I AM A SOLDIER

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Song Title
I AM A SOLDIER
Writers
Brown
Publisher
ESSEX MUSIC INTERNATIONAL, INC. (ASCAP)
Co-Publisher
TRO Affiliate
% Publisher Controls
100%
Territory Controlled
US AND CANADA
Themes/Keywords
Father, Fight, Flower, Games, Gun, Soldiers, Son, Story, Strange, Time, War
Lyrics
I am a soldier,
But I know not what I’m fighting for.
Guess that’s strange, yes it’s strange.
And if I told you
The same old story just once more,
Would it change, would it change?
And you say, “No”.
I am my father’s son
And in so much alone the product
And the bearer of his pride,
But would he sooner see me, touch me,
Or lay a flower and say how much he wished
He’d understood the meaning
While he had the time.

I am a soldier,
But I know not what I’m fighting for.
Nothing’s new, nothing’s changed,
You’ve lent my name
To your lame excuse
To play at war.
But it’s a game, just a game.
And you say war.
But it’s a rare and sometimes magic thing
That makes a boy into a king,
Long before his time, so all sing,
Glory Hallelujah.
And if the flag means that much to you,
Take your gun
And stand alongside me
Upon the line.

Repeat and fade:
But will you lead us
When you don’t need us,
Or will you take your gun
And stand alongside me
Upon the line.

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