Wednesday, January 19, 2005

One Tin Soldier

A song I remember from Vietnam days, when my own then young husband served.



One Tin Soldier



Listen children to a story that was written long ago

'Bout a kingdom on a mountain, and the valley folk below

On the mountain was a treasure buried deep beneath a stone

And the valley people swore they'd have it for their very own.



(Chorus

Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend

Do it in the name of heaven, justify it in the end

There won't be any trumpets blowing, come the judgment day

On the bloody morning after - one tin soldier rides away.



So the people of the valley sent a message up the hill

Asking for the buried treasure, tons of gold for which they'd kill

Came an answer from the kingdom: "With our brothers we will share

All the secrets of our mountain, all the riches buried there.



Chorus

Now the valley cried with anger, mount your horses, draw your sword!

And they killed the mountain people, so they won their just reward

Now they stood beside the treasure on the mountain dark and red

Turned the stone and looked beneath it -

"Peace on Earth" was all it said.



Chorus

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