Music Video
BLACK STAR RIDERS - Soldierstown (OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO)
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Black Star Riders
Performer
Damon Johnson
Solo
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Ricky Warwick
Composer
Scott Gorham
Composer
Damon Johnson
Composer
Sam Robinson
Songwriter
Lyrics
There's a stranger on the road tonight
On the way to soldierstown
The stranger with his coat pulled tight
His collar buttoned down
A stranger every sinner knows
A seasoned man of war
Marching through the fires of hell
Scarred by the cannons roar
They know he's bound for Soldierstown
It's written on the moon
They're pulling all the shutters down
Listening fearful of his tune
He'll sing a song of sixpence
Breaks his fist upon a door
They know the score in Soldierstown
He's done it here before
There is no choice, no compromise
Give up one of your kin
To save the other children
To save your bone and skin
Tonight's the night you must decide
Which son will stay or go
The devil rides in Soldierstown
His boots cut through the snow
Shadows fall on windows
Praying that he'll pass
Listening for the death knell
Of his breath upon the glass
You all must lose a finger
If you wish to save the hand
A stranger chants imagine that
The townsfolk understand
Now every son and daughter
Has been taken in the night
Condemned, they say, to slaughter
If they dare to take the fight
It's midnight out in Soldierstown
There's a knock upon the door
The youngest pushed out in the snow
To save the other four
You can hear the screams in Belfast town
Or so the story goes
You can trace the sets of footprints
In the deepest of the snow
There's nothing here in Soldierstown
Save misery and pain
Crops all failed in Soldierstown
They never grew again
(Guitar solo)
The stranger though, misunderstood
He's come to save the young
To steal them from their poverty
Turn their faces to the sun
To a place where law and love were taught
And peace, it overflowed
One night a soulless father
Met the stranger on the road
'I'll fight until one of us dies'
He screams into his face
'I admire your noble notion'
Said the stranger touched by grace
First please let me show you
Where the young you gave me play
In meadows filled with laughter
Growing wiser by the day
One day your son may save you all
From the hell of Soldierstown
'But take him back', the stranger cried
His patience wearing down
A stranger came to Soldierstown
When 20 years had passed
Looking for his father
Breathing slowly on the glass
There is no choice, no compromise
Give up one of your kin
To save the other children
To save your bone and skin
Tonight's the night you must decide
Which son will stay or go
The devil rides in Soldierstown
His boots cut through the snow
You can hear the screams in Belfast town
Or so the story goes
You can trace the sets of footprints
In the deepest of the snow
There's nothing here in Soldierstown
Save misery and pain
The Devil rides in Soldierstown
He's smiling once again
The Devil rides in Soldierstown
Written by: Damon Johnson, Ricky Warwick, Sam Robinson, Scott Gorham
