Soldier Boy - Buffy Sainte-Marie

I tell you a story, it’s a true one

And I’ll tell it like you’ll understand

And ain’t gonna talk like some history man

I look out and I see a land

Young and lovely, hard and strong

For fifty thousand years

We’ve danced her praises

Prayed our thanks and we’ve just begun

This is, this is my country

Young and growin' free and flowin' sea to sea

Yes this is my country

Ripe and bearing miracles in ev’ry pond and tree

Her spirit walks the high country

Givin' free wild samples

And settin' an example how to give

Yes, this is my country

Retchin' and turnin', she’s like a baby learnin' how to live

I can stand upon a hill at dawn

Look all around me, feel her surround me

Soldier blue, can’t you see her life has just begun?

It’s beating inside us

Telling us she’s here to guide us

Ooh, soldier blue, soldier blue

Can’t you see that there’s another way to love her?

Ooh

Yes, this is my country

And I sprang from her and I’m learnin' how to count upon her

Tall trees and the corn is high country

Yes, I love her and I’m learnin' how to take care of her

Whenever the news stories get me down

I take a drink of freedom to think of

North America from toe to crown

It’s never long before I know just why I belong here

Ooh, soldier blue, soldier blue

Can’t you see that there’s another way to love her?

Soldier blue, soldier blue

Can’t you see that there’s another way to love her?

Soldier blue, soldier blue

Can’t you see that there’s another way to love her?