One Tin Soldier - By: Emmerson, Lake, and Palmer

[Miki Yamuri]

One Tin Soldier

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 to have it for their very own.

So the people of the valley sent a message up the hill,

Asking for the buried treasure; tons of gold for which they would kill.

Came the answer from the Kingdom with our brothers we will share

All the secrets of our mountain and the riches buried there.

Now the valley cried with anger, mount your horses, draw your sword

So they killed the mountain people and won their just reward.

Now they stood beside the treasure on a 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 judgement day

On the bloody morning after ... Only 1 tin soldier rides away …

With love

Miki