Ride Across The River Lyrics

Lyric discussion by megaheld 

Cover art for Ride Across The River lyrics by Dire Straits

It's about mercenaries:

"I'm a soldier of freedom in the army of man We are the chosen, we're the partisan"

(Wikipedia: Partisan (military) - As a name for irregular forces..."

Further it sounds more like "army of a man" not "army of men" and that describes it much better.