One Tin Soldier

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 very own

*So go ahead 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
Cuz 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
And the treasures buried there

*Chorus*

Now the valley cried with anger
Mount your horses draw your swords
And they killed the mountain people
So they won their just reward
As they stood beside the treasure
On the mountain dark and red
Turn the stone and look beneath it
"Peace on earth" was all it said

*Chorus*