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Artist: Keane
Canonical path: /keane/the-happy-soldier
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Happy Soldier
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The Happy Soldier
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I've been thinking
Why don't we
Jump onboard some gunship
And sail away to sea
And if I'm seized by enemy
Of any kind
I don't mind
They'll be sorry
Wait and see
The SAS will rescue me
I've been thinking
I'm so bored
What a life to live and die
By the silver sword
And if I'm crashed on stormy seas
The darkness falls and all I see
Is a desert island
That's ok
I'll use the stars to find my way
If I'm drifting to no-man's land
GHQ will lend a hand
And there's nothing king and country wouldn't do for me
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Keane performs "The Happy Soldier", and this lyric page sits inside the Keane catalog on LyroVerse.
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