Dixie Chicks - Traveling Soldier

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Dixie Chicks' song Traveling Soldier

Lyrics:
Two days past eighteen
He was waiting for the bus in his army green
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 gives him a smile
And he said would you mind sittin' down for a while
And talking to me,
I'm feeling 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


Chorus: I cry
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 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 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

[chorus]

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 and 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' solider our love will never end waitin' for the soldier to come back again never more to be alone when the letter said a soliders coming, {repeat chorus}

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Music

Tags:

• Dixie
• Chicks
• Traveling
• Soldier
• lyrics
• country

[lovinghimmore]

i cry every time i hear this, wishing that everything goes ok over where there!

[KayleeMay13]

I cant stop listening to this song....not a lot of songs nowadays tell a great story.....and this one does <3

[Therealmensa]

This is the song they successfully bumped up the charts by bashing Toby Keith. It is also the song that fell off the charts in a week after Maines' London comment. Few know that Maines' subsequent apology to GW wasn't carried by ANY European media. That her first stateside interview where she said they would never use the stage for their political beliefs and "that's not what I was doing that night" was never reported in Europe. Hence, a pandering joke made them big bucks in Europe.

[Lydiat12345]

hey wanna here another great sing...Forever&ALways by Parachute.......its not as great as this......this songs amazing............it makes me think of the soldiers out at war........<3

[LMGunslinger]

People Vote for Ron Paul, he is the only candidate who doesn't support needless war. Show your support to the troops by not sending them off to die...

[Therealmensa]

This song is the one the DC's re-released when they had stalled at #14 and Toby Keith was #1 on the charts. While no one asked her, Maines decided to create controversy by bashing his song. Their disingenuous nature reared its ugly head when they immediately re-released this song to profit from the controversy. It went to #1 on the heat, and is the same song that fell off the charts in a week after her London comment. You'd think she would have learned that bashing didn't always pay, but Noooo!

[Therealmensa]

@Shawnd51291 Not happening, but ....THANKS FOR ASKING!

[Shawnd51291]

@Therealmensa .... Shut the fuck up.

[badboyrastaclat]

this song is so meaningful it makes me appreciate how much the uk soilders have and r doing 4 us. the soilders out there fighting for our lives and land and its not easy out in ark

[weedcreed1]

i had to sing this song in front of my whole school for remebrnce day! i was scared lol but i love this song

[Therealmensa]

"The entire country may disagree with me, but I dont understand the necessity for patriotism. Why do you have to be a patriot? About what? This land is our land? Why?"

per Natalie Maines.Three months later, at the Grammys, Joan Baez used these very words to introduce and defend Natalie. Seems she forgot to correct Joan Baez about "this land is your land" on Grammy night. Oh, that's right, they were getting awards. No need to spoil THAT venue with her beliefs. Maines is Disingenuous to the core