Not so long ago in a toy room not so far away
    Lived a boy who had so many toys
    And he didn't know what to do with them all 
    With them all, with them all
    Well his favorite of all the toys were the tin soldiers, the tin soldiers
    And the one that he loved the most was the one with the missing leg
    At night the toys would come alive or that's how the story is told
    And there they met the soldier with the missing leg
    And the ballerina with the heart of gold
    At night they would share each other's dreams
    Under the stars shining bright
    But they were to shy to speak of love, to speak of love
    
    One day the boy sat him on the window sill
    To watch for the enemy coming over the hill
    But when the wind it blew it knocked him into the street
    And the boys from the town they said
    
    Won't you look at the one-legged soldier
    Let's stick him in a boat and send him far away
    'Cause I can't find a use for a soldier with a missing leg
    
    And he was lonely, so lonely for a friend
    And he was lonely, so lonely for a friend
    
    As he floated past a river rat
    On his homemade boat
    Well the boat began to sink
    And he sank to the bottom of the river
    He got swallowed by a fish
    Caught by a fisherman
    Sold to the family of the boy who had the toys
    
    And the cook said look at the one-legged soldier
    It looks just like the one we lost the other day
    Could this be the boy's tin soldier with the missing leg
    
    As he sat on the mantel place to dry from the river
    The ballerina who held his heart sat at his side
    And when they got up to dance with each other
    They fell by the fire blazing bright
    When he jumped to save her from the flames
    Their bases began to melt into one in the same
    And now they share each other's destiny
    Together forever they will be
    
    And they are no longer lonely for a friend
    And they are no longer lonely for a friend
    
    Not so long ago in a toy room not so far away
    Lived a boy who had so many toys
    And he played with them all
    With them all, with them all
    Well he had a ballerina and a one-legged soldier, stuck together at the base
    And they share each other's destiny as they sit on top of the mantil place
    It's the story of the one-legged soldier 
    The story of the one-legged soldier
    The story of the tin soldier with the missing leg