Mercenaries (Ready for War)
John Cale * Track #1 On Sabotage/Live
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Mercenaries (Ready for War) by John Cale
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The lyrics depict the perspective of a mercenary, someone hired for combat, who reflects on their experiences, motivations, and the grim reality of their profession.
The intro sets the tone, describing mercenaries as individuals lacking unity or loyalty, motivated primarily by a meager wage that co...
Mercenaries (Ready for War) Lyrics
[Intro]
Mercenaries are useless, 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 not enough to make them wanna die for you
[Verse 1]
I'm just another soldier boy
Just another soldier boy
Looking for work
Looking for work
Looking for work
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus]
Ready for war, ready for war
Ready for war, ready for war
Ready for war, ready for war
Ready for war, ready for war
[Verse 3]
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
[Verse 4]
They didn't wanna pay me
They didn't wanna pay me, but they did
Try to separate me from my money
Is like separating me from my life
[Chorus]
Ready for war, ready for war
Ready for war, ready for war
Ready for war, ready for war
Ready for war, ready for war
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 5]
Let's go to Moscow, let's go to Moscow
Let's go, let's go, let's go to Moscow
Find a backdoor to the Kremlin
Push it down and walk on in
Say "Howdy-owdy doodie aye doodie aye-a
How howdy-owdy doodie aye-a"
Let's go, must go, must go, must go, must go to Moscow
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
Visibility zero!
[Chorus]
Ready for war, ready for war
You better be ready for war, ready for war
Ready for war, are you ready for war?
You better be ready for war, ready for war
Mercenaries (Ready for War) Q&A
Who wrote Mercenaries (Ready for War)'s ?
Mercenaries (Ready for War) was written by John Cale.
Who produced Mercenaries (Ready for War)'s ?
Mercenaries (Ready for War) was produced by John Cale.
When did John Cale release Mercenaries (Ready for War)?
John Cale released Mercenaries (Ready for War) on Thu Dec 20 1979.
What did John Cale say about "Mercenaries (Ready for War)"?
It was the post-Vietnam era, and we were running into a lot of people with Agent Orange afflictions, and obviously these people had nothing to lose. They’re sick of everything around them and they’re sick and that’s it. The feeling of danger from those people… you know, the wild card.
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