Iron Maiden – The Trooper
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 and the charge begins
But on this battlefield no one wins
The smell of acrid smoke and horses breath
As I plunge on into certain death
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
The screams of 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
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 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 tear I draw my parting groan
Iron Maiden – The Trooper [Single/1983]
Track Listing
A : The Trooper
B : Cross-Eyed Mary
Released : 20 June 1983
Genre : Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
Label : EMI
Written By : Steve Harris
Producer : Martin Birch
Chart Performance
US Billboard Mainstream Rock : No. 28
UK Singles Chart : No. 12
Ireland Singles Chart : No. 12
Iron Maiden – Piece Of Mind [Album/1983]
Track Listing
Side A
1. Where Eagles Dare
2. Revelations
3. Flight Of Icarus
4. Die With Your Boots On
Side B
1. The Trooper
2. Still Life
3. Quest For Fire
4. Sun And Steel
5. To Tame A Land
Released : 16 May 1983
Genre : Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
Label : EMI
Producer : Martin Birch
Chart Performance
US Billboard 200 : No. 14
UK Albums : No. 3
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