WE ARE THE OLD RELIABLES, WE'RE GONNA TELL YOU WHY,
  WE ARE THE OLD RELIABLES, WE SHOUT IT TO THE SKY,
         WE GAINED OUR FAME
         AND MADE OUR NAME
         ON EVERY FOREIGN SHORE,
  WE ARE THE OLD RELIABLES, AND WE WILL BE BACK FOR MORE

  TRY HARDER, TRY HARDER, THE VICTORY IS WON.
  TRY HARDER, TRY HARDER, BECAUSE YOU'RE NUMBER ONE!

  WE ARE THE OLD RELIABLES WE STARTED WAY BACK WHEN.
  THE YEAR WAS 1918 AND WE STARTED TRAINING MEN,
         TO BE THE BEST
         AND MEET THE TEST
         WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
  WAVE FOUGHT ON RIGHT AND FREEDOM'S SIDE THROUGH ALL OUR
  HISTORY.

  TRY HARDER, TRY HARDER, THE VICTORY IS WON.
  TRY HARDER, TRY HARDER, BECAUSE YOU'RE NUMBER ONE

  OUR FIRST TRUE TEST HAD COME ABOUT IN 1942.
  WE STARTED WITH A DESERT WAR, BUT AFTER WE WERE THROUGH,
         WE'D CROSSED THE RHINE
         IN RECORD TIME
         RAMAGEN BRIDGE WAS WON
  WE ALL WENT HOME AND FOR AWHILE WE HUNG UP SWORD AND
  GUN

         TRY HARDER, TRY HARDER, THE VICTORY IS WON.
  

 THE YEARS HAD PASSED AND ONCE AGAIN THE VOICE OF DUTY
   CALLED.
   WE STRIVED FOR COMBAT READINESS SO WE WOULD NEVER FALL.
         THEN HAIL AGAIN
         TO GERMANY
         TO BOLSTER OUR ALLY.
   TO JOIN WITHIN THE NATO SHIELD, AND THIS WAS STILL OUR CRY,

         TRY HARDER, TRY HARDER, THE VICTORY IS WON.
         TRY HARDER, TRY HARDER, BECAUSE YOU'RE NUMBER ONE!

  THEY CALLED US FROM THE ROCKIES TO OPEN THE MIDDLE WEST.
   FORT RILEY MADE US READY FOR ANOTHER GRUELING TEST
         WE LEFT AGAIN
         NOT KNOWING WHEN
         WE'D SEE OUR HOME ONCE MORE.
  WE HIT THE BEACH AT PORT VUNG TAU, TO FIGHT A DELTA WAR.
         TRY HARDER, TRY HARDER, THE VICTORY IS WON
  TRY HARDER, TRY HARDER, BECAUSE YOU'RE NUMBER ONE.

  AT BEARCAT WE BEGAN TO FIGHT AND WE WERE DOING WELL.
  AND THEN WE MOVED TO DONG TAM AND KEPT GIVING "CHARLIE"
   HELL.
         WITH MINI GUNS
         AND TANGO BOATS
         AND CONCENTRATED STEEL.
  WE HOUNDED "CHARLIE" DAY AND NIGHT AND THEN WE MADE HIM
  KNEEL.
         TRY HARDER, TRY HARDER, THE VICTORY IS WON,
  TRY HARDER, TRY HARDER, BECAUSE YOU'RE NUMBER ONE!
  WE EARNED AWARDS FOR VALOR IN THE MUDDY DELTA LAND.
  AND WHEN THE GENERAL PINNED THEM ON, THE 9TH DIVISION BAND,
         PLAYED TRUMPET CALLS
         AND ANTHEMS AND
         A ROUSING MARCH OR TWO
  TO BOLSTER THE ESPRIT D'CORPS AND SEE OUR SOLDIERS
  THROUGH.

  TRY HARDER, TRY HARDER, THE VICTORY IS WON,
  TRY HARDER, TRY HARDER, BECAUSE YOU'RE NUMBER ONE!

  WE HAVE A GROUP OF DOLLIES TO MAINTAIN OUR MORALE.
                                                                   

       TRY HARDER, TRY HARDER, BECAUSE YOU'RE NUMBER ONE!