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The Trooper by Iron Maiden

You'll take my life but I'll take yours too
You'll fire (1)________ musket but I'll run you through
So when you're waiting for the next attack
You'd better stand there's no turning back.

The bugle (2)____________ and the charge begins
But on this battlefield no one wins
The smell of (3)__________ smoke and horses breath
As I plunge on into (4)______________ death.

The (5)__________ he sweats with fear we break to run
The mighty (6)________ of the Russian guns
And as we race towards the human wall
The screams of pain as my comrades fall

We hurdle bodies that lay on the ground
And the (7)________________ fire (8)______________ round
We get so near yet so far away
We (9)________ meant to fight another day.

We get so close (10)________ 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 numb and my throat is dry
And as I lay forgotten and alone
Without a tear I draw my parting groan
Answers:
(1) your(2) sounds(3) acrid(4) certain(5) horse(6) roar(7) Russians(8) another(9) were(10) near