The Trooper by Iron Maiden

You'll take my life but I'll (1)________ yours too
You'll fire your 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 (3)____________ begins
But on this (4)______________________ no one wins
The (5)__________ of acrid smoke and (6)____________ breath
As I plunge on into certain death.

The horse he sweats with fear we break to run
The mighty roar of the Russian guns
And as we race (7)______________ the human wall
The screams of pain 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 (8)________ 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 numb and my throat is dry
And as I lay (9)__________________ and alone
Without a tear I draw my parting groan

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