The Trooper

[Verse 1]

You'll take my life, but I'll take yours too

You'll fire your musket, but I'll run you through

And when you're waiting for the next attack

You'd better stand, there's no turning back

The bugle sounds, the charge begins

And on this battlefield no one wins

The smell of acrid smoke and horse's breath

As you plunge on into certain death

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[Verse 2]

The horse he sweats with fear we break to run

The mighty roar of the Russian guns

And as we race towards the human wall

I scream in 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 won't live to fight another day

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[Verse 3]

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 takes 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 tear I draw my parting groan

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