Me First & The Gimme Gimmies - One Tin Soldier (Hidden Bonus Track) lyrics

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Listen children to a story, that was written long ago<br />

'Bout a kingdom on a mountain and the valley far below<br />

On the mountain was a treasure buried deep beneath the stone<br />

And the valley people swore, they'd have it for their very own<br />

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So, go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend<br />

Do it in the name of heaven, you can justify it in the end<br />

There won't be any trumpets blowing, come the Judgment Day<br />

But on the bloody morning after, one tin soldier rides away<br />

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So, the people from the valley sent a message up the hill<br />

Asking for the buried treasure, tons of gold for which they'd kill<br />

Came an answer from the Kingdom, "With our brothers, we will share<br />

All the secrets of our mountain, all the riches buried there"<br />

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Now the valley cried with anger, "Mount your horses, draw your swords"<br />

And they killed the mountain people, so they won their just reward<br />

Now they stood beside the treasure on the mountain, dark and red<br />

Turned the stone and looked beneath it, 'Peace on earth', was all it said<br />

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So, go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend<br />

Do it in the name of Heaven, you can justify it in the end<br />

There won't be any trumpets blowing, come the Judgment Day<br />

But on the bloody morning after, one tin soldier rides away