I was born on a railroad track   With the weight of the world strapped to my back   Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy      Looking for a life in a graveyard town   If you never get lost, you never get found   Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy   Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy      I fell in love with an impossible girl   She was my breath in this strangled world   Born to be a soldier boy, born to be soldier boy      She broke my heart with my best friend's name   Now my mind still works, but it's not the same   Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy   Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy      We go bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ticky, ticky   Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, lo, lo, lo, lo   Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ticky, ticky   Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, lo, lo, lo, lo      So many people wanna watch things grow   Either they're blind or they just don't know   Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy      My daddy was done before he turned nineteen   My momma was run like a fast machine   Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy      So I cross my heart and I hope to die   Like an aeroplane, baby, coming out of the sky   Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy   Born to be a soldier boy, born to be a soldier boy      We go bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ticky, ticky   Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, lo, lo, lo, lo   Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ticky, ticky   Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, lo, lo, lo, lo      Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ticky, ticky   Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, lo, lo, lo, lo   Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ticky, ticky   Bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, ba-bang, lo, lo, lo, lo