One Tin Soldier

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| Listen, children, to a story | that was written long ago, |
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| ’bout a kingdom on a mountain | and the valley-folk below. |
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| On the mountain was a treasure | buried deep beneath a stone, |
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| and the valley-people swore they’d | have it for their very | own. |

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| Go ahead and hate your neighbor, | go ahead and cheat a friend. |
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| Do it in the name of Heaven, you can | justify it in the end. There |
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| won’t be any trumpets blowin’ | come the judgement day, on the |
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| bloody morning after, | one tin | soldier rides away. | | |

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| So the people of the valley | sent a message up the hill, |
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| asking for the buried treasure, | tons of gold for which they’d kill. |
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| Came an answer from the kingdom, | “With our brothers we will share |
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| all the secrets of our mountain, | all the riches buried | there.” |

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| Go ahead and hate your neighbor, | go ahead and cheat a friend. |
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| Do it in the name of Heaven, you can | justify it in the end. |
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| There won’t be any | trumpets blowin’ | come the judgement day, |
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| on the bloody morning | after, | one tin | soldier rides away. | | |

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| Now the valley cried with anger, | “Mount your horses! Draw your sword!” |
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| and they killed the mountain-people, | so they won their just reward. |
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| Now they stood beside the treasure, | on the mountain, dark and red, |
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| turned the stone and looked beneath it -| “Peace on Earth” was all it | said. |
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| Go ahead and hate your neighbor, | go ahead and cheat a friend. |
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| Do it in the name of Heaven, you can | justify it in the end. There |
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| won’t be any trumpets blowin’ | come the judgement day, | on the |
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| bloody morning after, | one tin | soldier rides away. | | |