Soldier's Song (2003 Remaster)-The Hollies

[ti:Soldier's Song (2003 Remastered Version)] [ar:The Hollies] [al:Head Out Of Dreams (The Complete Hollies August 1973 - May 1988)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Soldier's Song (2003 Remaster) - The Hollies [00:02.74]Written by：Mike Batt [00:05.48]The smoke was slowly rising [00:07.92]As the light began to fade [00:10.67]There were fires on the skyline [00:13.33]From some distant border raid [00:16.02]I was riding out at seventeen [00:19.33]To join my first brigade [00:21.63]Many years ago [00:23.18] [00:27.08]And I chanced upon a farmhouse [00:29.82]Where the woman took me in [00:32.25] [00:32.96]She gave me food and wine [00:35.10]She gave me shelter from the wind [00:37.98]She delayed me from my regiment [00:41.11]And service of my king [00:43.60]Many years ago [00:45.61] [00:48.96]She said soldier [00:51.01] [00:51.52]Before I lose you to the fight [00:54.46]Oh my soldier I'll make a man of you tonight [00:59.80]She took me over in the fading fireglow [01:05.37]On that wild and misty night she was my woman [01:10.45] [01:16.97]When I rose next morning [01:19.13]I was gone before she stood [01:21.57] [01:22.47]Tore myself away from there [01:24.99]And left without a word [01:27.13] [01:27.83]The sound of distant infantry [01:30.35]Was the only thing I heard [01:32.93]On that morning [01:35.11] [01:39.02]In that day I aged ten years [01:41.53]And died a thousand deaths [01:43.66] [01:44.22]I learned the feel of frozen steel [01:46.91]And fear within my breast [01:49.10] [01:49.67]But the lesson I'll remember [01:52.09]Till they lay me to my rest [01:54.70]Keeps returning [01:57.23] [02:00.35]She said soldier before I lose you to the fight [02:05.76]Oh my soldier I'll make a man of you tonight [02:11.03]She took me over in the fading fireglow [02:16.56]On that wild and misty night she was my woman [02:21.85] [02:47.25]And when the dice of war were thrown [02:49.87]And victory was won [02:52.10] [02:52.66]My drunken young compatriots [02:55.31]Went out to have their fun [02:57.78]And there was no single house [03:00.20]They didn't burn or overrun on that evening [03:06.09] [03:08.96]And I rode out to that place again [03:11.86]As hard as I could ride [03:14.41]But I found her by the cradle [03:16.89]On that lonely mountainside [03:19.83]In the hands of those brave friends of mine [03:22.84]She suffered and she died [03:25.23]Many years ago [03:27.55] [03:31.40]Soldier before I lose you to the fight [03:36.05]She said soldier I'll make a man of you tonight [03:41.54]She took me over in the fading fireglow [03:46.64] [03:47.16]On that wild and misty night she was my woman