Boy Soldier

Boy Soldier - Johnny Clegg Lyrics

I am a boy soldier

Look into my eyes

I’m tired and older

Than the dead man by my side



I can take your soul

In a flash and a smile

And my home, and my name, and my life

Lie so very far behind me



Every second in no man's land

I hold my life in these small hands

Every day in a world gone mad

Hard to face who I am



Once we were children

Once we played in the morning light

Once we were chidren

One morning they came

The soldiers took us away



I am a boy soldier

See my eyes’ empty stare

Each day explodes with pain

And it’s more than I can bare



The ghosts of the slain

Are the shadows in my eyes

And I dream tomorrow will come

And carry me away



Every second in No Man's Land

I hold my life in these small hands

Every day in a world gone mad

Hard to face who I am



Once we were children

Once we played in the morning light

Once we were dreamers

One morning they came

The soldiers took us away