Fountain Green

ONE TIN SOLDIER

Listen children to a story
That was written long ago
'Bout a Kingdom on a Mountain
And the Valley Folk below

On the Mountain was a treasure
Buried deep beneath a stone
And the Valley people swore
They'd have it for their very own.

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of heaven,
Justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowin'
Come the Judgement Day
On the bloody morning after.
One tin soldier rides away.

So the People of 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."

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of heaven,
Justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowin'
Come the Judgement Day
On the bloody morning after.
One tin soldier rides away.

Now the Valley cried with anger
"Mount your horses, draw your sword!"
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.

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of heaven,
Justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowin'
Come the Judgement Day
On the bloody morning after.
One tin soldier rides away.