Mercenaries (Ready for War) Songtext
von John Cale

There′s an old song, but another talk and subject that people are making a lot of money in it

I ain't just another soldier boy
Just another soldier boy
Looking for work
Looking for work
Looking for work

My rifle is my friend
My rifle is my friend
I clean my rifle everyday
I clean my rifle everyday
That′s why my rifle is my friend

Ready for war, ready for war
Ready for war, ready for war

I did some work in Zaire, the jolly old Belgian Congo
Went back to Geneva to get paid
Back up in Geneva, that's were the money flows
That's were the money flows, were the money grows


They didn′t wanna pay me
They didn′t wanna pay me, but they did
Try to separate me from my money
As I separate me from my life

Ready for war, ready for war
Ready for war, ready for war

Let's go to Moscow, let′s go to terrain
Let's go, let′s go, let's go to the terrain
Find the backdoor to the merges
Put it down and walk on in
Say halehaliduda halehaliduda let′s go must go, must go Moscow must go, must go to Moscow

2000 feet and closing
Target visibility nine eight
500m and closing
Target visibility eight four
300m and closing
Target visibility nine five
200m and closing
Visibility seven eight
100m and closing
Target visibility zero!


Ready for war, ready for war
Ready for war, ready for war
Ready for war, ready for war
Ready for war, ready for war

Thank, thank you very much Amsterdam