純粹的戰亂年代

初次聽< Travelin' Soldier >是2012年在加拿大的時候，姑姑車上的電台廣播，當時只覺得好聽，回來後下載了，但這麼多年來也只有2012/13年聽過幾次而已。

直鞥最近在補標以前看過的電影電視節目、聽過的歌曲音樂、讀過夜的書。直到剛剛才想到這首歌，找了歌詞發現很有故事性，而且是悲傷的故事，包含了異地戀、遠距離戀愛、戰爭、忘年戀。在那個年代的愛情如此純粹，不收距離及戰爭的影響，又或許正是距離和戰爭才促成了這份純粹且可歌可泣的愛情。

📬歌詞

< Travelin' Soldier >

Two days past eighteen

He was waiting for the bus in his army green

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 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?"

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 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."

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 coming 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 coming

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 coming home