Soldier Boy

I was born on a railroad track

With the weight of the world strapped to my back

Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy

Looking for a life in a graveyard town

If you never get lost, you never get found

Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy

Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy

I fell in love with an impossible girl

She was my breath in this strangled world

Born to be a soldier boy, born to be soldier boy

She broke my heart with my best friend's name

Now my mind still works, but it's not the same

Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy

Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy

We go bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ticky, ticky

Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, lo, lo, lo, lo

Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ticky, ticky

Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, lo, lo, lo, lo

So many people wanna watch things grow

Either they're blind or they just don't know

Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy

My daddy was done before he turned nineteen

My momma was run like a fast machine

Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy

So I cross my heart and I hope to die

Like an aeroplane, baby, coming out of the sky

Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy

Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy

We go bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ticky, ticky

Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, lo, lo, lo, lo

Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ticky, ticky

Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, lo, lo, lo, lo

Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ticky, ticky

Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, lo, lo, lo, lo

Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ticky, ticky

Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, lo, lo, lo, lo