(To Match Recording) () Two days past 18, He's waiting for the bus in his army greens. Sat () down in a booth at a cafe 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 sitting down for a while, And () low." She said "I'm () go." () So they went down and they sat on the pier, He said "I bet you've got a boyfriend, but I don't care, I've () to. Would you () you?" () hand of another guy, Too young for him they told her, () Waiting for the love of a traveling soldier. () never end, () Waiting for the soldier to come back again, () Never more to be alone, When a () Well the () letters came from an army camp in California, Then Vietnam, and he () talked about 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 () smile. Don't () while." Repeat Chorus One () Friday night at a football game, The Lord's Prayer said, and the anthem sang, ) man said "Folks, would you bow your heads, For the () list of local Vietnam dead." Crying all alone under the stands, Was a Piccolo player and the marching band, And () cares, But a () hair. Repeat Chorus