Old Forgotten Soldier Lyrics - Nilsson Schmilsson - Harry Nilsson

Reaching for a butterfly 

Old soldiers never die 

And the gun against their shoulder 

Well, it gets a little older 

And just like that old shoulder 

It just gets put away 

Well, I'm an old, forgotten soldier 

Since they put an end to war 

And I like to tell my story 

But you don't wanna hear about the war 

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I'm an old, forgotten campaign hero 

Left without a cause 

Because, they took away my wars 

I'm an old, forgotten railroad 

A broken, lonely ammo-train 

And my rusty ammunition 

Has been left out in the rain 

I'm an old, forgotten part-time doughboy 

I tried to save the world 

The world was round 

We fired around 

Heard all around the world 

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I'm an old, forgotten campaign hero 

Left without a cause 

Because, they took away my wars 

I'm an old, forgotten railroad 

A broken, lonely ammo-train 

And my rusty ammunition 

Has been left out in the rain