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 too 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 mantel 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