The Trooper (Overture) - 2CELLOS

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 as the charge begins But on this battlefield no one wins The smell of acrid smoke and horses breath As you plunge into a certain death Oh oh oh Oh oh oh The horse he sweats with fear we break to run The mighty roar of the Russian guns And as we race towards human wall The screams of pain as my comrades fall We hurdle bodies that lay on the ground And as the Russians fire another round We get so near yet so far away We won't live to fight another day Oh oh oh Oh oh oh 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 Oh oh oh Oh oh oh

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 horses' breath As I plunge on into certain death, oh, oh The horse, he sweats with fear, we break to run The mighty roar of the robot 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 robots fire another round We get so near, yet so far away We won't live to fight another day, oh, oh We get so close, near enough to fight When a robot 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, oh, oh

Two for the show And my mother wants to go It'll break her heart when I tell her She's too old I'm in my place I got makeup all over my face I think I know my lines But I dunno One for the money Two for the show Three for the lady on the radio Four might be the one You'll never know, you'll never know If only there was a better way to go {way to go} Two for the show Waiting in the wings While the queen of virtue sings It'll break her heart when I tell her She's out of key If they gave her half a chance She could soon learn how to dance So she could earn her living Gracefully One for the money Two for the show Three for the lady on the radio Four might be the one You'll never know, you'll never know If only there was a better way to go {way to go} Two for the show