One Mile, No Sweat
One mile no sweat,
Two miles better yet,
Three miles oh no,
Four miles gotta go,
Five miles, gotta run
Six miles, to the sun
Seven miles feeling good like I should.
In my legs,
In my head,
In my chest,
Feeling good,
Super troop.
C-130
C-130 rolling down the strip,
Airborne rangers on a one-way trip.
Mission top secret, destination unknown,
Don’t even know if we’re ever coming home.
Stand-up, Hook-up, shuffle to the door,
Jump right out and count to four.
Slip to the left and slip to the right
Slip on down to a firefight.
Hit the drop zone with my feet apart
Legs in my stomach and feet in my heart.
And if my main don’t open wide,
I’ve got a reserve by my side.
And if that one should fail me too,
Look out below, I’m coming through.
And if I die in the old drop zone,
Box me up and ship me home.
And if I die in the Korean mud
Bury me with a case of Bud
Bury speakers all around my head
So I can rock with the Grateful Dead
Bury speakers all around my toes
So I can rock with Axel Rose
Pin my medals upon my chest,
And bury me in the leaning rest.
Up in the Morning
Up in the morning at the break of day
Work so hard we never play
Run through the jungle where the sun don’t shine
And all I do is the double time
Up in the morning and out of the rack
Grab my clothes and put them on my back
Run thru the swamp and up in a tree
First sergeant chasing after me
I like whiskey and I like wine
But all I do is double time
Up in the morning before the break of day
I don’t like it no way
Eat my breakfast too darn soon
Hungry as hell by noon
Went to the mess sergeant on my knees
I said mess sergeant, mess sergeant, feed me please
Mess sergeant said with a big old grin
“If you want to be airborne, you got to be thin.”
When I Get to Heaven
When I get to heaven,
Saint Peter’s gonna say,
How’d you earn your living boy?
How’d you earn your pay?
I reply with a whole lot of anger,
Earned my living as an Airborne Ranger.
Livin’ a life of Guts and Danger,
Blood, Sweat, Guts, and Danger.
That’s the way, of an Airborne Ranger
When I get to hell,
Satan’s gonna say,
How’d you earn your living punk?
How’d you earn your pay?
And I replied with a boot to his face,
Earned my livin’ laying souls to waste!
My Granny
When my granny was 91,
She did PT just for fun.
When my granny was 92,
She did PT better than you.
When my granny was 93,
She did pushups just like me.
When my granny was 94,
She did PT more and more.
When my granny was 95,
She did PT to stay alive.
When my Granny turned 96,
She did situps just for kicks.
And when my granny turned 97,
She double-timed straight up to heaven.
She met St. Peter at the pearly gate,
Said, “Gee, St. Peter I hope I’m not late.”
St. Peter said with a big wide grin,
“Drop down Granny and knock out ten.”
Saw an Old Lady
Saw an old lady walking down the street
Had a ruck on her back and jungle boots on her feet
I said “Hey old lady where you going to?”
She said “U.S. Army Ranger School”
I said “Hey old lady, now ain’t you been told?
Ranger School’s for the young and the bold!”
She said “Hey now son don’t be a fool
I’m an instructor at the Ranger school”
Saw an old lady walking down the street
Had a chute on her back, and jump boots on her feet
I said “Hey old lady where you going to?”
She said “U.S. Army Airborne School”
I said “Hey old lady, you’re too darn old
You’d better leave the jumpin’ to the young and the bold”
She said “Hey now sonny can’t you see?
I’ve got master jump wings and my CIB”
Saw an old lady walking down the street
She had a tank on her back and fins on her feet
I said “Hey old lady, where you going to?”
She said “U.S. Army Scuba School”
I said “Hey old lady, now ain’t you been told?
Scuba School’s for the young and the bold”
She said “Hey now sonny can’t you see?
I taught recon, UDT”
Boo
Had an old dog whose name was Boo
Boo wants to go to Scuba School
Bought him a tank and four little fins
And took him down where he got the bends
Same old dog whose name was Boo
Boo wants to go to Ranger School
And so I took away his chow
I motivated his bow-wow
Still got the dog whose name was Boo
Boo wants to go to Airborne School
Got him a chute, strapped it to his back
Now Boo stands tall, and he looks strac
That Airborne dog whose name was Boo
Got his orders for Jungle School
Took him down to Panama
And that’s the last of Boo I ever saw .
A is for Airborne
A is for Airborne
I is for In the sky
R is for Rough and tough
B is for Born to Die
O is for On the go
R is for Ranger
N is for Never quit
E is for Everyday
R is for rough and tough
A is for all the way
N is for never quit
G is for gung-ho
E is for ever-ready
R is for Ranger
‘Cause I’m Airborne
Ranger
All the way
Super-duper
Paratrooper
Wanna Be
I wanna be an Airborne Ranger,
Live the life of guts and danger,
Blood, guts, lies and danger,
That is the life of an Airborne Ranger.
I wanna be a Scuba Diver,
Dive right in to that murky water,
Scuba Diver,
Murky water,
Airborne Ranger,
Guts and danger.
I wanna be a Mountain Climber,
Climb those mountains higher and higher,
Mountain Climber,
Higher and higher,
Scuba Diver,
Murky water,
Airborne Ranger,
Guts and danger.
I wanna be a paramedic,
Give me some of that funky anesthetic,
Paramedic,
Funky anesthetic,
Mountain Climber,
Higher and higher,
Scuba Diver,
Murky water,
Airborne Ranger,
Guts and danger.