Listen children to a storyThat was written long ago’Bout a kingdom on a mountainAnd the valley folk belowOn the mountain was a treasureBuried deep beneath a stoneAnd the valley people swore they’dHave it for their very ownRefrein:Go ahead and hate your neighborGo ahead and cheat a friendDo it in the name of heavenYou can justify it in the endThere won’t be any trumpets blowingCome the judgment dayOn the bloody morning afterOne tin soldier rides awaySo the people of the valleySent a message up the hillAsking for the buried treasureTons of gold for which they’d killCame an answer from the kingdomWith our brothers we will shareAll the secrets of the mountainAll the riches buried thereRefrein:Go ahead and hate your neighborGo ahead and cheat a friendDo it in the name of heavenYou can justify it in the endThere won’t be any trumpets blowingCome the judgment dayOn the bloody morning afterOne tin soldier rides awayNow the valley cried in angerMount your horses draw your swordAnd they killed the mountain peopleSo they got their just rewardNow they stood beside the treasureOn the mountain dark and redTurned the stone and looked beneath itPeace on earth was all it saidRefrein:Go ahead and hate your neighborGo ahead and cheat a friendDo it in the name of heavenYou can justify it in the endThere won’t be any trumpets blowingCome the judgment dayOn the bloody morning after
One tin soldier rides away