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The Trooper by Iron Maiden

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

The (6)__________ sounds and the (7)____________ begins
But on this (8)______________________ no one wins
The smell of acrid (9)__________ and horses breath
As I plunge on (10)________ certain death.

The (11)__________ he (12)____________ (13)________ (14)________ we (15)__________ to run
The mighty roar of the Russian guns
And as we race (16)______________ the human wall
The (17)______________ of pain as my comrades fall

We (18)____________ (19)____________ 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 (20)____________ to fight
When a Russian gets me in his sights
He pulls the trigger and I feel the blow
A burst of (21)____________ take my horse below.

And as I lay (22)__________ gazing at the sky
My body's numb and my throat is dry
And as I lay (23)__________________ and alone
Without a (24)________ I draw my (25)______________ groan
Answers:
(1) take(2) fire(3) when(4) waiting(5) better(6) bugle(7) charge(8) battlefield(9) smoke(10) into(11) horse(12) sweats(13) with(14) fear(15) break(16) towards(17) screams(18) hurdle(19) bodies(20) enough(21) rounds(22) there(23) forgotten(24) tear(25) parting