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One Tin Soldier: Lyrics?

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Gabrielle Orcutt

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Oct 20, 1996, 3:00:00 AM10/20/96
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Hey,
I'd really like to know the lyrics for One Tin Soldier....by Coven I
think...please email me at jenn...@vcn.bc.ca
Thanks,
Kabi

Morgan Lewis

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Oct 20, 1996, 3:00:00 AM10/20/96
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OK, this is what I remember...

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.

CHORUS:
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 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,
From the mountain came the answer,
With our brothers we will share,
All the secrets of our mountain,
All the riches buried there.

CHORUS

Now the valley cried with anger,
Mount your horses, draw your swords,
And they killed the mountain people,
So they'd 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.

CHORUS


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Morgan

do...@albany.net

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Oct 21, 1996, 3:00:00 AM10/21/96
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jenn...@vcn.bc.ca (Gabrielle Orcutt) wrote:

>Hey,
>I'd really like to know the lyrics for One Tin Soldier....by Coven I
>think...please email me at jenn...@vcn.bc.ca
>Thanks,
>Kabi

This is what I found:

One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack)
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(Lambert-Potter, sung by Coven)

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 the stone,
And the valley-people swore


They'd have it for their very own.

Chorus:


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 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."

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.

Chorus (x2)


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