Standard (EADGBE)

Listen old soldier where ever you are

Hills of the valley's come near or come far

 You say youth is a treasure we waste when we're young

 So come down from the place where your medals are hung

 Your forever returning and learning to fight

 And you feel just like an old soldier tonight

Listen old soldier cause time doesn't wait

Moon's on your shoulder the hour is late

Something there inside still calls out to you

 And you won't fade away whatever you do

 Your forever beginning barely winning the fight

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You feel just like an old soldier tonight

Your not getting any younger that much is true

But your still got that hunger burning in you

So what'll you do now

Harmonica

So what'll you do now

Listen old soldier to the sound in your ear

 Of too many battles for too many years

There's only one thing you've learned in defeat

 Is that losing is bitter and victor is sweet

Your always unraveling and traveling lite

 And you feel like an old soldier tonight

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And you feel like an old soldier tonight

From the "Thousand Roads" CD Atlantic Records 1993

1992 Museum Steps Music (ASCAP)