Karaoké Travelin' Soldier (acoustic) 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 give 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 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 to 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

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 sit and think about that day 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

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 to 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

Well 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

And 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 to be alone

When the letter says

A soldier's comin' home

When the letter says

A soldier's comin' home