Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - One Tin Soldier lyrics

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Listen children to a story

that was written long ago

Bout a kingdom on a mountain

and the valley far below

On the mountain was a treasure,

buried deep beneath the 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 can justify it in the end

There won't be any trumpets blowing,

come the judgment day

But 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

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.

So 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

But on the bloody morning after,

one tin soldier rides away.