Travelin' Soldier

[LSK]

Two days past eighteen
He was waiting for the bus in his army green
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 so she gives him a smile
And 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

Chorus: 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
Over love will never end
Waitin’ for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone when the letter said
A soldier’s coming 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 getting 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 awhile



One friday night at a football game
The lord’s prayer said and the anthem sang
A man said folks would you bow your heads
For a list of local vietnam dead
Crying all alone under the stands
Was a 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





- Dixie Chicks

[In_The_Wind]

1. That is one of my favorite Dixie Chicks songs.

It's right up there with Landslide & the one about Sweet Dreams Little Man.

[last_texas_dem]

2. Great song

This was the one that was topping the country charts at the time of the "scandal" over Natalie's remarks about Shrub. Once Clear Channel and the other radio programmers got the shit stirred up enough, it took a quick slide down the charts. Evidently the wingnuts at country radio were too dense to realize the irony of playing a song with a pretty blatant antiwar message enough to top the country charts, but were willing to punish the song (and any other potential single from the Home album) when they realized Natalie Maines and co. weren't Bush-loving Republicans.

[MountainLaurel]

3. That song always makes me bawl.

:cry: