Before the jungle closes in [a letter to America] The candles are a cocoa hue [Inside the room of missing men] A hundred mercenary souls We are the army of the night One foot in front of the other, babe One baby step I feel a soldier of fortune Marching inside of me We drink our gin in Mandalay [afraid of what we have become] This is the moment of intrigue A tiger dreaming of his prey This is the edge of history One foot in front of the other, babe One baby step I feel a soldier of fortune Marching inside of me One foot in front of the other, babe One baby step I feel a soldier of fortune Marching inside of me One foot in front of the other, babe One baby step I feel a soldier of fortune Marching inside of me One foot in front of the other, babe One baby step I feel a soldier of fortune Marching inside of me