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    The song "In the Army Now" was originally recorded in 1981 by the Dutch duo Rob and Ferdi Bolland. It was later covered by the English rock band Status Quo in 1986, reaching number 2 on the UK singles chart. The song details the experiences of a new recruit in the army, from smiling faces as they wait to land, to grenades and missiles flying overhead once they arrive, facing uncertainty about whether they are in reality or an illusion.

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    The song "In the Army Now" was originally recorded in 1981 by the Dutch duo Rob and Ferdi Bolland. It was later covered by the English rock band Status Quo in 1986, reaching number 2 on the UK singles chart. The song details the experiences of a new recruit in the army, from smiling faces as they wait to land, to grenades and missiles flying overhead once they arrive, facing uncertainty about whether they are in reality or an illusion.

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    In The Army Now

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    Ségolène Charpentier
    The song "In the Army Now" was originally recorded in 1981 by the Dutch duo Rob and Ferdi Bolland. It was later covered by the English rock band Status Quo in 1986, reaching number 2 on the UK singles chart. The song details the experiences of a new recruit in the army, from smiling faces as they wait to land, to grenades and missiles flying overhead once they arrive, facing uncertainty about whether they are in reality or an illusion.

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    In the army now

    "In the Army Now" is a song by the Dutch duo Rob and Ferdi Bolland, recorded in 1981.
    The song was also later recorded by the English rock band Status Quo on their 1986 album,
    In the Army Now, and their version peaked at number 2 in the UK Singles Chart. Slovenian
    industrial band Laibach recorded a cover-version for their war-themed NATO album in
    1994. In 2009, Les Enfoirés covered the song under the title "Ici Les Enfoirés", using the
    same tune, but changing the lyrics to ones in the French language.
    A vacation in a foreign land gives a damn Your finger's on the trigger
    Uncle Sam does the best he You're in the army now But it don't seem right
    can Oh, oh, you're in the army You're in the army now
    You're in the army now now Oh, oh, you're in the army
    Oh, oh, you're in the now
    ________________ now Hand grenades flying over You're in the army now
    your _______________ Oh, oh, you're in the army
    Now you remember what the Missiles flying over your now
    draftsman said head
    Nothing to do all day but stay If you want to ______________ is falling
    in ___________ ________________ get out of and you just can't see
    You're in the army now bed Is this illusion or
    Oh, oh, you're in the army You're in the army now _____________________
    now Oh, oh, you're in the army You're in the army now
    now Oh, oh, you're in the army
    You be the ____________ of now
    the neighborhood Shots ring out in the dad of You're in the army now
    Nobody _____________ that night Oh, oh, you're in the army
    you left for good The _________________ now
    You're in the army now calls (stand up and fight)
    Oh, oh, you're in the army You're in the army now Oh, oh, you're in the army
    now Oh, oh, you're in the army now
    now
    Smiling faces as you wait to
    land You've got your
    But once you get ________________ better
    ______________ no one shoot on sight

    Vocabulary :
    A foreign land
    The neighborhood

    Verbs:
    To fight To smile
    To remember To wait
    To stay To fall
    To Leave To seem
    To get To see
    A vacation in a foreign land
    Uncle Sam does the best he can
    You're in the army now
    Oh, oh, you're in the army now

    Now you remember what the draftsman said


    Nothing to do all day but stay in bed
    You're in the army now
    Oh, oh, you're in the army now

    You be the hero of the neighborhood


    Nobody knows that you left for good
    You're in the army now
    Oh, oh, you're in the army now

    Smiling faces as you wait to land


    But once you get there no one gives a damn
    You're in the army now
    Oh, oh, you're in the army now

    Hand grenades flying over your head


    Missiles flying over your head
    If you want to survive get out of bed
    You're in the army now
    Oh, oh, you're in the army now

    Shots ring out in the dad of night


    The sergeant calls (stand up and fight)
    You're in the army now
    Oh, oh, you're in the army now

    You've got your orders better shoot on sight


    Your finger's on the trigger
    But it don't seem right
    You're in the army now
    Oh, oh, you're in the army now
    You're in the army now
    Oh, oh, you're in the army now

    Night is falling and you just can't see


    Is this illusion or reality
    You're in the army now
    Oh, oh, you're in the army now
    You're in the army now
    Oh, oh, you're in the army now
    Oh, oh, you're in the army now

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