well 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 the missing leg
at night the toys would come alive
or that's how the story goes
and there they met, the soldier with the missing leg
and the ballerina with the heart of gold
at night they would share eachother's dreams
under the stars shining bright
they were too shy to speak of love, to speak of love
one day the boy sat him on the windowsill
to watch for the enemy, coming over the hill
well then the wind, it 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 a boat, and send him far away
'cause you 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,
he was so lonely, yeah
well he floated past a river rat
on his homemade boat
well the boat began to sink
and it sank to the bottom of the river
it got swallowed by a fish, caught by a fisher, soled to the family of the boy who lost the toy
and the cook said "look at the one-legged soldier
it looks like the one that was lost the other day
could it be the boy's tin soldier
with the missing leg?"
and he was lonely so lonely for a friend
and he was lonely, so lonely for a friend,
he was so lonely, yeah
as he sat on the mantleplace to dry from the river
the ballerina who held his heart sat at his side
and when they got up to dance with eachother,
she fell to by the fire, blazing bright
well he jumped to save her from the flames,
and their bases began to melt into one and the same
and now they share eachother's destiny
together forever they will be
and they are no longer lonely for a friend
and they are no longer lonely for a friend
no longer lonely, yeah. (no longer lonely)
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, with them all
well he had a ballerina and a one-legged soldier
stuck together at the base
and they share eachother's destiny as they sit on top of the mantle place
it's the story of the one-legged soldier
the story of the one-legged soldier
the story of the tin soldier
with the missing leg.
there is a piccolo at the beginning of this song, and ike sings the lead, with the other two doing harmonies. it sounds really cool live. ike said he was inspired by a story he had heard, and that is where the idea for the song came from.