Joan Baez - One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack )

 

 

      
        
Listen, children, to a story 
That was written long ago 
About a Kingdom on a mountain 
And a valley folk down 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 

But there won't be any trumpets blowing 
Come the judgment 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 riches of our mountain 
All the secrets buried there”
Now the valley swore with anger 
”Mount your horses, draw your swords” 
And they killed the mountain people 
So they won their just rewards 

Now 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 judgment 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 judgment day 
On the bloody morning after 
One tin soldier rides away