Kathy Mar - Man of War lyrics

I am a Dorsai and I've learned a grisly skill

They've taught me how to win a war 10,000 ways to kill

And all the vicious weapons to be used each time I fight

Now I've become a weapon of such fearsome might

Chorus: I am no soldier, I'm a man of war

I am no soldier, I'm a man of war

My code is my life and my duty is my soul

The filling of our contract is my only kind of goal

I go where they tell me and I fight the ones they say

And none of us would think to ever run away

Chorus

We fight and we march to the mercenaries' drum

And many wars are ended by the rumor that we've come

We take to the field and the enemy all flies

I've seen them run in terror from the look in my eyes

Chorus

We land on some planet and we fight until we fall

Or till the war is ended and we hear them sound recall

They say we are bloodless, that we're nothing but machines

But still they beg to hire us when they have the means

Chorus

The years count up in kills and the battles still go on

And none of us believe that we will see a peaceful dawn

And it's aeons of victory to minutes of defeat

But I'm waiting for the day that you will make us obsolete

I'm praying for the day when you will make us obsolete

Words and music: Kathy Mar

Copyright 1984 Kathy Mar