I was born on a railroad track
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With the weight of the world strapped to my back
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Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy
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Looking for a life in a graveyard town
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If you never get lost, you never get found
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Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy
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Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy
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I fell in love with an impossible girl
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She was my breath in this strangled world
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Born to be a soldier boy, born to be soldier boy
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She broke my heart with my best friend's name
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Now my mind still works, but it's not the same
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Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy
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Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy
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We go bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ticky, ticky
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Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, lo, lo, lo, lo
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Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ticky, ticky
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Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, lo, lo, lo, lo
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So many people wanna watch things grow
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Either they're blind or they just don't know
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Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy
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My daddy was done before he turned nineteen
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My momma was run like a fast machine
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Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy
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So I cross my heart and I hope to die
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Like an aeroplane, baby, coming out of the sky
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Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy
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Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy
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We go bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ticky, ticky
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Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, lo, lo, lo, lo
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Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ticky, ticky
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Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, lo, lo, lo, lo
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Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ticky, ticky
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Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, lo, lo, lo, lo
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Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ticky, ticky
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Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, lo, lo, lo, lo
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Soldier Boy
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Mason Jennings |