Listen, children, to a story
That was written long ago
About a Kingdom on a mountain
And a valley folk down belowOn the mountain was a treasure
Buried deep beneath a stone
And the valley people swore
They'd have it for their very ownGo ahead and hate your neighbor
Go ahead and cheat a friend
Do it in the name of heaven
You can justify it in the endBut there won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgment day
On the bloody morning after
One tin soldier rides awaySo the people of the valley
Sent a message up the hill
Asking for the buried treasure
Tons of gold for which they'd killCame an answer from the Kingdom
With our brothers, we will share
All the riches of our mountain
All the secrets buried thereNow the valley swore with anger
Mount your horses, draw your swords
And they killed the mountain people
So they won their just rewardsNow they stood beside the treasure
On the mountain dark and red
Turned the stone and looked beneath it
Peace on Earth, was all it saidGo ahead and hate your neighbor
Go ahead and cheat a friend
Do it in the name of Heaven
You can justify it in the endThere won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgment day
On the bloody morning after
One tin soldier rides awayGo ahead and hate your neighbor
Go ahead and cheat a friend
Do it in the name of heaven
You can justify it in the endThere won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgment day
On the bloody morning after
One tin soldier rides away
Songwriters
Dennis Lambert;Brian PotterPublished by
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