Lyrics

The Soldier
Words and music by Michael Casali
© Michael Casali 2017

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He was just a soldier as he burned his last bridge down
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He gave up everything he had, for the honor of the crown
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Deep into the desert he could hear those battle sounds
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A single desert warrior's bullet lay his body down
A E A E
He was just a soldier he was just a soldier
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Yesterday I thought I saw him on a busy street
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I tried but turned away, the picture incomplete
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It only took one moment, but I know just what I saw
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A faceless ghost to wander, a reminder to us all
A E A E
He was just a soldier he was just a soldier

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And the letter that you wrote to your darling bride
G
Falls by her side
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As the marrow is let from your dying bones
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You leave her now, all alone

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Where have all the soldiers gone now that war is done
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In overcrouded graveyards lies a brother and a son
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He was just a soldier and he burned his last bridge down
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He gave up every thing he had, for the honor of the crown
A E A E
He was just a soldier he was just a soldier