I did not get out of the trenches unscathed, This lingering damage I'll take to my grave, Like nerve gas poison and agent orange The wages of high risk are part of my story What kind of madness took a hold of me to shoot another's blood Into my willing veins no I could never do that voluntarily I heard a demon tell me to and I obeyed but
I don't take the orders from the war room anymore This is one recruit who surrenders I don't take orders from the war room anymore Now I am my own defender
I keep receiving a distorted command And if I hadn't given up I'd surely fall, ohh back Into the tangle of this expendable men Suicidal mission set against the wrong foe
I don't take the orders from the war room anymore This is one recruit who surrenders I don't take orders from the war room anymore Now I am my own defender
I may have turned yellow but did not betray My old friend's still battling out in the fray Am I Lilly-livered now I'm a beginner I'm damned all to hell and I am delivered Sometimes I'm tempted to forget myself and jump Back into the skirmish as a mercenary, what little time my poor soul may have left I'd rather that I live it sanctuary
I don't take the orders from the war room anymore This is one recruit who surrenders I don't take orders from the war room anymore Now I am my own defender
I don't take the orders from the war room anymore This is one recruit who surrenders I don't take orders from the war room anymore Now I am my own defender I don't take orders