The Original Caste Lyrics - 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 

There deep beneath a stone 

And the valley people swore 

They'd have it for their very own. 

(Chorus 1) 

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 

Come that 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 secrets of our mountain, 

All the secrets buried there." 

Now the valley cried with anger: 

"Mount your horses! Draw your swords!" 

And they killed the mountain people: 

So, they won their just reward. 

Now they stood before 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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(Chorus 2, 3) 

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 

Come that Judgment Day. 

On the bloody morning, after 

One tin soldier rides away.