Too Long a Soldier

We were the children of ‘45

Loaded like pistols and taught how to die

We looked the enemy straight in the eye

(And never surrender)

The trenches dug in the back of mind

I go over the top time after time

Me and the one's we left behind

(I’ll always remember)

Now there's no fight left within me

But the righting of this wrong

As Nations we’re divided

But as people we are one

Like brothers in blood it seems that we’ve been too long a soldier

In the city of monuments

Among the flags of our government

The orders of battle are written in the shadows of a hard black line

Where people cry for a nations scars

And heroes sleep beneath a blanket of stars

Too young to die

But never too old to play the generals game

Now there's no life left within them

But their memory lingers on

As Nations we’re divided

But as people we are one

For brothers in blood

We sing that we’ve been

Too long a soldier

Eternal flames blow in the wind

I’ve been too long a soldier

Captain of the guard I’m coming in

Too long too long a soldier

I’ve seen so much worth dying for

So little worth killing over

HEY!!

Eternal flames blow in the wind

I’ve been too long a soldier

Captain of the guard I’m coming in

Too long too long a soldier

I’ve seen so much worth dying for

So little worth killing over

Soldiers gone before, I will surely fade away

My eyes have seen the glory,

and the suffering and pain

I’ve been too long a soldier

Too long too long a soldier

I’ve been too long a soldier

(Too long a soldier)

Eternal flames blow in the wind

(Too long a soldier)

My eyes have seen the glory of

(Too long a soldier)

Oh say can you see by the dawns early light,

Oh,oh