Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Soldier's Tale, artist - Strawbs. Album song Deep Cuts, in the genre Иностранный рок
Date of issue: 05.05.2006
Record label: Witchwood
Song language: English
The Soldier's Tale |
The watchers on the hillside stand in silence |
As the dawn appears |
Then they gather to their horses in an instant |
As a sunshaft sears |
Through the morning mist which hangs low in the valleys |
Like a serpent’s tail |
Both poisonous to enemies and heroes |
In the soldiers' tale |
A lonely tower stands empty as a refuge |
By the sullen lake |
As the straggle of survivors, in their weakness |
Make a grave mistake |
For the crossroad sign which points towards the cost |
Is another nail |
In the cross of the Pretender and his comrades |
In the soldiers' tale |
The dream we once knew |
Is now over |
The battle is lost |
The retreat has begun |
Let us make our escape |
In the dead of the night |
While the lone widows wail |
In the soldiers' tale |
The French boat, at the ready, stands at anchor |
On the swollen tide |
His loyal followers raise a faint cheer |
As he draws aside |
The Pretender’s cause is lost, a sad farewell |
As the boat sets sail |
And the rain hurls down on the challenge of the gauntlet |
In the soldiers' tale |
The soldiers' song is never sung |
The soldiers' battle never won |
The soldiers' lives are bought an sold |
The soldiers' bayonets are cold |
The soldiers' guns are never fired |
The soldiers' eyes are never tired |
The soldiers' hearts are filled with hate |
A soldier’s cause must ever wait |