Zevon, Warren - Jungle Work Lyrics

Excuse, gong ho

Le mercenaire!

This is also a US military cadence.

Zevon's music makes me low-key angry that I was born too late to be a mercenary in the 60's.

Leland Skyler is rocking da bass on this classic Zevon song. Hell to me this is a hit! :)

written like a sequel to the headless Thompson gunner

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
Strength and muscle and jungle work
Strength and muscle and jungle work
Strength and muscle and jungle work
Three young men
In a Russian truck
With a little M10
Sent 'em running to the huts
A few young men
The few who dare
To battle in hell
Le Mercenaire!
Strength and muscle and jungle work
Strength and muscle and jungle work
Strength and muscle and jungle work
Strength and muscle and jungle work
Strength and muscle and jungle work
Strength and muscle and jungle work

Joe Walsh, always Joe Walsh...

This is what happens when you don't send Lawyers Guns and Money.

Or when your dad didn't get you out of it.

Lol..good one

Ingrams and short-barreled M-16s are certainly good for "jungle work" HK MP-5 is probably my favorite sub-gun, though.

Lear jet S.W.A.T. team - what imagery!

Song has the most effect if you're reading an issue of Soldier of Fortune published between 1981-1988

Also works with a copy of SOF from the 70's when they were talking about Rhodesia.

Or hung ho

Paratrooper beer drinking music..before we jump 1/509 abct vecensa

.just saying.the 509 in vecensia at the time I served was 78 to 82.and the primary mission was to hold a drop zone for the 82nd.or to destroy the space shuttle if it fell into hostle hands ie crash landed.

Mach schnell!

favorite song, 1st Ranger Battalion 85-87, Honduras, Panama, ...

No one like him anywhere. That was a good thing for him. Same for Neil Young and Bob Dylan. They created a unique niche in American rock that carried them to the top.

Now~*+*~Airborne~*+*~Parachute~*+*~ Rigger Tijuana, Mexico{@<_@}At Man Due is Sir Timothy Edward Sours Sr. 27 + years in military Navy & Army; Cuba, Russia & I don't remember 7 tours of combat{@<_@} God rest my soul; big brother Ft. Bragg, NC ?

Strength and muscle and jungle work

Yeah, buddy!

Joe Walsh also plays lead guitar on Jeannie needs a shooter

Glad to see a bunch of Vet's enjoying this tune and I thank you men and women for your service!

and I believe Joe Walsh playing guitar on the song

A Great Warren Zevon song, or the Best WZ song?

they are pretty much ALL the best... ;)

written like a sequel to the headless Thompson gunner

Клёво.

Riding into a hot LZ in the door of a chopper... no thrill like it. Americal... 1970.

LOVE this song!

One of the ballsiest, toughest toons ever made...for some reason I thought Hunter and Wagner were on this song...nice guitar playing nonetheless...

I uploaded this song a few years ago for myself because I heard it here in SoCal on KLOS and couldn't find a good version. I'm glad I made so many people happy! :)

2:25 "Mach schnell!" I now officially like him even more than I did before! Warren Zevon ist mein Musiker Held!

He is one of my role-models. Warrior/poet.

Poet only....

close enough

Is that what that line was? I've always wondered. FIgured it might "what's your name?"

Song gets me pumped

Takes me back to the days when I thought I was 9 feet tall and bulletproof

Marcus Pennington , hey weren’t we all! Now that I’m an old fart Veteran with all my limbs and body intact, it makes me realize that I was one lucky dude. Too bad I can’t say that for some of my old comrades though.

Some one post a good version of Turbulence? Turmoil back in Moscow, please!?

Transverse City is a HIGHLY underrated album of his.

One of my favorite records, so glad I kept it.

Superb.

Hoah! memory's 22hour flight op order in air lock and load 1 min. GOGOGOGOGOGO!

I still have the vinyl.

Is there possibly a link to an mp3 for this?

You are literally a life saver - I've been looking for the studio version for ages, thank you!