reaching for a butterfly old soldiers never die and the gun against their shoulder well it gets a little older and just like that old shoulder it just gets put away well i m an old forgotten soldier since they put an end to war and i like to tell my story but you don t wanna hear about the war i m an old forgotten campaign hero left without a cause because they took away my wars i m an old forgotten railroad a broken empty ammo train and my rusty ammunition has been left out in the rain i m an old forgotten part time doughboy i tried to save the world the world was round we fired around heard all around the world i m an old forgotten campaign hero left without a cause because they took away my wars i m an old forgotten railroad a broken lonely ammo train and my rusty ammunition has been left out in the rain