[Intro]
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"My son ask for thyself another kingdom
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For that which I leave is too small for thee"
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[Verse 1]
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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 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 was Alexan---der
[Verse 2]
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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 all of Asia Minor
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By the Aegean Sea
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In 334 B.C
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He utterly beat the armies of Per---sia
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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 amongst mortal men
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[Verse 3]
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King Darius the third
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Defeated fled Persia
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The Scythians fell by the river Jaxar---tes
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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 called Alexan---dria
[Verse 4]
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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 in the battle of Arbe---la
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Entering Babylon
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And Susa, treasures he found
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Took Persepolis, the capital of Per--sia
[Chorus]
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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
[Instrumental Break]
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[Verse 4]
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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
[Verse 5]
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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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Mar---ching on, mar---ching on
[Verse 6]
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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 Baby-lon
[Ending]
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