Listen children to a story that was written long ago

[Walt Starr]

'bout a kingdom on a mountain and the valley folk below.
On the mountain was a treasure buried deep beneath a stone,
and the valley people swore they'd have it for their very own.


Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of heaven, justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowin' come the judgment day
on the bloody morning after one tin soldier rides away.


So the people of the valley sent a message up the hill
asking for the buried treasure, tons of gold for which they'd kill.
Came an answer from the kingdom: "With our brothers we will share
all the secrets of our mountain, all the riches buried there."


Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of heaven, justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowin' come the judgment day
on the bloody morning after one tin soldier rides away.


Now the valley cried with anger; mount your horses, draw your sword,
and they killed the mountain people, so they won their just reward.
Now they stood beside the treasure on the mountain, dark and red,
turned the stone and looked beneath it. "Peace on earth" was all it said.


Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of heaven, justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowin' come the judgment day
on the bloody morning after one tin soldier rides away.

[ewagner]

1. I was thinking

about that song just last night.....

it sort of sums up the way things are going today doesn't it?

[eternalburn]

2. Me too.. (nt)

[woodsprite]

4. That's weird, I've been singing it for the last 2 days. n/t

[Walt Starr]

5. How does it feel to live in the valley

That's the analogy I draw these days, the U.S. is the valley and the rest of the world is the mountain.

Either that or I'm livin' on the mountain and the neo-cons want my treasure.

[bloom]

9. "...the neo-cons want my treasure."

that's what I was thinking.

[Freedom_from_Chains]

3. I know the drummer for that band n/t

[Spinzonner]

6. Ah yes, the story of Billy Paul

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/76/76hbillypaul.phtml

[Nickster]

7. LOL, funny.....

[carnie_sf]

8. That was a great song

[Withywindle]

10. Wow, that takes me back!

4-H Club talent shows, mostly!


I suppose schoolkids wouldn't be allowed to sing that song or any other with a pro-peace, pro-tolerance theme onstage nowadays in a lot of places. :scared:


Great song, thanks for posting it!

[Just Me]

11. That's exactly how it feels,...these times.

Thank you for the post.

[mourningdove92]

12. My eyes are leaking.

Ok, I am weeping. I have always loved that song.