Just a freckle faced soldier

 

 

wooh, wooh
Just a freckle faced solider.
Just eighteen older.
So young, yes, so young boy leaving home to fight a war.
I'll never forget that night
My baby left on a midnight flight .
No longer just teenage guy.
Which soldier telling sweetheart, "Goodbye"
He said,"Don't cry, for I come back .
We'll have time to do what we want to do.
All fight only known then but that so few.
Just a freckle faced soldier.
wooh, wooh
Today his first letter from Vietnam came.
It looked like a teardrop hes photo beside my name
He said "Honey, I am proud of wearing this army coat
even if I am not quit old enough to vote.
Sake home mama where she still awaits
Tell, "I can almost smell the bread cheese to bake"
What soldier said all right tomorrow too .
And till then I love you..."
Just a freckle faced soldier.
Just eighteen older.
So young, yes, so young boy leaving home to fight a war.
Well, tomorrow past to days
and days into weeks on end.
And you know that boy...
Well he never wrote again...
They sent a medal of honor to his mom,
For all his bravery
I know she wanted to keep it.
But you know, she gave that medal to me
I wear it on my heart now
cause it is the closest place to heaven
and that's where he lives now.
Yes they called him a man,a very brave man.
But he was really just a boy.
Just a freckle faced soldier