Tin Soldier (feat. Hunter Girl)

Radio flyer, Red Ryder, and a field coat
Surplus Vietnam
Way too big for a School kid ranger
Plinking Pepsi cans
Figurines and childish dreams
Told a different story
Than what he'd find when he signed the line
And set off chasing glory

Cuz he ain't no tin soldier
In a diecast war
He's been bent and broken
Can't go back to like before
There ain't no way to melt him down
Pour him out in a brand new mold
If he could he'd start the whole thing over
But he ain't no tin soldier

The flip side of the fairytale
Ain't quite how she saw it
When Barbie fell for GI Joe
And they raised Polly Pocket
She's prayed for months to have him home
Safe from all the danger
He looks the same but something's changed
She's waiting on a stranger

Cuz he ain't no tin soldier
In a diecast war
He's been bent and broken
Can't go back to like before
There ain't no way to melt him down
Pour him out in a brand new mold
If she could she'd start the whole thing over
But he ain't no tin soldier

Oooo-ooo
They were sold it and they both bought it
Oooo-ooo
They don't fit back in their boxes

Cuz he ain't no tin soldier
In a diecast war
He's been bent and broken
Can't go back to like before
There ain't no way to melt him down
Pour him out in a brand new mold
If they could they'd start the whole thing over
Take the rough off of the edges
And the chips of his shoulder
If they could they'd start the whole thing over
But he ain't no tin soldier