Jungle Work is a song from Warren Zevon's 1980 album, Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School.
About the Song[]
This song has been described on occasion as the "mercenary theme song", which is actually an apt description for it. The song mostly describes the action of members of a S.W.A.T team, parachuting into enemy territory and sending their opponents "running to the huts" and sidelines into musings on mercenary life. Throughout the song you can hear the chant "strength and muscle and jungle work", which serves as the main theme of the song.
Trivia[]
It is used as the music of the Russian reunification superevent if Mitchell WerBell III's Magadan is the one to do so in the Hearts of Iron IV mod The New Order: Last Days of Europe.
Song Lyrics[]
Note: the text of this song's lyrics is not under the same copyright license as the wiki's encyclopedic text, it is used under fair use/dealing.
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
Three young men
In a Russian truck
With a little MAC-10
Sent 'em running to the huts
These few young men
The few who dare
To battle in hell
Le Mercenaire!
Strength and muscle and jungle work