Listen children to a story That was written long ago 'Bout a kingdom, on a mountain And the valley folk below On the mountian was a treasure Burried 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 wont be any trumpets blowing Come the judgement 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 burried treasure Tons of gold for which they'd kill Cam an answer from the kingdom With our brothers we will share All the secrets of our mountain N' all the riches burried there
Now the valley cried in 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 which 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 wont be any trumpets blowing Come the judgement 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 wont be any trumpets blowing Come the judgement day On the bloody morning after who... One tin soldier rides away