"One Tin Soldier"

Not sure why this song started running through my head while I was walking today ...

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.

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 Judgment Day.
On the bloody morning after
One tin soldier rides away.

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,
An' all the riches buried there."

Now the valley cried in 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 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 Judgment Day.
On the bloody morning after
One tin soldier rides away.

Songwriters
LAMBERT, DENNIS EARLE / POTTER, BRIAN