Travelin' Soldier-Country Dance Kings

[ti:Travelin' Soldier] [ar:Country Dance Kings] [al:A Tribute To The Dixie Chicks] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.32]Travelin' Soldier — Country Dance Kings [00:02.10]Two days past eighteen [00:04.38]He was waiting for the bus in his army greens [00:07.82]Sat down in a booth in a cafe there [00:11.12]Gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair [00:14.32] [00:14.92]He's a little shy but she give him a smile [00:17.99]So he said would you mind sittin' down for a while [00:21.26]And talking to me I'm feeling a little low [00:26.54] [00:27.80]She said I'm off in an hour and I know where we can go [00:38.26]So they went down and they sat on the pier [00:41.45]He said I bet you got a boyfriend but I don't care [00:45.07]I got no one to send a letter to [00:50.67] [00:51.83]Would you mind if I sent one back here to you [00:59.26]I cried [01:02.21]Never gonna hold the hand of another guy [01:05.97]Too young for him they told her [01:09.02]Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier [01:12.69]Our love will never end [01:15.56]Waitin' for the soldier to come back again [01:19.53]Never more to be alone when the letter says [01:24.09]A soldier's coming home [01:28.23] [01:32.28]So the letters came from an army camp [01:35.57]In California then Vietnam [01:38.97]And he told her of his heart [01:40.86]It might be love and all of the things he was so scared of [01:46.06]He said when it's getting kinda rough over here [01:49.07]I think of that day sittin' down at the pier [01:52.36]And I close my eyes and see your pretty smile [01:59.29]Don't worry but I won't be able to write for a while [02:06.89]I cried [02:09.79]Never gonna hold the hand of another guy [02:13.62]Too young for him they told her [02:16.46]Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier [02:20.32]Our love will never end [02:23.07]Waitin' for the soldier to come back again [02:27.06]Never more to be alone when the letter says [02:31.58]A soldier's coming home [02:34.59] [03:13.54]One Friday night at a football game [03:17.04]The Lord's Prayer said and the anthem sang [03:20.27]A man said folks would you bow your head [03:23.60]For the list of local Vietnam dead [03:28.94] [03:30.92]Crying all alone under the stands [03:33.77]Was the piccolo player in the marching band [03:37.14]And one name read and nobody really cared [03:43.22] [03:43.93]But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair [03:51.52]I cried [03:54.40]Never gonna hold the hand of another guy [03:58.14]Too young for him they told her [04:01.27]Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier [04:04.98]Our love will never end [04:07.79]Waitin' for the soldier to come back again [04:11.76]Never more to be alone when the letter says [04:16.44]A soldier's coming home