Loving a Soldier
1971 · RK DB-31471 · USA
- Artist
- Jackie Raye
- Title
- Loving a Soldier
- Release
- Loving a Soldier / Take This Star
- Year
- 1971
- Label
- RK # DB-31471
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
Loving a Soldier (Raye, Jackie) (DB-31471) Country. Impact of the war at home. From perspective of a soldier's sweetheart. "Loving a soldier is a hard game to play In fact there's little of it that's gay It's mostly heavy and not to hold It's being young but feeling so old Though loving a soldier is a ? Is like being in love with some misty dream You wait for a letter which may never come And wait for the time when he'll be back home For a mother it's torture of what it is to be The art to wait patiently, for sweetheart It's only ours, of your agony, of waiting For love which may never be Loving a soldier is a hard game to play It's something he thrives on day after day But love sent from home means so much to men Fighting for peace in another man's land"
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Loving a Soldier (Raye, Jackie) (DB-31471) Country. Impact of the war at home. From perspective of a soldier's sweetheart. Small patriotic sentiment - fighting for peace "Loving a soldier is a hard game to play / In fact there's little of it that's gay / It's mostly heavy and not to hold / It's being young but feeling so old / Though loving a soldier is a ? / Is like being in love with some misty dream / You wait for a letter which may never come / And wait for the time when he'll be back home / For a mother it's torture of what it is to be / The art to wait patiently, for sweetheart / It's only ours, of your agony, of waiting / For love which may never be / Loving a soldier is a hard game to play / It's something he thrives on day after day / But love sent from home means so much to men / Fighting for peace in another man's land"
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer