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Travelin' Soldier - Dixie Chicks
December 03, 2001 3:05 p.m.

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 but she give him a smile

So 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

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I - I cried

Never gonna hold the hand of another guy

Too young for him they told her

Waitin' for the love of the travelin' soldier

Our love will never end

Waitin' for the soldier to come back again

Never more to be alone when the letter says

My soldier's coming home

Well the letters came from an army camp

In California then Vietnam

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

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One Friday night at a football game

The Lord's Prayer said and the anthem sang

A man said folks would you bow your head

For the list of local Vietnam dead

Crying all alone under the stands

Was the 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

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