One Tin Soldier

Lyrics

[Intro] Okay, one, two, three, four, five It's Luanne, I got a story, everybody Let me have your ears for a moment Listen carefully [Verse 1] 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 [Chorus] Go ahead and — not yet 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 Judgment Day On the bloody morning after, ooh One tin soldier rides away Listen to this [Verse 2] 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" [Bridge] Yeah, annihilation [Verse 3] 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, darkened red Turned the stone and looked beneath it "Peace on Earth" was all it said [Chorus] 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, just try There won't be no trumpets blowing Come the Judgment Day On the bloody morning after, ooh One tin soldier rides away Go ahead and hate your neighbor Go ahead and cheat a friend Please do it in the name of Heaven You can justify it in the end There won't be any trumpets blowing, don't you love trumpets? On the bloody morning after, ooh One tin soldier rides a-away [Outro: Luanne Platter & Hank Hill] Sha do ba do, ba do ba do sha bah ba do dah We could get it lying, everybody, if we just try Alright, I don't know "Peace on Earth" to all good men and women and children and animals, and, mm Birds and fish, mm, even objects that aren't breathing too Am I finished? Well, that was very nice, Luanne You gotta love Billy Jack He wasn't looking for trouble And now, here's what you really bought the album for Our theme song And if it makes you hungry to watch the show, look in the TV guide It's on somewhere in America, sometime