Soldier Boy

Just a little soldier boy, playing war games with his plastic toys Bullies always chase him, starting battles he'll never win He comes home with a black eye, a broken arm, mama starts to cry "Why do you have to stand against them, when you know it will end like this?" He fights, he fights, though his heart weighs a ton He fights for the right to not always have to run He fights for freedom But he has never won Just a little soldier man, they're losing in a way that was not planned Enemies fire at him, ending the lives of all his friends He wakes up on the ground, buried beneath a human mound Why did he have to stand up with them, when he knew it would come to this? He fights, he fights, though his heart weighs a ton He fights for the right to not always have to run He fights for freedom But has he ever won Just a soldier's battlefield, but the dying men refuse to yield Opposing sides lift their guns, wishing this had never begun Just a soldier's recovery bed, he can't get the images out of his head Why did he have to go through with it, when he knew it would end like this? He fights, he fights, though his heart weighs a ton He fights for the right to not always have to run He fights, he fights, for freedom For freedom