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One Tin Soldier Lyrics

Artist: Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Album: Have a Ball

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 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 the 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 rewards
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.

Comments/Interpretations

by Tatiana on 5/30/2008 9:24am
people should read this song and take heed of the words because we are there with all the war

by yvonne on 5/3/2009 6:04pm
i've loved this song since it came known from the movie ill Jack
awesome

by Running Tree on 10/24/2010 7:52am
This is definitely one of my favourite songs ever. It used to be just because my mum sang it to us at bedtime, but since I was about twelve, these lyrics have really taken a lot of meaning to me... This song and Imagine by John Lennon.