Karaoké Travelin' Soldier Cody Johnson

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 gave 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

'Cos 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 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 to 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 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 except 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 be alone when the letter says a soldier's comin' home

When the letter says a soldier's comin' home