Released: August 19, 1974
Songwriter: Harry Nilsson
Producer: John Lennon
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
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
- Nilsson Schmilsson (1971)
- Pussy Cats (1974)
- Spaceman
- Old Forgotten Soldier
- Kojak Columbo
- Don’t Forget Me
- The Most Beautiful World in the World
- Subterranean Homesick Blues
- Black Sails
- Many Rivers to Cross
- You’re Breakin’ My Heart
- Good for God
- Save the Last Dance for Me
- She’s Leaving Home
- Mother Nature’s Son
- You Can’t Do That
- All My Life
- Mucho Mungo/Mt. Elga
- Take 54
- Rock Around the Clock
- Loop De Loop
- That Is All
- At My Front Door
- Ambush
- Old Dirt Road
- That Is All (Reprise)