thinkpool

 Just a freckle faced soldier - Coleen Lovett 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 midnight flight no longer just teenage guy which soldier telling 'Sweetheart, Good bye' he said, 'Don't cry, for I come back we'll have time to do what we want to do' all flight only known then but that so few  Just a freckle faced soldier  Today his first letter from Vietnam came it looked like a teardrop his photo beside my name he said 'Honey, I am proud of wearing on this army coat even if I am not quit old enough to vote sake home mama where she still awaits tell her,' I can almost smell the bread cheese to bake' well, the soldeir said "all right, Pull out!" I'll write tomorrow too untill 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 day and days into weeks on end and you know that boy, well he never wrote again,,,,, They sent a medal of honor to his mam, 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 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