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Artist: Hal Ketchum
Canonical path: /ketchum-hal/old-soldiers
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Old Soldiers
Read Old Soldiers lyrics by Hal Ketchum on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Old Soldiers
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Old habits die hard and some wounds never heal
We got what we came for this is part of the deal
I can't forget you can't even try
Sometimes it seems like somebody died
Old soldiers die hard old hearts beat slow
Old friends go easy old lovers just go
Some fools never learn ain't that what they say
I turned for a moment and you turned away
You had your reasons God only knows
If it bothered you baby it never showed
Old soldiers die hard old hearts beat slow
Old friends go easy old lovers just go
Old soldiers die hard old heads hang low
Old friends go easy old lovers just go
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I keep telling myself that it's alright
But I know that later on tonight
Old soldiers die hard old hearts beat slow...
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Hal Ketchum performs "Old Soldiers", and this lyric page sits inside the Hal Ketchum catalog on LyroVerse.
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