Traveling Soldier-Cuppatea

[ti:Traveling Soldier] [ar:Cuppatea] [al:Courage] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Traveling Soldier - Cuppatea [00:06.35]Two days past eighteen [00:08.21]He was waitin' for the bus in his army green [00:10.92]Sat down in a booth at a cafe there [00:13.54]Gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair [00:17.26] [00:19.30]He's a little shy but she give him a smile [00:21.65]So he said would you mind sittin' down for a while [00:24.54]And talkin' to me I'm feelin' a little low [00:28.66] [00:32.21]She said I'm off in an hour [00:33.86]And I know where we can go [00:37.16] [00:40.57]So they went down and they sat on the pier [00:43.01]He said I bet you got a boyfriend but I don't care [00:46.10]I've got no one to send a letter to [00:50.78] [00:54.09]Would you mind if I sent one back here to you [00:59.15] [01:03.04]I cried [01:05.20]Never gonna hold the hand of another guy [01:08.21]Too young for him they told her [01:10.47]Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier [01:13.64]My love will never end [01:15.91]Waitin' for the soldier to come back again [01:19.16]Never more to be alone [01:20.96]When the letter says a soldier's coming home [01:26.62] [01:29.17]For letters came from an army camp [01:32.01]In California then Vietnam [01:34.49]He told her of his heart it might be love [01:37.27]And all of the things he was so scared of [01:40.33] [01:42.73]He said when it's gettin' kinda rough over here [01:45.45]I think of that day sittin' down at the pier [01:48.02]And I close my eyes and see your pretty smile [01:53.19] [01:56.14]Don't worry but I won't be able to write for a while [02:01.40] [02:05.03]I cried [02:07.29]Never gonna hold the hand of another guy [02:10.31]Too young for him they told her [02:12.60]Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier [02:15.67]My love will never end [02:17.96]Waitin' for the soldier to come back again [02:21.01]Never more to be alone [02:23.06]When the letter says a soldier's coming home [02:28.79] [02:31.19]One Friday night at a football game [02:33.92]The Lord's Prayer said and the anthem sang [02:36.77]A man said Folks would you bow your heads [02:39.29]For a list of local Vietnam dead [02:42.36] [02:45.02]Cryin' all alone under the stands [02:47.29]Was a piccolo player in the marching band [02:50.14]And one name read [02:51.70]Nobody really cared [02:55.43] [02:58.14]But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair [03:03.42] [03:07.11]I cried [03:09.32]Never gonna hold the hand of another guy [03:12.30]Too young for him they told her [03:14.52]Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier [03:17.70]My love will never end [03:19.97]Waitin' for the soldier to come back again [03:23.01]Never more to be alone [03:25.05]When the letter says my soldier's coming [03:27.93] [03:28.46]I cried [03:30.80]Never gonna hold the hand of another guy [03:33.99]Too young for him they told her [03:36.12]Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier [03:38.80] [03:39.37]My love will never end [03:41.61]Waitin' for the soldier to come back again [03:44.72]Never more to be alone [03:46.66]When the letter says [03:48.14]A soldier's coming home