Two days past eighteen He was waitin' for the bus in his army greens
Sat down in a booth a café there Gave his order to the 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 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 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 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
(**)
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 and nobody really cared But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair
(**)
The song takes place during the Vietnam War, and is about an American soldier who befriends a waitress shortly before he enters the army. He writes her letters, as he has no one else to write to, and when he dies, she is the only one who knows. (songfacts)
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