크레딧
실연 아티스트
Stiff Little Fingers
실연자
Jake Burns
보컬
McMordie
베이스 기타
Jim Reilly
드럼
Henry Cluney
기타
작곡 및 작사
Gordon Ogilvie
작사가 겸 작곡가
Jake Burns
작곡가
프로덕션 및 엔지니어링
Doug Bennett
프로듀서
가사
He joined up to get a job
And show he wasn't scared
Swapped boy scout hat for army cap
He'd finally be prepared
At the age of 17, he was forced to choose
At the age of 21, he's in Catch 22, hey
He joined up for just three years
It seemed a small amount
But they didn't tell him
That the first two didn't count
At the age of 17, how was he to know
That at the age of 21, he'd still have one to go?
Tin soldier
He signed away his name
Tin soldier
No chance for cash or fame
Tin soldier
Now he knows the truth
Tin soldier
He signed away his youth
He joined up 'cause Dad knew best
To do right by his son
And now he hates and counts the dates
That mark time on square one
At the age of 17, he did as he was told
Now at the age of 21, tin still won't turn to gold
Tin soldier
He signed away his name
Tin soldier
No chance for cash or fame
Tin soldier
Now he knows the truth
Tin soldier
He signed away his youth
If at the age of 17, you fall in line too soon
Then at the age of 21, you'll still march to their tune
Hup two three four
Hup two three four
Hup two three four
Tin soldiers
You sign away your name
Tin soldiers
No chance for cash or fame
Tin soldiers
Now you know the truth
Tin soldiers
You sign away your youth
Tin soldiers
You go and join the queue
Tin soldiers
Do what they want you to
Tin soldiers
They take away your name
Tin soldiers
They treat you all the same
Sign away your life
Sign away your life
Written by: Gordon Ogilvie, Jake Burns
