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