One Tin Soldier Lyrics

Listen, children, to a story

That was written long ago

Of 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.



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 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."



Now the valley cried with anger,

"Mount your horses, draw your swords,"

And the 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.



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 judgment day,

On the bloody morning after,

One tin soldier rides away.



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 judgment day,

On the bloody morning after,

One tin soldier rides away.