The Trooper by Iron Maiden

You'll take my (1)________ but I'll (2)________ yours too
You'll fire your (3)____________ but I'll run you through
So when you're waiting for the next attack
You'd better (4)__________ there's no turning back.

The bugle sounds and the charge begins
But on this battlefield no one wins
The smell of (5)__________ smoke and horses breath
As I plunge on into certain death.

The (6)__________ he (7)____________ with fear we break to run
The (8)____________ roar of the Russian guns
And as we race towards the human wall
The screams of (9)________ as my comrades fall

We hurdle bodies that lay on the ground
And the Russians fire another round
We get so near yet so far away
We were meant to fight another day.

We get so close near enough to fight
When a Russian gets me in his sights
He pulls the trigger and I feel the blow
A burst of rounds take my horse below.

And as I lay there gazing at the sky
My body's (10)________ and my throat is dry
And as I lay forgotten and alone
Without a tear I draw my parting groan

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