Two days past eighteen   He was waitin' for the bus in his army greens   Sat down in a booth, at 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   And he said, would you mind sittin' down for awhile   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      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    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 awhile      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      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   Cryin' all alone under the stands   Was a 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      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...      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