Steve Earle Mercenary Song

Lyrics Me and ol Bily we both come from Georgia Met Hank out in New Mexico We re bound for Duranqo to join Pancho Villa We hear that he s payin in gold I guess a man s got to do what he s best at Ain t found nothin better so far Been called mercenaries and men with no country Just soldiers in search of a war And we re bound for the border We re soldiers of fortune And we ll fight for no country but we ll die for good pay Under the flag of of the greenback dollar Or the peso down Mexico way When this war is over might go back to Georgia And settle down quiet some where I ll most likely pack up and head south for Chile Heard tales there s some trouble down there And we re