Tin Soldier

Album: Tin Soldier (1967)
Charted: 9 73
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  • I am a little tin soldier that wants to jump into your fire
    You are a look in your eye
    A dream passing by in the sky
    I don't understand
    And all I need is treat me like a man
    'Cause I ain't no child
    Take me like I am
    I got to know that I belong to you
    Do anything that you want to do
    Sing any so song that you want me to sing to you
    I don't need no aggravation
    I just got to make you
    I just got to make you my occupation, oh yeah
    (I got to know that I belong to you)
    (Do anything that you want to do)
    (Sing any so song that you want me to sing to you)

    All I need is your whispered hello
    Smiles melting the snow, nothing heard
    Your eyes, they're deeper than time
    Say a love that won't rhyme without words
    So now I've lost my way
    I need help to show me things to say
    Give me your love before mine fades away, yeah, baby
    (I got to know that I belong to you)
    (Do anything that you want to do)
    (Sing any so song that you want me to sing to you)

    Oh, no, no
    Oh, no
    I just want some reaction
    Someone to give me satisfaction
    All I want to do is stick with you,'cause I love you Writer/s: Ronnie Lane, Steve Marriott
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

  • Jonathan from Gt Yarmouth UkHard Rocks starts right here on this track at 1.27sec. Check it out. This was 1967 don't forget. RIP Stevie, well in the top 10 all time vocalists imo.
  • Shirley from Kelso, United KingdomOne of the best bands ever! Steve Marriotts voice brill. Who is Robert PLant
  • Jeff Lewin from Nottingham,P.P Arnold provides vocals on this track.
    Anyone wishing to check this out ,go to youtube, and type it into search.
    The miming is fairly bad, but the song is a belter.
    As mentioned. Badly overlooked band. And one of Britain,s greatest vocalists. Sadly burned to death in his house. Too much over indulgence, and lack of sleep.
    Had met up with Pete Frampton that day, planning to work together.
    That would have been something special.
  • Patrick Hamilton from Braintree, Englandthis is in my opinion an amazing song, however they are a greatly overlooked group.
  • Guy from Wellington, New ZealandThe metaphor for this song is from the fairy tale of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen. It's a tale of undying love and selfless sacrifice. If you read it http://www.fairytalescollection.com/hans_christian_anderson/The_Brave_Tin_Soldier.htm
    you will understand how Steve Marriott could have chosen this heart-rending tale for his love lyric.

    Apart from all that sop it's a rip roaring song.
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