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The smoke was slowly rising as the light began to fadeThere were fires on the skyline from some distant border raidI was riding out at seventeen to join my first brigadeMany years ago And I chanced upon a farmhouse where the woman took me inShe gave me food and wine she gave me shelter from the windShe delayed me from my regiment and service of my kingMany years ago She said "Soldier before I lose you to the fightOh my soldier I'll make a man of you tonight"She took me over in the fading fire glowOn that wild and misty night she was my woman When I rose next morning I was gone before she stoodTore myself away from there and left without a wordThe sound of distant infantry was the only sound I heardOn that morning And in that day I aged ten years and died a thousand deathsI learned the feel of frozen steel and fear within my breastBut the lesson I'll remember till they lay me to my restKeeps returning [Chorus :]SongtexteAnd when the dice of war were thrown and victory was wonMy drunken young compatriots went out to have their funAnd there was no single house they didn't burn or overrun on that evening And I rode out to that place again as hard as I could rideBut I found her by the cradle on that lonely mountainsideIn the hands of those brave friends of mine she suffered and she diedMany years ago "Soldier before I lose you to the fight"She said "Soldier I'll make a man of you tonight"She took me over in the fading fire glowOn that wild and misty night she was my woman Aus Songtexte Mania