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[ti:Alexander The Great] |
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[ar:Iron Maiden] |
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[al:Somewhere In Time] |
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"My son ask for thyself another |
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Kingdom, for that which I leave |
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is too small for thee." |
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Near to the east |
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In a part of ancient Greece |
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In an ancient land |
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Called Macedonia |
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Was born a son |
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To Philip of Macedon |
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The legend his name |
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Was Alexander |
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At the age of nineteen |
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He became the Macedon King |
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And he swore to free |
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All of Asia Minor |
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By the Aegian Sea |
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In 334 B.C. |
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He utterly beat |
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The armies of Persia |
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Alexander the Great |
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His name struck fear into hearts of men |
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Alexander the Great |
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Became a legend 'mongst mortal men |
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King Darius the third |
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Defeated fled Persia |
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The Scythians fell |
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By the river Jaxartes |
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Then Egypt fell |
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To the Macedon King as well |
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And he founded the city |
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Called Alexandria |
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By the Tigris river |
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He met King Darius again |
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And crushed him again |
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In the battle of Arbela |
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Entering Babylon |
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And Susa, treasures he found |
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Took Persepolis |
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The capital of Persia |
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Alexander the Great |
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His name struck fear into hearts of men |
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Alexander the Great |
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Became a God amongst mortal men |
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(Solo 1 Adrian Smith) |
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(Solo 2 Dave Murray) |
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A Phrygian King had bound a chariot yoke |
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And Alexander cut the 'Gordian knot' |
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And legend said that who untied the knot |
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He would become the master of Asia |
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Hellenism he spread far and wide |
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The Macedonian learned mind |
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Their culture was a western way of life |
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He paved the way for Christianity |
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Marching on, marching on |
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The battle weary marching side by side |
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Alexander's army line by line |
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They wouldn't follow him to India |
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Tired of the combat, pain and the glory |
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Alexander the Great |
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His name struck fear into hearts of men |
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Alexander the Great |
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He died of fever in Babylon |
