1460 Elder Street Lyrics - Singles - Red Sovine

I was waiting on a ship to Vietnam and me being the good time loving guy I am 

I was looking for some female company I met a girl alone and lonesome just like me 

We had coffee at a waterfront cafe she said her husband was a soldier far away 

And she talked about her long nights all alone 

And the way she's fought temptation since he's gone 

1460 Elder Street is where she took me 

And I never knew that love could be so sweet 

Then she promised me that when the war was over 

I'd have a home at 1460 Elder Street 

[ fiddle ] 

Two months later I was on patrol one day 

When a hand grenade fell not ten feet away 

I watched as one brave man gave all that he could give 

He fell across it gave his life that I might live 

I found a crumpled tear stained letter in his coat 

And I read the Dear John Letter his wife wrote 

He had nothing left for livin' for I guess 

I thought I die when I saw her return adress 

1460 Elder Street still drives me crazy 

And sometimes at night we find it hard to sleep 

Could it be the ones who killed him 

Now are sharing our private hell at 1460 Elder Street