Traveling Soldier说的是一个小姑娘爱上一个文静的小伙子，但是他去越南战场服役。女孩不住的哭泣，希望男孩能平安回来。这首歌是南方小鸡组合在伊拉克战争时期的反战歌曲。歌词凄美动人，歌曲清幽绵长，可以说是美版“白桦林”。南方小鸡的这首歌打动了无数人的心，因而成为布什政府的眼中钉，为此封杀南方小鸡组合``````一句"he is never back again "我仿佛听到了女孩心碎的声音~~~
        “世界上最远的距离不是天与地的距离，而是我在你的面前你却不知道我爱你。”
           Travelin’ Soldier
      Two days past eighteen
He was waiting for the bus in his army green
Sat down in a booth in 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 cried
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young for him they told her
Waitin’ for the love of a travelin’ soldier
Over 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