[Verse 1]
You'll take my life but I'll take 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 sounds, the charge begins
But on this battlefield no one wins
The smell of acrid smoke and horse's breath
As I plunge on into certain death
[Refrain]
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
El Salvador!
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
[Verse 2]
The horse he sweats with fear we break to run
The mighty roar of the Russian guns
And as we race toward the human wall
The screams of pain, my comrades fall
We hurdle bodies that lay on the ground
And then the Russians fire another round
Get so near, so far away
Won't live to fight another day
[Refrain]
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
El Salvador!
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
[Guitar solo]
[Verse 3]
We get so close, near enough to fight
When a Russian gets me in his sights
Pull the trigger, feel the blow
A burst of rounds take my horse below
As I lay there gazing at the sky
Body's numb, throat is dry
And as I lay forgotten and alone
Without a tear I draw my parting groan
[Refrain]
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Eh-yeah
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
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