VERSE 1:
I return home tired ready for bed
As labor takes its toll on my body life bleeds my head
I feel beat, switch on the heat take a seat and give a sigh of relief
Another day done home from the heap
To let my thoughts run deep, I close my eyes in submission
It’s time to review my everyday position, to make a living
I’m over worked-under paid
I wade through the days but there’s little reward for blue-collar trade
Dirty work boots criminal roots
I guess us knuckle headed youths make for good heavy labor recruits
So what does a man do but get drunk
And hope the alcohol will numb his wits on this tiresome hunt
To find happiness, the ultimate state we all chase
In the hope to shake these fucked up times and follow with grace
This itch underneath the tips of these fingers of mine
To leave my troubles behind ‘cause I just wanna shine

CHORUS:
Soldier on, soldier on…
Oh boy, hold yourself together
Oh child, shine
Oh boy, this life won’t last forever
Oh child, shine

PRO-CHORUS:
When life hits the crunch point and realize the world isn’t gonna do you any favours, you’re on your own mate. I’ve got to start making plans for myself, but what have I got to work with. That’s when I look at my choices I’m like..

VERSE 2:
Option number one, eleven hour shifts in this dirt labor rat race
Lifting heavy stacks til my back breaks
Live to be the working class hero, kids and a wife
Physical strife for pocket money and the quiet life
Or like I know best easy doe
Option number two commit my life to the street and let the geezers know
Money to be made, and fuck all to lose
Only my head says the path of a sinner would be a sorry move
Life can be dark and it’s hard to keep a true heart
My last and final option, to gamble on my musical spark
Merely living on luck I’m traveling blind
This hit and miss game of try’na get signed ‘cause I’ve got shine

CHORUS:
Soldier on, soldier on…
Oh boy, hold yourself together
Oh child, shine
Oh boy, this life won’t last forever
Oh child, shine

VERSE 3:
Born for big things, I set my sights higher
My entire life been known as a live wire
‘Cause something inside possesses me with the wild fire
And keeps me alive to fight and strive through these dire times of nine-five
A lion heart desire, a cast iron drive to aspire and rise from my environment
Retire the vampires and liars who conspire
To acquire my soul, but dem know it’s not for hire
The weak admire he strong and so I soldier on
I spot the con while the rest struggle to tag along
Some say I’m living it wrong
But so be it, the day will come when I’m gone and I’ll be cast out to where I belong
I’m such a long way from home
Try’na prove to them punks from the past, one day I’d earn the right to be known
Time is priceless, life is divine
I’m trying a diamond in the rough dying to shine

CHORUS:
Soldier on, soldier on...
Oh boy, hold yourself together
Oh child, shine
Oh boy, this life won’t last forever
Oh child, shine

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