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Dixie Chicks

The Dixie Chicks are an American country music band which has also crossed over into other genres. The band is composed of founding members (and sisters) Martie Erwin Maguire and Emily Erwin Robison, and lead singer Natalie Maines. The band formed in 1989 in Dallas, Texas and was originally composed of four women performing bluegrass and country music, busking and touring the bluegrass festival circuits and small venues for six years without attracting a major label. After the departure of one bandmate, the replacement of their lead singer, and a slight change in their repertoire, the Dixie Chicks soon achieved commercial success, beginning in 1998 with hit songs "There's Your Trouble" and "Wide Open Spaces". more »

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2002

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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 talkin' 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 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
Come back again
Never more be alone
When the letter says 
"The soldier's coming home."

So the letters came
From an army camp 
In California than Vietnam.
He told of his heart 
It might be love 
And all of the things 
He was so scared of.

He said,
"When its gettin' kinda rough 
Over here 
I think of that day 
Sittin' down on the pier.
I close my eyes 
And see your pretty smile.
Don't worry,
But I won't be able to write for awhile."

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 marchin' band
Nad one name read and
Nobody really cared
But a pretty little girl
With a bow in her hair.

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