[Verse 1]
I am guerilla with a jungle language
A jungle Jimmy with jungle jeans, jungle jeans
I keep-a loose with battle fatigue
Oh, gimme, gimme jungle scenes, jungle scenes
I wanna do some Mid-East cruisin'
Gonna meet an Arab sheik with an M16, an M16
But I'll never get past the Elwood
The best-dressed troubleshooter
You've ever seen, you've ever seen

[Pre-Chorus]
Give me a rifle and some Beaujolais
Those trouble spots, they're all so far away
I will be on the road to Mandalay
You want trouble? I'll give you trouble
You're gonna love it a lot

[Chorus]
I could be a sailor, sailin' on the sea
I could be a soldier, a real fine mercenary
I could be an airman and bomb the enemy, the enemy

[Post-Chorus]
I'm gonna get your body
I'm gonna take your life
I'm gonna stab your body
With my general issue knife
[Verse 2]
I am a killer, a soldier of fortune
I ride the Jeeps in my jungle greens, jungle greens
I raid a village and napalm the elders
A revolutionary, hey, where you been? Where you been?

[Pre-Chorus]
Give me a carbine and a packed lunch
I'll go and join the mercenary bunch
Oh, I've gotta follow my hunch
You want trouble? I'll give you trouble
You're gonna love it a lot
(One, two
Three, four)

[Chorus]
Oh, I could be a sailor, sailin' on the sea
I could be a soldier, a real fine mercenary
I could be an airman and bomb the enemy, the enemy

[Post-Chorus]
I'm gonna get your body
I'm gonna take your life
I'm gonna stab your body
With my general—
[Chorus]
Oh, I could be a sailor, sailin' on the sea
I could be a soldier, a real fine mercenary
I could be an airman and bomb the enemy

[Outro]
I could be an arrow, drinkin' on the beach
I could be the silver spoon, tigers of the riverway
I could be a cowboy, a pioneer on the range
Just to come with Josie, bankin' on my brighter day
A drunk Bostonian headin' to the party
I could be a shake, shake, shake, I could bomb the enemy
The enemy, the enemy, the enemy
The enemy, the enemy, the enemy, yeah