I was on a railroad track With the of the world strapped to my back Born to be a soldier boy, to be a soldier boy
Looking for a life in a graveyard If you get lost, you never get found Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a boy Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a boy
I fell in love with an impossible She was my breath in strangled world Born to be a soldier boy, to be soldier boy
She my heart with my best friend's 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, 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
So many people wanna things grow Either they're blind or they just know to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy
My daddy was done before he nineteen My momma was run like a fast Born to be a boy, born to be a soldier boy
So I my heart and I hope to die Like an aeroplane, baby, out of the sky Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a 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
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