Mercenary Song
Steve Earle

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Me and old Bill there we both come from Georgia
Met Hank down in New Mexico
We're bound for Durango to join Pancho Villa
We hear that he's paying in gold

I guess a man's got to do what he's best at
Ain't found nothing better so far
Been called mercenaries and men with no country
Just soldiers in search of a war

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We're bound for the border
We're soldiers of fortune
We'll fight for no country
But we'll die for good pay
Under the flag of the greenback dollar
Or the peso down Mexico way

When this war is over, I might go back to Georgia
And settle down quiet somewhere
I'll most likely pack up and head south for Chile
Hear tell there's some trouble down there

CHORUS: (X2)