I made it to boot camp;
Somehow I made it through;
now I'm an N-C-O
and now I have a yell or two;

I was last at my school
barely passed as a raw recruit
but I got my stripes;
now I'm try-y-y-ing to train
new rookies again:

Like a Sergeant!
Drilling for the very first time
Like a ser-er-er-jant
Close order - all my life

Now put on the combat gear;
I'll drive those recruits mad
running twenty miles in woods
does it sound so bad?

And when you're back I'll make you crack
it is time to do some excercize
it's square bashing time
and don't you dare to cross the line
or I'll be yelling again:

Like a Sergeant!
Bullying for yet another time
Like a Ser-er-er-er-jant
Code Red is all my life

I'm the top cock of platoon;
I am the John Wayne clone:
now get me that M-sixteen
I want to combat zone;

co-o-o-ombat zo-o-ne

Hut!
Like a Sergeant!
Fighting for the very first time
Like a Ser-er-er-er-jant
Training soldiers all my life

Like a Sergeant! Hut! Like a Sergeant
Army is my life;
With my rifle, and my full gear, and my stripes
Oh oh, oh oh, woe, oh

Ooh recruits, yah
your ranks are gonna look good
For the very first time