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Soldiers
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Singer/Songwriter
Soldiers was released on January 1, 2008 by Brambus Records & Verlag AG as a part of the album This One - European Edition
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Release DateJanuary 1, 2008
LabelBrambus Records & Verlag AG
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM146

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Rod MacDonald
Rod MacDonald
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Roderick Owen MacDonald
Roderick Owen MacDonald
Songwriter

Lyrics

Some people are born to be soldiers
They're the ones who answer the call
We gratefully accept their service
To stand up and fight for us all
We send them off to do hard bidding
And if I were a fly on the wall
I'd hate to see even one soldier
Die for nothin' at all
I had a friend who was a soldier
We sat out on my front lawn
He said, "I don't know why I'm going
Or what it is to be done
I mean, isn't it their country?
Who are we to be buttin' in?"
He went off to the jungle
And I never did see him again
Some people aren't born to be soldiers
They end up soldiers anyway
Me, I was never a soldier
And I don't regret it today
Some people are born to be spectators
They stand on the sidelines and cheer
They're never the ones who are going
But they support it year after year
They invest in the oil and the weapons
Make deals in the fine marble halls
And when the soldiers come home broken
They give 'em back nothin' at all
Some people say, "How 'bout a little somethin'?
To support the men and women over there"
Some public statement, it's the right thing
Some patriotic words of prayer
But why are they only called heroes
When their names end up on a wall?
I pray those born to be heroes
Don't die over nothin' at all
Some people are born to survive it
To watch their brothers in arms fall
Me, I was never a soldier
And I don't regret it at all
Some people are born to be soldiers
Civilians tell them what to do
Where to go and who to kill
And especially who to answer to
They fight the good fights and the bad fights
So we can all think we're standin' tall
'Cause we hate to see even one soldier
Die for nothin' at all
Written by: Roderick Owen MacDonald
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