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The Trooper by Iron Maiden

You'll (1)________ my life but I'll (2)________ yours too
You'll (3)________ your musket but I'll run you through
So (4)________ you're waiting for the (5)________ attack
You'd better stand there's no turning back.

The bugle sounds and the charge begins
But on this battlefield no one wins
The smell of acrid smoke and (6)____________ breath
As I plunge on into certain death.

The horse he sweats (7)________ fear we (8)__________ to run
The (9)____________ roar of the (10)______________ guns
And as we (11)________ towards the human wall
The screams of pain as my comrades fall

We hurdle bodies that lay on the ground
And the (12)________________ (13)________ another round
We get so (14)________ yet so far away
We were meant to fight (15)______________ day.

We get so (16)__________ near enough to fight
When a Russian gets me in his sights
He pulls the (17)______________ and I feel the blow
A (18)__________ of rounds (19)________ my (20)__________ below.

And as I lay there (21)____________ at the sky
My body's (22)________ and my throat is dry
And as I lay forgotten and alone
Without a tear I draw my parting groan
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