Soldier's Song-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 (战士之歌) (2003 Remastered Version) - The Hollies (冬青) [00:02.85]Written by：Mike Batt [00:05.71]The smoke was slowly rising [00:08.15]As the light began to fade [00:10.90]There were fires on the skyline [00:13.56]From some distant border raid [00:16.25]I was riding out at seventeen [00:19.56]To join my first brigade [00:21.86]Many years ago [00:23.41] [00:27.31]And I chanced upon a farmhouse [00:30.05]Where the woman took me in [00:32.48] [00:33.19]She gave me food and wine [00:35.33]She gave me shelter from the wind [00:38.21]She delayed me from my regiment [00:41.34]And service of my king [00:43.83]Many years ago [00:45.84] [00:49.19]She said soldier [00:51.23] [00:51.75]Before I lose you to the fight [00:54.69]Oh my soldier I'll make a man of you tonight [01:00.03]She took me over in the fading fireglow [01:05.60]On that wild and misty night she was my woman [01:10.68] [01:17.20]When I rose next morning [01:19.35]I was gone before she stood [01:21.79] [01:22.70]Tore myself away from there [01:25.22]And left without a word [01:27.36] [01:28.06]The sound of distant infantry [01:30.58]Was the only thing I heard [01:33.16]On that morning [01:35.34] [01:39.25]In that day I aged ten years [01:41.76]And died a thousand deaths [01:43.89] [01:44.45]I learned the feel of frozen steel [01:47.14]And fear within my breast [01:49.33] [01:49.90]But the lesson I'll remember [01:52.32]Till they lay me to my rest [01:54.93]Keeps returning [01:57.46] [02:00.58]She said soldier before I lose you to the fight [02:05.99]Oh my soldier I'll make a man of you tonight [02:11.26]She took me over in the fading fireglow [02:16.79]On that wild and misty night she was my woman [02:22.08] [02:47.48]And when the dice of war were thrown [02:50.10]And victory was won [02:52.33] [02:52.89]My drunken young compatriots [02:55.54]Went out to have their fun [02:58.01]And there was no single house [03:00.43]They didn't burn or overrun on that evening [03:06.32] [03:09.19]And I rode out to that place again [03:12.09]As hard as I could ride [03:14.64]But I found her by the cradle [03:17.12]On that lonely mountainside [03:20.06]In the hands of those brave friends of mine [03:23.06]She suffered and she died [03:25.46]Many years ago [03:27.78] [03:31.63]Soldier before I lose you to the fight [03:36.28]She said soldier I'll make a man of you tonight [03:41.77]She took me over in the fading fireglow [03:46.87] [03:47.39]On that wild and misty night she was my woman