[Verse 1]
I'm a soldier of fortune
I'm trained and I'm ready to kill
Put me to battle
I'll follow the sound of the gun
Give me an order
Command me, I'll fire at will
I've got no emotions
I'm living with thunder and steel
I don't hear your lies
All I hear are your battle cries
I'm a soldier of fortune
I'm trained and I'm ready to die
[Chorus]
To the power and the glory
Raise your glasses high
To the power and the glory
Be with me tonight
[Verse 2]
A cold death awaits me tonight
If I stumble or fall
My friends lay around me
Their bodies all tattered and torn
But mine is not to reason why
Mine is just to do or die
[Chorus]
To the power and the glory
Raise your glasses high
To the power and the glory
Be with me tonight
[Bridge]
Can you feel the power?
Can you feel the glory?
Can you feel the power?
Can you feel the glory?
Can you feel the power?
Is it with you tonight?
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
I'm fighting for freedom
I'm safe, I've got God on my side
What price in life can you justify your battle hymn?
The General says we'll will win the war
Just sacrificed a thousand more
[Chorus]
To the power and the glory
Raise your glasses high
To the power and the glory
Be with me tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, yeah
To the power and the glory
Raise your glasses high
To the power and the glory
Be with me tonight, tonight, yeah-yeah
Power and the Glory was written by Paul Quinn (Saxon) & Nigel Glockler & Steve Dawson & Graham Oliver & Biff Byford.
Power and the Glory was produced by Jeff Glixman.
Saxon released Power and the Glory on Mon Mar 21 1983.