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Solider (I. Hanson/T. Hanson/Z. Hanson) (Little Girl Talking) Can I hear the story about the one legged soldier pleeeeease? Um, can you tell me the story about the soldier pleeeeease? One more time. Or I'll knock your nose off. Not so long ago in a toy room not so far away Lived a boy who had so many toys And he didn't know what to do with them all, with them all, with them all Well his favorite of all the toys were the tin soldiers, the tin soldiers And the one that he loved the most Was the one with a missing leg At night the toys would come alive Or that's the story's told And there they met the soldier with the missing leg and The ballerina with a heart of gold At night they would share each other's dreams Under the stars shining bright They were too shy to speak of love, to speak of love One day the boy sat among the window sill Watched for the enemy coming over the hill When the wind blew and knocked him into the street And the boys from the town They said, "won't you look at the one legged soldier. Let's take him in our boats and send him far away. 'Cause I can't find a use for a soldier with a missing leg." And he was lonely, so lonely for a friend And he was lonely, so lonely for a friend As he slowly passed the river raft On his homemade boats Well the boat began to sink And it sank to the bottom of the river It got swallowed by a fish, caught by a fisherman Sold to the family Of the boy who had the toy And the cook said, "look at the one legged soldier. It looks just like the one we lost the other day Could be the boy's tin soldier with a missing leg?" And he was lonely, so lonely for a friend And he was lonely, so lonely for a friend As he sat on the mantel place To dry from the river The ballerina who held his heart sat at his side And when they got up to dance with each other She fell by the fire blazing bright When he jumped to save her from the blaze The faces began to melt into one in the same And now they share each other's destiny Together for ever will be And they are no longer lonely for a friend And they are no longer lonely for a friend No longer lonley yeah No longer lonely Ohhh Ohhhh Well not so long ago in a toy room not so far away Lived a boy who had so many toys And he played with them all, with them all Well he had a ballerina and one legged soldier Started together at the base And they share each other's destiny As they sit on top of the mantel place It's the story of the one legged soldier The story of the one legged soldier The story of the tin soldier with a missing leg |