Story Behind The Song
Told from the POV of a soldier of each American war, highlighting the reason for those wars - freedom from tyranny, freeing slaves, fighting nazis, up to the present fight against international terrorism.
Song Description
Told from the POV of a soldier of each American war, highlighting the reason for those wars - freedom from tyranny, freeing slaves, fighting nazis, up to the present fight against international terrorism. The song asks why so many soldiers died to preserve our rights, freedom, and constitution when so many today seem willing to throw them all away (or simply deprive others of those rights.)
| Song Length |
3:00 |
Genre |
Folk - Alternative, Folk - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Enraged, Heated |
Subject |
Civil Rights, War |
| Similar Artists |
Bob Dylan |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Soldier (don't let me die in vain)
I was a young boy fishing with a string
I was a young man the whole world at my feet
Then I was a soldier - they sent me out to war
Enemy caught me - now I am no more
I died for your freedom
I died in blood and pain
I was a soldier - don't let me die in vain
I fought in the revolution - I fought to set men free
I fought against the Axis, I fought in North Korea
I fought in Cambodia, I fought in Vietnam
I fought in the Gulf Wars, I fought in Afghanistan
I died for your freedom
I died in blood and pain
I was a soldier - don't let me die in vain
Yes, I was a soldier fighting for your rights
I was a soldier giving freedom flight
And I was a soldier putting out Hellfire
Now I am the spirit in the freedom choir
I died for your freedom
I died in blood and pain
I was a soldier - don't let me die in vain
I was a soldier, now I am no more
If you let them take your freedoms,
What was I fighting for