One Tin Soldier
The Original Caste

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 Listen children to a story that was written long ago,
 
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 'Bout a kingdom on a mountin, and the valley folk below.
 
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 On the mountain was a treasure, buried deep beneath a stone.
 
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 And the valley people swore they'd have it for their very own.
 
 
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 Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend.
 
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 Do it in the name of heaven, you can justify it in the end.
 
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 There won't be any trumpets blowin', come the judgement day.
 
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 On the bloody mornin' after, One Tin Soldier rides away.

Now 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 mountain, with our brothers we will share,
All the riches of our mountain, all the treasure buried there.

Then the valley cried with anger, "mount your horses, draw your swords."
And they killed the mountain people, so they claimed their just reward.
Now they stand beside the treasure, on the mountain dark and red.
Turned the stone and looked beneath it. "Peace on Earth" was all it said.

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