We were the children of ‘45 Loaded like pistols and taught how to die We looked the enemy straight in the eye (And never surrender) The trenches dug in the back of mind I go over the top time after time Me and the one's we left behind (I’ll always remember) Now there's no fight left within me But the righting of this wrong As Nations we’re divided But as people we are one Like brothers in blood it seems that we’ve been too long a soldier In the city of monuments Among the flags of our government The orders of battle are written in the shadows of a hard black line Where people cry for a nations scars And heroes sleep beneath a blanket of stars Too young to die But never too old to play the generals game Now there's no life left within them But their memory lingers on As Nations we’re divided But as people we are one For brothers in blood We sing that we’ve been Too long a soldier Eternal flames blow in the wind I’ve been too long a soldier Captain of the guard I’m coming in Too long too long a soldier I’ve seen so much worth dying for So little worth killing over HEY!! Eternal flames blow in the wind I’ve been too long a soldier Captain of the guard I’m coming in Too long too long a soldier I’ve seen so much worth dying for So little worth killing over Soldiers gone before, I will surely fade away My eyes have seen the glory, and the suffering and pain I’ve been too long a soldier Too long too long a soldier I’ve been too long a soldier (Too long a soldier) Eternal flames blow in the wind (Too long a soldier) My eyes have seen the glory of (Too long a soldier) Oh say can you see by the dawns early light, Oh,oh