The Story of a Soldier - La Storia Di Un Soldato - Ennio Morricone

Bugles are calling

From prairie to shore

«Sign up and fall in

And march into war.»

Drums beating loudly

Hearts beating proudly

March blue and gray

And smile as you go

Smoke hides the valleys

And fire paints the plains

Loud roar the cannons

Till ruin remains

Bluegrass and cotton

Burnt and forgotten

All hope seems gone

So soldier march on

To die

Count all the crosses

And count all the tears

These are the losses

And sad souvenirs

This devastation

Once was a nation

So fall the dice

How high is the price?

There in the distance

A flag I can see

Scorched and in ribbons

But whose can it be?

How ends the story?

Whose is the glory?

Ask if we dare

Our comrades out there

Who sleep

Count all the crosses

And count all the tears

These are the losses

And sad souvenirs

This devastation

Once was a nation

So fall the dice

How high is the price

We pay?