The Rest of the Story
Those, who after reading this post, might feel compelled to inform me that my thinking is perverted, may rest assured that opinion has been expressed to me in the past.
If they still feel that is a moral imperative they may knock themselves out.
One Tin Soldier also known as The Ballad of Billy Joe had a certain vogue once as a Peace Anti-War Song, whose message is, "Violence is Never the Answer".
I never understood that. I heard the song first time and my reaction was, since Time Immemorial Hill Tribes have usually held their own against Low Landers. If they had fought back, they might not have been butchered like Sheep.
Today we have those who genuinely believe that "Violence is Never the Answer". To the Evil in the World they are like Dodos. They would stand in total incomprehension, if someone came up with a club and bludgeoned them to death.
So if you have never heard, this song or if you have,listen to the Music, read the Lyrics and bear in mind.
"Those who choose not to live by the Sword, can still Die on them."
That was written long ago
'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
You can justify it in the end
There wont be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgment day
On the bloody morning after who...
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
Cam an answer from the kingdom
With our brothers we will share
All the secrets of our mountain
N' all the riches buried there
Now the valley cried in 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
Turn the stone and which 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
You can justify it in the end
There wont be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgment day
On the bloody morning after who...
One tin soldier rides away
Go ahead and hate your neighbor
Go ahead and cheat a friend
Do it in the name of Heaven
You can justify it in the end
There wont be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgment day
On the bloody morning after who...
One tin soldier rides away
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Updated: Wednesday, 23 November 2005 5:45 PM CST