Lyrics:

(Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter)



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 a 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 judgment day

On the bloody morning after who...

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'



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

Turn the stone and looks 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 judgment day

On the bloody morning after who...

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 judgment day

On the bloody morning after who...

One tin soldier rides away