Mercenaries (ready For War) Lyrics - John Cale

Mercenaries are usless, disunited, unfaithful 

They have nothing more to keep them in a battle 

Other than a meager wage 

Which is just about enough to make them wanna kill for you 

But never enough to make them wanna die for ya 

I'm just another soldier boy 

I'm 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 

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Ready for war, ready for war 

Ready for war, ready for war 

Ready for war, ready for war 

Ready for war, ready for war 

Did some work in Zaire, the jolly old Belgian Congo 

Went back to Geneva to get paid 

Back there in Geneva, that's were the money grows 

That's were the money grows, that's were the money flows 

They didn't wanna pay me 

They didn't wanna pay me, but they did 

Try to separate me from my money 

is try to separate me from my life 

Ready for war, ready for war 

Ready for war, ready for war 

Ready for war, ready for war 

Ready for war, ready for war 

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Let's go to Moscow, let's go to Moscow 

Let's go, let's go, let's go to Moscow 

Fight a backdoor to the Kremlin 

Push it down and walk on in 

5000 feet and closing 

Target visibility one nine 

4000 feet and closing 

Target visibility two six 

3000 feet and closing 

Target visibility seven nine 

2000 feet and closing 

Visibility one ten 

1000 feet and closing 

Visibility seven four 

500 feet and closing 

Target visibility zero! 

Ready for war, ready for war 

You better be ready for war 

Ready for war, ready for war 

Are you ready for war 

Ready for war, ready for war