One Tin Soldier



Listen people to a story

that was written long ago,

'bout a kingdom on a mountain

And the valley folks below.

On the mountain was a treasure

Hidden deep beneath a stone,

And the valley people swore

They'd have it for their very own.



Go ahead and hate your neighbor,

go ahead and cheat a friend.

Do it in the name of heaven,

you can justify it in the end.

There won't be any trumpets blowing,

come the judgement 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 the answer from the kingdom,

With our brothers we will share,

All the riches of the mountain,

All the treasure buried there.



Now the valley cried with anger,

Mount your horses, draw your swords

And they killed the mountain people,

So they won their just rewards

Now they stood before the treasure

On the mountain dark and red

Turned the stone and looked beneath it ...................

Peace On Earth, was all it said.



Go ahead and hate your neighbor,

Go ahead and cheat and friend,

Do it in the name of heaven,

You can justify it in the end.

There won't be any trumpets blowing

Come the judgement day,

On the bloody morning after..................

One Tin Soldier rides away. From: stephanie burnakus