Roland was a warrior
   from the land of the midnight sun
   with a Thompson Gun for hire
   fighting to be done.
  
   The deal was made in Denmark
   on a dark and stormy day
   so he set of for Biafra
   to join the bloody fray.
  
   From 66 and 7
   they fought the Congo War
   with their fingers on their triggers
   bleeding gore.
  
   Days and nights they battled
   the band to their knees
   they killed to earn their living
   and to help out the Congolese.
  
   Roland the Thompson Gunner (2x)
  
   His comrades fought beside him
   Ben Owen and the rest
   but of all the Thompson Gunners
   Roland was the best.
  
   So the CIA decided
   they wanted Roland dead
   that son of a bith Ben Owen
   blew of Roland's head.
  
   Roland the headless Thompson Gunner
   Norway's bravest son
   you can still see his headless body stalking through the night
   in the muzzle flash of Roland's Thompson gun (2x)
  
   Roland searched the continent
   for the man who done him in
   he found him in Mombassa
   in a bar room drinking Gin.
  
   Roland aimed his Thompson Gun
   he didn't say a word
   but he blew out Owen's body
   from there to Johannesburg.
  
   Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner (3x)
   Talking about the man
   Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner
  
   The eternal Thompson Gunner
   still walking through the night
   now it's ten years later
   but he still keeps up the fight.
  
   In Ireland, in Lebanon,
   in Palestine, in Berkley...
   Eddy Hearst
   heard the worst
   of Roland's Thompson Gun and body...