Travellin’ Soldier
Bruce Robison, 1996· Songs Well-Known in America · p.336
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TWO DAYS PAST EIGHTEEN. HE WAS WAITIN' FOR THE BUS IN HIS ARMY GREEN
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SAT DOWN IN A BOOTH, IN A CAFE THERE
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HE GAVE HIS ORDER TO A GIRL WITH A BOW IN HER HAIR
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HE'S A LITTLE SHY SO SHE GAVE HIM A SMILE
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AND HE SAID WOULD YOU MIND SITTIN' DOWN FOR A WHILE
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AND TALKIN' TO ME, I'M FEELIN' A LITTLE LOW
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SHE SAID I'M OFF IN AN HOUR AND I KNOW WHERE WE CAN GO
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SO, THEY WENT DOWN AND THEY SAT ON THE PIER
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HE SAID I BET YOU GOT A BOYFRIEND BUT I DON'T CARE
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I GOT NO ONE, TO SEND A LETTER TO
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WOULD YOU MIND IF I SENT ONE BACK HERE TO YOU?
CHORUS:
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I CRIED. NEVER GONNA HOLD THE HAND OF ANOTHER GUY
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TOO YOUNG, FOR HIM THEY TOLD HER
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WAITIN' FOR THE LOVE OF A TRAVELIN' SOLDIER
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OUR LOVE WILL NEVER END
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WAITIN' FOR THE SOLDIER TO COME BACK AGAIN
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NEVER MORE TO BE ALONE
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WHEN THE LETTER SAID, A SOLDIER'S COMIN' HOME
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SO THE LETTERS CAME FROM AN ARMY CAMP
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IN CALIFORNIA THEN AFGHANISTAN
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AND HE TOLD HER OF HIS HEART, IT MIGHT BE LOVE
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AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HE WAS SO SCARED OF
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HE SAID WHEN IT'S GETTIN' KINDA ROUGH OVER HERE
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I THINK OF THAT DAY SITTIN' DOWN AT THE PIER
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AND I CLOSE MY EYES AND SEE YOUR PRETTY SMILE
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DON'T WORRY BUT I WON'T BE ABLE TO WRITE FOR A WHILE (CHORUS)
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ONE FRIDAY NIGHT AT A FOOTBALL GAME
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THE LORD'S PRAYER SAID AND THE ANTHEM SUNG
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A MAN SAID "FOLKS, WOULD YOU BOW YOUR HEAD
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TO A LIST OF LOCAL SOLDIERS DEAD"
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CRYIN' ALL ALONE UNDER THE STANDS
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WAS A PICCOLO PLAYER IN THE MARCHIN' BAND
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AND ONE NAME READ, AND NOBODY REALLY CARED
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BUT THE PRETTY LITTLE GIRL, WITH A BOW IN HER HAIR (CHORUS TWICE)
* Most popular recording by The Chicks 2002, originally recorded by Bruce Robison in 1995.