Two days past eighteen
He was waitin' on a bus
in his army greens
Sat down in a booth
in a café there
Gave his order to a girl
with a bow in her hair
He's a little shy
So she give him a smile
He said would you mind
sittin' down for a while
And talkin' to me
I'm feelin' pretty low
She said I'm off in an hour
And I know a place we can go
So they went down and
sat on the pier
He said I bet you got a
boyfriend but I don't care
'Cause I got no one
to send back a letter to
Would you mind if
I sent 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 says
A soldier's comin' home
So the letters came
from an army camp
In California
Then Vietnam
And he told her of his heart
How it might be love
All of the things he was
so scared of
He said when it's gettin' kinda
rough over here
I sit and think about that day
on 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 says
A soldier's comin' home
One Friday night
at a football game
The Lord's Prayer said
And the anthem sang
And a man said folks
Would you bow your heads
For a list of the local
Vietnam dead
Cryin' all alone
underneath the stands
Was a piccolo player
in the marchin' band
And one name read
And nobody really cared
'Cept that 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 says
A soldier's comin' home
When the letter says
A soldier's comin' home