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C/ETwo days past 18, he was waitin for a bus in his army greens Fsat down in a booth, at a cafe there gave his oC/Erder to a girl with a bow in her hair
hes a little shy so she give him a smile
and he said would you mind sitting down for a while, and Ftalking Im feeling a little C/Elow she said im Goff in an hour and FI know where we can C/Ego
C/Eso they went down and they sat on the peir he said I bet you got a boyfriend but I dont care Ive Fgot noone, to send a letter C/Eto would you mGind if I sent oFne back here to yC/Eou?
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AmI cried, nFever gonna hold the hand of another guy, C/Etoo young for him they told her Gwaiting for the love of a travelling soldier Amour love will never end, wFaiting for that soldier to come back again C/Enever gonna be alone when the leGtter said, soldiers comingC/E home,
so the letters came from an army camp, in california then veitnam and he told her of his heart, it might be love and all of the things he was so scared of he said when its getting kinda rough over here I think of that day sitting down at the pier and I close my eyes and see your pretty smile dont worry but I wont be able to write for a while (chorus) (half time) one friday night at a football game the lords prayer said and the anthem sang and the man said folks, would you bow your heads for a list of local veitnam vets crying all alone under the stands was a pickalo player in a marching band and one name read, nobody really cared except a pretty little girl, with a bow in her hair (chorus x2)