The Trooper [Live Chapter]

Lyrics

[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