Lyrics to
Soldier Boy

This version of Soldier Boy was released by Free in 1972.

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I’m a soldier boy
Standing on the battlefield
And I hear the bugle call
Calling me to my destiny
All around me is people falling down.

I’m a soldier boy
Standing on the battlefield
Oh! The sky is red overhead
Burns my eyes like a fireball
All around me is people falling down.

I’m a soldier boy
Standing on the battlefield.

Standing on the battlefield.

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About Lyrics and Soldier Boy by Free

The lyrics to Soldier Boy are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Free in 1972. Elements of the lyrics to Soldier Boy are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Free and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Soldier Boy back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Soldier Boy by Free in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Soldier Boy" means the words set to the music of Soldier Boy, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Free. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Soldier Boy and the lyrics to Soldier Boy are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Free who came here looking just for the lyrics to Soldier Boy, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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