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Dad's Gonna Kill Me by Richard Thompson

Out in the desert there's a (1)______________ lying dead
Vultures pecking the eyes out of his head
Another day (2)________ could have (3)________ me there instead
Nobody loves me here
Nobody (4)__________ me here

Dad's gonna kill me
Dad's gonna kill me

You hit the booby trap and you're in pieces
With (5)__________ (6)____________ your risk increases
Old ali baba, he's a different species
Nobody loves me here
Nobody loves me here

Dad's gonna kill me
Dad's gonna kill me

I'm dead meat in my humv frankenstein
I hit the road block, (7)______________ I never hit the mine
The dice rolled and I got lucky (8)________ time

And dad's (9)__________ kill me
And dad's (10)__________ kill me

I've got a wife, a kid, another on the way
I might get home if I can live through today
Before I came out here I (11)__________ (12)________ to pray
Nobody (13)__________ me here
Nobody loves me here

Dad's gonna kill me

Woo, dad's in a bad mood, dad's got the blues
It's someone else's mess that I didn't choose
At least we're winning on the Fox evening news
Nobody (14)__________ me here
Nobody loves me here

Dad's gonna (15)________ me
Dad's gonna kill me

Dawn patrol went out and didn't come back
Hug the (16)________ and pray like I told you, Mac
Or they'll be shovelling bits of you (17)________ a sack

And dad's gonna kill me
And dad's gonna (18)________ me

Who's that stranger walking in my dreams?
Whose (19)________ stranger cast a shadow 'cross my heart?
Who's (20)________ stranger, I dare speak his name?
Must be old death a-walking
Must be old death a-walking

Dad's (21)__________ (22)________ me

Seven muzzle monkeys standing in a row
Standing, waiting for the sandbox to blow
Sitting (23)______________ in the wild west show
Nobody (24)__________ me here
Nobody (25)__________ me here

Dad's gonna (26)________ me
Dad's (27)__________ kill me

Another angel got his wings this week
Charbroiled with his own willie pete
Nobody's dying if you (28)__________ double-speak

And dad's gonna kill me
And dad's gonna kill me
And dad's gonna kill me
Answers:
(1) soldier(2) that(3) been(4) loves(5) every(6) bullet(7) somehow(8) this(9) gonna(10) gonna(11) never(12) used(13) loves(14) loves(15) kill(16) wire(17) into(18) kill(19) that(20) that(21) gonna(22) kill(23) targets(24) loves(25) loves(26) kill(27) gonna(28) speak