Dixie Chicks - Travelin' Soldier

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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

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

(Martie`s fiddle break - Emily`s dobro break)

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

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`

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

Film and TV Credits

• CSNY/Déjà Vu (2008)

Release History

2003

An Evening With the Dixie Chicks

1. Long Time Gone (4:07)
2. Landslide (3:48)
3. Travelin' Soldier (5:44)
4. Truth No. 2 (4:27)
5. White Trash Wedding (2:21)
6. A Home (6:24)
7. More Love (6:10)
8. I Believe In Love (4:12)
9. Tortured, Tangled Heart (4:30)
10. Lil' Jack Slade (2:24)
11. Godspeed (Sweet Dreams) (9:10)
12. Top Of The World (6:01)
13. Wide Open Spaces (3:43)
14. Cowboy Take Me Away (4:46)
15. Goodbye Earl (4:37)
16. Sin Wagon (3:37)

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2003

An Evening With The Dixie Chicks - Live From The Kodak Theatre

1. Long Time Gone (4:07)
2. Landside
3. Travelin' Soldier (5:44)
4. Truth No. 2 (4:27)
5. White Trash Wedding (2:21)
6. A Home (6:24)
7. More Love (6:10)
8. I Believe Love
9. Tortured, Tangled Hearts (3:45)
10. Lil' Jack Slade (2:24)
11. Godspeed (Sweet Dreams) (9:10)
12. Top Of The World (6:01)
13. Wide Open Spaces (3:43)
14. Cowboy Take Me Away (4:46)
15. Goodbye Earl (4:37)
16. Sin Wagon (3:37)

26 August 2002

Home

1. Long Time Gone (4:07)
2. Landslide (3:48)
3. Travelin' Soldier (5:44)
4. Truth No. 2 (4:27)
5. White Trash Wedding (2:21)
6. A Home (6:24)
7. More Love (6:10)
8. I Believe In Love (4:12)
9. Tortured, Tangled Hearts (3:45)
10. Lil' Jack Slade (2:24)
11. Godspeed (Sweet Dreams) (9:10)
12. Top Of The World (6:01)

27 September 2010

The Essential Dixie Chicks

1. Not Ready to Make Nice (3:58)
2. Ready to run (3:52)
3. Cowboy Take Me Away (4:46)
4. The Long Way Round (4:35)
5. Easy Silence (4:02)
6. Goodbye Earl (4:37)
7. Lubbock or Leave It (3:54)
8. Some Days You Gotta Dance (2:39)
9. Bitter End (4:39)
10. Heartbreak Town (3:50)
11. Silent House (5:27)
12. Sin Wagon (3:37)
13. Lullaby (5:54)
14. Without You (3:30)
15. Everybody Knows (4:20)
16. Let Him Fly (3:07)
17. Long Time Gone (4:07)
18. Wide Open Spaces (3:43)
19. There's Your Trouble (3:12)
20. Travelin' Soldier (5:44)
21. Landslide (3:48)
22. You Were Mine (3:37)
23. I Can Love You Better (3:53)
24. Lil' Jack Slade (2:24)
25. Tonight the Heartache's on Me (3:26)
26. Truth No. 2 (4:27)
27. Give It Up or Let Me Go (4:56)
28. White Trash Wedding (2:21)
29. I Believe In Love (4:12)
30. Top Of The World (6:01)

2003

Top of the World Tour

1. A Home (6:24)
2. Am I The Only One (Who's Ever Felt This Way) (3:25)
3. Cold Day In July (4:51)
4. Cowboy Take Me Away (4:46)
5. Godspeed (Sweet Dreams) (9:10)
6. Goodbye Earl (4:37)
7. Hello Mr. Heartache (3:59)
8. If I Fall You're Going Down With Me (3:05)
9. Landslide (3:48)
10. Lil' Jack Slade (2:24)
11. Long Time Gone (4:07)
12. Mississippi (5:15)
13. Ready to run (3:52)
14. Sin Wagon (3:37)
15. Some Days You Gotta Dance (2:39)
16. There's Your Trouble (3:12)
17. Top Of The World (6:01)
18. Tortured, Tangled Hearts (3:45)
19. Travelin' Soldier (5:44)
20. Truth No. 2 (4:27)
21. White Trash Wedding (2:21)
22. Wide Open Spaces (3:43)

21 November 2003

Top of the World Tour (live)

1. A Home (6:24)
2. Goodbye Earl (4:37)
3. Some Days You Gotta Dance (2:39)
4. Truth No. 2 (4:27)
5. If I Fall You're Going Down With Me (3:05)
6. There's Your Trouble (3:12)
7. Long Time Gone (4:07)
8. Mississippi (5:15)
9. Cowboy Take Me Away (4:46)
10. Tortured, Tangled Hearts (3:45)
11. Godspeed (Sweet Dreams) (9:10)
12. Travelin' Soldier (5:44)
13. Am I The Only One (Who's Ever Felt This Way) (3:25)
14. Landslide (3:48)
15. Hello Mr. Heartache (3:59)
16. Ready to run (3:52)
17. Cold Day In July (4:51)
18. Wide Open Spaces (3:43)
19. Top Of The World (6:01)
20. White Trash Wedding (2:21)
21. Lil' Jack Slade (2:24)
22. Sin Wagon (3:37)

21 November 2003

Top Of The World Tour - Live

1. Goodbye Earl (4:37)
2. Some Days You Gotta Dance (2:39)
3. There's Your Trouble (3:12)
4. Long Time Gone (4:07)
5. Tortured, Tangled Hearts (3:45)
6. Travelin' Soldier (5:44)
7. Am I The Only One (Who's Ever Felt This Way) (3:25)
8. Hello Mr. Heartache (3:59)
9. Cold Day In July (4:51)
10. White Trash Wedding (2:21)
11. Lil' Jack Slade (2:24)

Disc 2

12. A Home (6:24)
13. Truth No. 2 (4:27)
14. If I Fall You're Going Down With Me (3:05)
15. Mississippi (5:15)
16. Cowboy Take Me Away (4:46)
17. Godspeed (Sweet Dreams) (9:10)
18. Landslide (3:48)
19. Ready to run (3:52)
20. Wide Open Spaces (3:43)
21. Top Of The World (6:01)
22. Sin Wagon (3:37)