Travelin' Soldier

The Chicks (Dixie Chicks), Bruce Robison

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  S1:
  Two days past eighteen 

  He was waiting 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 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
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  M1:
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  S2:
  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?" 
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  R1:
  I cried 

  Never gonna hold the hand of another guy 

  Too young, for him they told her 

  Waiting for the love of a travelin' 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's coming home
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  M1:
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  S3:
  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 

  Said, "When it's getting kinda rough over here 

  I think of that day sitting down 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" 
• EmiCGDEmiCGDG
  R1:
  I cried 

  Never gonna hold the hand of another guy 

  Too young, for him they told her 

  Waiting for the love of a travelin' 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's coming home
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  S4:
  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?" 

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  Crying all alone under the stands 

  Was a piccolo player in the marching band 

  And one name read 

  And nobody really cared 

  But a pretty little girl 

  With a bow in her hair
• EmiCGDEmiCGD
  R1:
  I cried 

  Never gonna hold the hand of another guy 

  Too young, for him they told her 

  Waiting for the love of a travelin' 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's coming
• EmiCGDEmiCGDG
  R1:
  I cried 

  Never gonna hold the hand of another guy 

  Too young, for him they told her 

  Waiting for the love of a travelin' 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's coming home