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The Trooper by Iron Maiden

You'll (1)________ my life but I'll (2)________ (3)__________ too
You'll fire (4)________ musket but I'll run you through
So when you're (5)______________ for the next attack
You'd (6)____________ stand there's no turning back.

The bugle sounds and the charge begins
But on (7)________ (8)______________________ no one wins
The (9)__________ of acrid (10)__________ and horses breath
As I plunge on into certain death.

The horse he sweats (11)________ fear we break to run
The (12)____________ (13)________ of the (14)______________ guns
And as we (15)________ towards the human wall
The screams of pain as my (16)________________ fall

We hurdle (17)____________ that lay on the ground
And the Russians (18)________ (19)______________ round
We get so (20)________ yet so far away
We were (21)__________ to fight another day.

We get so close near enough to fight
When a (22)______________ gets me in his sights
He pulls the trigger and I (23)________ the blow
A burst of (24)____________ take my horse below.

And as I lay there gazing at the sky
My body's numb and my (25)____________ is dry
And as I lay (26)__________________ and alone
Without a tear I draw my parting groan
Answers:
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