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ONE
TIN SOLDIER |
Written by | Dennis
Lambert, Brian Potter |
Originally performed by |
Original Caste
(1969) |
The Gimmes version also includes | |
Misc. | Track 4 of "Have A Ball" (1997). Learn more about this
song here. |
Tabs | Bass
tab (from www.jiihootabs.cjb.net). |
Lyrics :
Listen children to a story that was written
long ago
About a kingdom on a mountain and the valley far
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
So go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead
and cheat a friend
Do it in the name of heaven, you'll be justified 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 from 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 they killed the mountain people so they won their just reward
As 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
So go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead
and cheat a friend
Do it in the name of heaven, you'll be justified in the end
There won't be any trumpets blowing, come the judgement day
On the bloody morning after, one tin soldier rides away