Pat Benatar - Too Long A Soldier Lyrics
We were the children of `45Loaded like pistols and taught how to dieWe looked the enemy straight in the eye (and never surrender)Through trenches dug in the back of my mindI go over the top time after timeMe and the ones we left behind (faces Ill always remember)Now theres no fight left within me, but the writing of this wrongAs nations were divided, but as people we are oneLike brothers in blood it seems that weve been -too long a soldierIn the city of monuments, among the flags of all governmentsThe order of battle is written in the shadows of a hard black lineWhere people cry for a nations scarsAnd heros sleep beneath a blanket of starsToo young to die, but never too old to play the generals gameNow theres no life left within them, but the memory lingers onAs nations were divided, but as people we are oneFor brothers in blood we sing that weve been -too long a soldierEternal flames blow in the wind, Ive been too long a soldierCaptain of the guard Im coming in, too long, too long a soldierIve seen so much worth dying for, so little worth killing overHey, heyEternal flames blow in the wind, Ive been too long a soldierCaptain of the guard Im coming in, too long, too long a soldierIve seen so much worth dying for, so little worth killing overSoldiers gone before me, I will surely fade awayMy eyes have seen the glory, and the suffering and the painIve been too long a soldier, too long, too long a soldierIve been too long a soldierToo long a soldier)Eternal flames blow in the windToo long a soldier)My eyes have seen the glory ofToo long a soldier)Oh say can you see by the dawns early lightOooh, ooh, oohOooh, ooh, oohFrom the album wide awake in dreamlandWritten by: neil geraldo & myron grombacher
