Dixie Chicks - Travelin' Soldier(2002)

Words & Music by Bruce Robinson
From The Album "Home"
For PC will sound better with Timbres of Heaven Soundfonts
(free from Musescore) And Coolsoft virtual MIDISynth
Kar by Geoffrey Carter 19th December 2019

Two days.. past eighteen
He was waiting for the bus
in his army greens..
Sat down in a booth in a café there~..
Gave his order to a girl~..
with a bow in her hair~...

He's a little shy so she give 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 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 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
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..."

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 said:
A soldier's comin' 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..."

Crying 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 said:
A soldier's comin' home~...

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 said:
A soldier's comin' home~....

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Dixie Chicks - Travelin' Soldier(2002)
Words & Music By Bruce Robinson
From The Album "Home"
Chart Positions: US Country No.1 US Billboard No.25
Sequence by Geoffrey Carter 19th December 2019
String Ensemble 1
Banjo
Choir Aahs
Acoustic Guitar(nylon)
Acoustic Guitar(nylon)
Acoustic Guitar(nylon)
FX7 (echoes)
Viola
Percussion