Crazy Old Soldier

"Crazy Old Soldier" is the song featured in the 1987 film The Lost Boys, written by Troy Seals and Paul Kennerley, and performed by Ray Charles and Johnny Cash.

Lyrics[]

I've had fame and fortune
And women come knock on my door
I've lived to the limit
And maybe a little bit more

There are so many stories
Of how I got out of control
Some say it's a woman
Some say it's my troubled soul

I'm like a crazy old soldier
Fighting a war on my own
Just me and the whiskey
And the bottles are 10,000 strong

You'd think I'd give up
As many times as I've been hit
But like a crazy old soldier
I just don't know when to quit

Barrooms and bedrooms
Are just faces and places and names
Once for the pleasure
And, Lord knows, once for the pain

I've tried to forget her
And all of the things that we've done
But as long as there are memories
I'll never hang up my gun

I'm like a crazy old soldier
Fighting a war on my own
Just me and the whiskey
And the bottles are 10,000 strong

You'd think I'd give up
As many times as I've been hit
But like a crazy old soldier
I just don't know when to quit

Like a crazy old solider
I just don't know when to quit

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