Tin Soldiers Lyrics - Pure Fingers Live: St. Patrix 1993 - Stiff Little Fingers

He joined up to get a job and show he wasn't scared 

Swapped boy scout hat for army cap 

He thought he'd be prepared 

At the age of seventeen, he was forced to choose 

At the age of twenty-one, he's in Catch-22, all right! 

He joined up for just three years, it seemed a small amount 

But they didn't tell him that 

The first two didn't count 

At the age of seventeen how was he to know 

That at the age of twenty-one he'd still have one to go? 

Tin soldier 

He signed away his name 

Tin soldier 

No chance for cash or fame 

Tin soldier 

Now he knows the truth 

Tin soldier 

He signed away his youth 

He joined up 'cause Dad knew best to do right by his son 

And now he hates and counts the dates 

That mark time on square one 

At the age of seventeen he did as he was told 

Now at the age of twenty-one tin still won't turn to gold 

Tin soldier 

He signed away his name 

Tin soldier 

No chance for cash or fame 

Tin soldier 

Now he knows the truth 

Tin soldier 

He signed away his youth 

If at the age of seventeen you fall in line too soon 

Then at the age of twenty-one you'll still march to their tune 

Hup, two, three, four 

Hup, two, three, four 

Hup, two, three, four 

Hup, two, three, four 

Tin soldiers, you signed away your name 

Tin soldiers, no chance for cash or fame 

Tin soldiers, now you know the truth 

Tin soldiers, you sign away your youth 

Tin soldiers, you go and join the queue 

Tin soldiers, do what they want you to 

Tin soldiers, they take away your name 

Tin soldiers, they treat you all the same 

Sign away your life 

Sign away your life