Two days past 18, he was waiting for the bus in his army greens
Sat down at 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 talking to me, I'm feeling 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 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
Never more to be alone
When the letter says, a soldier's coming 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 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
Never more to be alone
When the letter says, a soldier's coming 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 marching 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
Never more to be alone
When the letter says, a soldier's coming
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
Never more to be alone
When the letter says, a soldier's coming home
(repeat and fade out)