Lyrics & MusicI read that post and could vaguely remember that song. I =
remembered the tune but could only remember the line about cheating your =
neighbors as far as the lyrics go. I looked it up and it was by Coven. =
Don't know if that was a group or an individual. Was this song the =
theme song for that movie Billy Jack? He was the supposed Indian man =
who went around righting wrongs and fighting a lot. One of the Walking =
Tall type movies? Must have played on the radio quite a bit for such =
memory to have filled my head. =20
mack
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Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 8:16 AM
Subject: Lyrics & Music
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One Tin Soldier
(The Legend of Billy Jack)
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This song has a lesson to it -- violence is not the way. Please visit =
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(by Lambert-Potter, sung by Coven)
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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