One Tin Soldier, There won't be any trumpets blowing Come the Judgement Day

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
Buried deep beneath the 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.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
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,
All the riches buried there."

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 judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin soldier rides away.

Now the valley cried with anger,
"Mount your horses! Draw your sword!"
And they killed the mountain-people,
So they won their just reward.

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.

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 judgement 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 judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin soldier rides away.

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[domisocks1]

We used to sing this song in school, in the '70's. That was when you were allowed to be controversial without raising an uproar. It was okay to talk about morals and right and wrong in the classroom. I miss that for my kids now.

[868245NORRELL]

I first heard this song from a guy I was in rehab with. He sounded good and I thought that he wrote it. After almost 15 years, I just found out that it was a 70's song. Amazing how long that lie has been in my brain.

[Praernym]

@domisocks1 you still can O_o? I still do it all the time with my grade 11 english class. At least up here in canada anyway.

[RuffRyding]

good song on the movie Billy Jack, good movie

[Lennon4ever1]

Imagine if in the end when they upturned the stone, The song Imagine was carved into it by some 'lost civilization' to give hope to future generations!

[ImEveryThingYourNot]

I sung this in grade 5<3 it has given me so many memories, brung me and my friends close, /i will never forget this song it has a lot of meaning to me,, which I can't personally explain, but I love this song<3:):)

[paddledpink]

@woodtick71 Mine did too, when I was a lass and then as a teenager I would sing this song to my baby brother. He loved it. :)

[woodtick71]

my mother used to sing this me when i was a wee boy

[BIllyone17391]

Thank you! I love this song.