Letra de 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)
Through trenches dug in the back of my mind
I go over the top time after time
Me and the ones we left behind (faces I´ll always remember)
Now there´s no fight left within me, but the writing 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 all governments
The order of battle is written in the shadows of a hard black line
Where people cry for a nations scars
And heros sleep beneath a blanket of stars
Too young to die, but never too old to play the general´s game

Now there´s no life left within them, but the 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, 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 me, I will surely fade away

My eyes have seen the glory, and the suffering and the 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
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