Page type: lyric reference
Artist: The Go-Go's
Canonical path: /go-gos/mercenary
Related lyric paths: 6
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Mercenary
Read Mercenary lyrics by The Go-Go's on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Mercenary
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He's crying inside
Can't tear the hurt out
Life's rushing by
LIke and old movie backdrop
The radio's blasting
Song after song
About the big romance
That went all wrong
Chorus:
She says:
I just wanted to make you
I never meant to break you
He says:
Have some mercy on me
Do you have to be
Such a mercenary
She's scheming inside
Can't stop the wheels turning
Been through it before
There's no profit or learning
She's not really bad
Just a gold-plated heart
So scared to be alone
It rips her apart
(chorus)(x2)
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