By Jorge Calderon and Warren Zevon 1980 Zevon Music BMI Lear jet S.W.A.T team On a midnight run With the M16 And the Ingram gun We parachute in We parachute out "Death from above" We're screaming now Where the pay is good And the risk is high It's understood We'll do or die Sten gun in hand Where the gun is law From Ovamboland To Nicaragua Strength and muscle and jungle work Three young men In a Russian truck With a little MAC-10 Sent 'em running to the huts These few young men The few who dare To battle in hell Le Mercenaire! Strength and muscle and jungle work