Two days past eighteen
He was waitin' for the bus in his army greens
Sat down in a booth at a cafÃÆ'© there

Gave his order to the girl with a bow in her hair
He's a little shy so she gave him a smile
So 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've got no one to send a letter to

Would you mind if I sent one back here to you?

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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

Never more to be alone
When the letter says 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

Said when it's gettin kinda rough over here
I think about that day sittin' down at the pier
And close my eyes and see your pretty smile

don't worry but I won't be able to write for a while

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(Martie's fiddle break - Emily's dobro break)


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 the list of local Vietnam dead
Cryin' all alone under the stands
Was the piccolo player in the marching band

And one name read, but nobody really cared
But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair


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