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 lonely 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