You were the Roman soldier, you hid behind the helmet and sword
You were only following orders when you nailed his hands to the board
You mocked him, “Hail, King of the Jews!” you gambled for his robes
You heard his mama crying out and said, “hey, that just how it goes”
Soldier of Fortune, a devil pacing the cage
You’re nothing new, we know about you
You’ve been here in every age, soldier of fortune
You drove the trucks full of innocents, the Gestapo overseeing the trains
You carried them off to concentration camps where they’d never be seen again
You terrorized in the dead of night, you wore the white sheet and the hood
Quoting the bible, burning the crosses, and you’d string ‘em up again, if you could
Soldier of Fortune, a devil pacing the cage
You’re nothing new, we know about you
You’ve been here in every age, soldier of fortune
You’re nothing but a gun for hire, hiding behind a mask
You didn’t care if she was somebody’s mother
When you shot her in the face through the window glass
A VA nurse on a city street, full of the courage you lack
An angel of mercy, helping a stranger and you fired ten bullets into his back
Soldier of Fortune, a devil pacing the cage
You’re nothing new, we know about you
You’ve been here in every age, soldier of fortune
You are a soldier of fortune you do it for the money and laugh
It happened before now it’s happening again, just like it did in the past
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(Gilkyson/Gauthier)
This song is dedicated to the people fighting state terror everywhere. In memory of Alex Jeffrey Pretti and Renee Goode, shot dead on the streets on Minneapolis, by ICE.