Soldier lyrics

Song information

Artist: Hanson
Album: 3 Car Garage

Lyrics

(I. hanson/t. hanson/z. hanson)

Avery: "can I hear the story of the one legged soldier? please?

Jessie: "yeah, and can I hear the story of the tin soldier?
Please? one more time! or I'll knock your nose off!"

Not so long ago in a toy room not so far away
Lived a boy, who had so many toys
And he didn't know what to do with them all
With them all, with them all

Well his favorite of all the toys
Were the tin soldiers, the tin soldiers
And the one that he loved the most
Was the one with the missing leg

At night the toys would come alive
That's how the story is told
There they meet, the soldier with the missing leg
And the ballerina with the heart of gold
At night they would share each others dreams
Under the stars shining bright
But they were to shy to speak of love
To speak of love

One day, the boy sat him on the window sill
To watch for the enemy coming over the hill
Ooh, but when the wind blew, and knocked him into the street
The boys from the town they said
"Won't you look at the one legged soldier!"
"Lets take him in our boat and send him far away
'Cause you can't find a use for a soldier, with a missing leg!"
And he was, lonely, so lonely, for a friend
And he was lonely, so lonely, for a friend
He was so lonely yeah
As he floated past the river raft
On his homemade boat

Well the boat began to sink
And it sank to the bottom of the river
It got swallowed by a fish, caught by a fisherman
Sold to the filly and the boy who had the toys
And the cook said, "look at the one legged soldier
It looks just like the one, we lost the other day!
Could this be the boy's tin soldier
With the missing leg?"

But he was...lonely, so lonely, for a friend
And he was lonely, so lonely, for a friend
He was so lonely, yeah, oh yeah..
So lonely, oh yeah

Avery: "what about the ballerina?"

As he sat on the mantel place to dry from the river
The ballerina who held his heart sat at his side
And when they got up...to dance with each other
She fell by the fire, blazing bright!
When he jumped to save her, from the flames
The bases began to melt into one and the same
Now they share each others destiny
Together forever, they will be!
And they are no longer lonely, for a friend
And they are no longer lonely for a friend
No longer lonely, yeah, no longer lonely
Ooh yeah, oooohh, no longer lonely, yeah

Well, not so long ago, in a toy room not so far away
Lived a boy who had so many toys
And he played with them all
With them all, with them all
Well he had a ballerina, and one legged soldier
Stuck together at the base
And they share each others destiny
As they sit on top of the mantel place
It's the story of the one legged soldier
The story of the one legged soldier
The story of the tin soldier with the missing leg!

[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]

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