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Verse 1

Two days past 18

He was waiting for a bus in his army greens,

Sat down at a booth, at a cafe there

Gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair

He's a little shy, so she give him a smile,

And he said "Would you mind sitting down for a while,

And talking to me, I'm feeling a little

low?"

She said "I'm off in an hour, and I know where we can go."

Chorus

I cried

I'm never gonna hold the hand of another guy,

"too young, for him!" they told her

Waiting for the love of a travelling soldier,

Our love will never end,

Waiting for the soldier to come back again,

Never more to be alone,

When the letter says " A soldier is coming

Home"

Verse 2

So the letters came from an army camp,

In california, then Viet-Nam,

And he told her of his heart: He might be in love,

And all the things he was so scared of

He said "When it's getting kinda rough over here,

I think of that day sitting down at the peir,

And I close my eyes, and see your pretty

Smile,

Now don't worry, but I won't be able to write for a while.

Chorus

I cried

I'm never gonna hold the hand of another guy,

"too young, for him!" they told her

Waiting for the love of a travelling soldier,

Our love will never end,

Waiting for the soldier to come back again,

Never more to be alone,

When the letter says " A soldier is coming

Home"

12 bar Instrumental break:

Verse 3

One friday night at a football game,

The lord's prayer said, and the anthem sang,

And a man said "Folk's, would you bow your head,

For I list a local, Viet-Nam Dead

Crying all alone, under the stand,

Was a piccolo player in the marching band

And one name read, and nobody really

cared,

But a prettly little girl, with a bow in her hair

Chorus

I cried

I'm never gonna hold the hand of another guy,

"too young, for him!" they told her

Waiting for the love of a travelling soldier,

Our love will never end,

Waiting for the soldier to come back again,

Never more to be alone,

When the letter says " A soldier is coming..."

I cried,

Never gonna hold the hand of another guy,

"too young, for him!" they told her

Waiting for the love of a travelling soldier,

Our love will never end,

Waiting for the soldier to come back again,

Never more to be alone,

When the letter says " A soldier is coming

home"

Outro

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