I am a Dorsai and I've learned a grisly skill They've taught me how to win a war 10,000 ways to kill And all the vicious weapons to be used each time I fight Now I've become a weapon of such fearsome might I am no soldier, I'm a man of war I am no soldier, I'm a man of war My code is my life and my duty is my soul The filling of our contract is my only kind of goal I go where they tell me and I fight the ones they say And none of us would think to ever run away I am no soldier, I'm a man of war I am no soldier, I'm a man of war We fight and we march to the mercenaries' drum And many wars are ended by the rumor that we've come We take to the field and the enemy all flies I've seen them run in terror from the look in my eyes I am no soldier, I'm a man of war I am no soldier, I'm a man of war We land on some planet and we fight until we fall Or till the war is ended and we hear them sound recall They say we are bloodless, that we're nothing but machines But still they beg to hire us when they have the means I am no soldier, I'm a man of war I am no soldier, I'm a man of war The years count up in kills and the battles still go on And none of us believe that we will see a peaceful dawn And it's aeons of victory to minutes of defeat But I'm waiting for the day that you will make us obsolete I'm praying for the day when you will make us obsolete