Karaoké Travelling Soldier (live) The Tumbling Paddies

Two days past eighteen he was waitin' 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

She'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' 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 a one back here to you

Let you say

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 said a soldier's comin' home

So the letters came from an army camp in California then Vietnam

And he told her of his heart he might be in love with 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

Let you say

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 said 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 local

Vietnam dead

Woo cryin' all alone under the stands was a piccolo player in the marchin' band

And one name read and nobody really cared except that good little girl with a bow in her hair

Let's see you say

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 said a soldier's comin'

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 said a soldier's comin' home