Too Long A Soldier — текст песни (Pat Benatar)

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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