<div>Tom et. al.</div>
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<div>I think this song was a hit on the radio long, long ago in a previous lifetime...At least my porous memory insists it was, without any attempt at verification, for this quick reply.</div>
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<div>Thanks for the lyrics. </div>
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<div>I recall hearing this song numerous times, and never did follow the words closely. They are more meaningful than I would have guessed.</div>
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<div>The meaning is transparent.<br> </div>
<div>Ted Moffett<br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/22/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Tom Hansen</b> <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">"One Tin Soldier"<br>by Lambert-Potter, sung by Coven<br><br>Listen, children, to a story<br>That was written long ago,
<br>'Bout a kingdom on a mountain<br>And the valley-folk below.<br><br>On the mountain was a treasure<br>Buried deep beneath the stone,<br>And the valley-people swore<br>They'd have it for their very own.<br><br>Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
<br>Go ahead and cheat a friend.<br>Do it in the name of Heaven,<br>You can justify it in the end.<br>There won't be any trumpets blowing<br>Come the judgement day,<br>On the bloody morning after....<br>One tin soldier rides away.
<br><br>So the people of the valley<br>Sent a message up the hill,<br>Asking for the buried treasure,<br>Tons of gold for which they'd kill.<br><br>Came an answer from the kingdom,<br>"With our brothers we will share
<br>All the secrets of our mountain,<br>All the riches buried there."<br><br>Go ahead and hate your neighbor,<br>Go ahead and cheat a friend.<br>Do it in the name of Heaven,<br>You can justify it in the end.<br>There won't be any trumpets blowing
<br>Come the judgement day,<br>On the bloody morning after....<br>One tin soldier rides away.<br><br>Now the valley cried with anger,<br>"Mount your horses! Draw your sword!"<br>And they killed the mountain-people,
<br>So they won their just reward.<br><br>Now they stood beside the treasure,<br>On the mountain, dark and red.<br>Turned the stone and looked beneath it...<br>"Peace on Earth" was all it said.<br><br>Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
<br>Go ahead and cheat a friend.<br>Do it in the name of Heaven,<br>You can justify it in the end.<br>There won't be any trumpets blowing<br>Come the judgement day,<br>On the bloody morning after....<br>One tin soldier rides away.
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