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The Story Of A Soldier

POSTED BY: RELFEXIVE
UPDATED: Friday, July 2, 2004 04:39
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Thursday, July 1, 2004 12:15 PM

RELFEXIVE


This seemed the best place to put this... not really a fic, a filk or a good blog entry, so, here we are.

I thought this would make a good lament for the Independants at the end of the war. Call it 'The Lament Of Serenity Valley' or something. It's from 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly' in truth, but I thought it was kinda appropriate...


The Story Of A Soldier - from 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'

Music by Ennio Morricone
Lyrics by Tommie Connor

Bugles are calling from prairie to shore,
"Sign up" and "Fall in" and march off to war;
Drums beating loudly, hearts beating proudly
March blue and grey and smile as you go.

Smoke hides the valleys and fire paints the plains,
Loud roar the cannons 'til ruin remains;
Blue grass 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 souveniers;
This devestation once was a nation
So fall the dice, how high is the price we pay.

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.


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Mal: "We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so... very... pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die."

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Friday, July 2, 2004 4:39 AM

DIXIEFLATLINE


Certainly an appropriate connection, since Adam Baldwin cites Eli Wallach's performance as Tuco in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly as one of his reasons for wanting to play a character like Jayne...

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