Two days past eighteen
He was waitin' for the
bus in his army greens
Sat down in a booth
in 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
sittin' down for a while
And talkin' to me?
I'm feelin' a little low"
She said, "I'm off in
an hour and I know
where we can go"
So they went down
and they sat on the pier
He said, "I bet you
got a boyfriend,
but I don't care
I got no one,
to send a letter to
Would you mind if
I sent a-one
back here to you?"
I cried
Never gonna hold the
hand of another guy
"Too young for him,
"they told her
Waitin' for the love
of a travelin' soldier
Our love will
never end
Waitin' for the soldier
to come back again
Nevermore
to be alone
When the letter said,
"A soldier's comin'
home"
So the letters came
from an army camp
In California
then Vietnam
And he told her of his
heart, it might be love
And all of the things
he was so scared of
He said, "When it's
gettin' kinda rough
over here
I think of that day
sittin' down at the pier
And I close my eyes
and see your pretty
smile
Don't worry but
I won't be able to
write for a while"
I cried
Never gonna hold the
hand of another guy
"Too young for him,
"they told her
Waitin' for the love
of a travelin' soldier
Our love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier
to come back again
Nevermore to be alone
When the letter said,
"A soldier's comin'
home"
One Friday night
at a football game
The Lord's Prayer said
and the anthem sang
A man said, "Folks,
would you bow
your heads
For a list of local
Vietnam dead?"
Cryin' all alone
under the stands
Was a piccolo player
in the marchin' band
And one name read,
and nobody really cared
But a pretty little girl
with a bow in her hair
I cried
Never gonna hold the
hand of another guy
"Too young for him,
"they told her
Waitin' for the love
of a travelin' soldier
Our love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier
to come back again
Nevermore
to be alone
When the letter said,
"A soldier's comin'"
I cried
Never gonna hold the
hand of another guy
"Too young for him,
"they told her
Waitin' for the love of
a travelin' soldier
Our love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier
to come back again
Nevermore to be alone
When the letter says,
"A soldier's comin'
home"