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Dad's Gonna Kill Me by Richard Thompson

Out in the (1)____________ there's a soldier lying dead
Vultures (2)______________ the eyes out of his head
Another day (3)________ could (4)________ (5)________ me there instead
Nobody loves me here
Nobody loves me here

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

You hit the booby trap and you're in pieces
With every bullet your risk increases
Old ali baba, he's a (6)__________________ species
Nobody loves me here
Nobody (7)__________ 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, somehow I never hit the mine
The (8)________ rolled and I got (9)__________ (10)________ time

And dad's (11)__________ (12)________ me
And dad's gonna 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 never used to pray
Nobody loves me here
Nobody loves me here

Dad's (13)__________ 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 (14)______________ news
Nobody loves 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 wire and (16)________ like I told you, Mac
Or they'll be shovelling (17)________ of you (18)________ a sack

And dad's gonna kill me
And dad's gonna kill me

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

Dad's gonna kill me

Seven muzzle (20)______________ (21)________________ in a row
Standing, waiting for the sandbox to blow
Sitting targets in the (22)________ west show
Nobody loves me here
Nobody loves me here

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

Another (23)__________ got his wings this week
Charbroiled (24)________ his own willie pete
Nobody's (25)__________ if you (26)__________ double-speak

And dad's gonna (27)________ me
And dad's gonna kill me
And dad's (28)__________ kill me
Answers:
(1) desert(2) pecking(3) that(4) have(5) been(6) different(7) loves(8) dice(9) lucky(10) this(11) gonna(12) kill(13) gonna(14) evening(15) kill(16) pray(17) bits(18) into(19) that(20) monkeys(21) standing(22) wild(23) angel(24) with(25) dying(26) speak(27) kill(28) gonna