One Tin Soldier Lyrics - Joan Baez

Listen, children, to a story 

That was written long ago 

About a Kingdom on a mountain 

And a valley folk down 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 

You can justify it in the end 

But there won't be any trumpets blowing 

Come the judgment day 

On the bloody morning after 

One tin soldier rides away 

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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 riches of our mountain 

All the secrets buried there 

Now the valley swore with anger 

Mount your horses, draw your swords 

And they killed the mountain people 

So they won their just rewards 

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 

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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 judgment day 

On the bloody morning after 

One tin soldier rides away 

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 judgment day 

On the bloody morning after 

One tin soldier rides away