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The Trooper by Iron Maiden

You'll take my (1)________ but I'll take yours too
You'll fire your (2)____________ 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 sounds and the (3)____________ begins
But on this battlefield no one wins
The (4)__________ of (5)__________ smoke and horses breath
As I plunge on (6)________ (7)______________ death.

The (8)__________ he sweats with (9)________ we break to run
The mighty (10)________ of the (11)______________ guns
And as we race towards the (12)__________ wall
The screams of pain as my (13)________________ fall

We (14)____________ (15)____________ that lay on the ground
And the Russians (16)________ (17)______________ round
We get so near yet so far away
We were meant to (18)__________ another day.

We get so close (19)________ (20)____________ to fight
When a (21)______________ gets me in his sights
He (22)__________ the (23)______________ 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 forgotten and alone
Without a (24)________ I draw my (25)______________ groan
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