti:Travelin' Soldier ] [ar:Ameritz Tribute Club] [al:A Tribute to Dixie Chicks Vol. 3] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.25]Two days past eighteen [00:03.62]He was waiting for the bus in his army green [00:06.90]Sat down in a booth in a cafe there [00:10.49]Gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair [00:14.11]He's a little shy so she gives him a smile [00:17.27]And he said would you mind sittin' down for a while [00:20.72]And talking to me [00:22.67]Feeling a little low [00:25.80] [00:27.29]She said I'm off in an hour and I [00:29.76]Know where we can go [00:32.72] [00:37.69]So they went down and they sat on the pier [00:41.10]He said I bet you got a boyfriend but I don't care [00:44.21]I got no one to send a letter to [00:49.62] [00:51.50]Would you mind if I sent one back here to you [00:57.34] [00:59.07]I cried [01:01.89]Never gonna hold the hand of another guy [01:05.82]Too young for him they told her [01:08.67]Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier [01:12.04] [01:12.55]Our love will never end [01:15.29]Waitin' for the soldier to come back again [01:19.36]Never more to be alone when the letter said [01:23.61]A soldier's coming home [01:27.70] [01:32.08]So the letters came from an army camp [01:35.59]In California then Vietnam [01:38.29]And he told her of his heart [01:40.86]It might be love and all of the things [01:44.21]He was so scared of [01:45.97]He said when it's start getting rough over here [01:49.32]I think of that day sittin' down at the pier [01:52.74]And I close my eyes and see your pretty smile [01:57.38] [01:59.53]Don't worry but I won't be able to write for awhile [02:05.23] [02:07.18]I cried [02:10.03]Never gonna hold the hand of another guy [02:13.37] [02:13.88]Too young for him they told her [02:16.76]Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier [02:19.89] [02:20.49]Our love will never end [02:23.44]Waitin' for the soldier to come back again [02:27.30]Never more to be alone when the letter said [02:31.70]A soldier's coming home [02:35.72] [03:14.31]One Friday night at a football game [03:17.79]The Lord's Prayer said and the Anthem sang [03:20.97]A man said folks would you bow your heads [03:24.40]For a list of local Vietnam dead [03:27.91] [03:31.51]Crying all alone under the stands [03:34.66]Was a piccolo player in the marching band [03:37.93]And one name read nobody really cared [03:43.28] [03:44.79]But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair [03:51.26] [03:52.68]I cried [03:55.58]Never gonna hold the hand of another guy [03:59.45]Too young for him they told her [04:02.25]Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier [04:05.69] [04:06.23]Our love will never end [04:08.87]Waitin' for the soldier to come back again [04:12.85]Never more to be alone when the letter said [04:16.94] [04:17.64]A soldier's coming home [04:22.98]Travelin' Soldier - Ameritz Tribute Club