[Verse 1] The wheat was bent by steel The French fell back through smoke Shell holes, wire, and ravines Made a graveyard of the slope One-five in the dust Three-five in the heat Two-six, three-six closing hard With mud around their feet Maxims cut the barley down Tree bursts split the air Gas rolled low through Belleau Wood And still they stayed right there Clips in hand, belts over arms Rifles coming up Fire kept chewing at the line They did not flinch or stop [Pre-Chorus] Then the shout went up From the edge of fear “Retreat? Hell… We just got here!” Like a fuse in the blood Like a match to the bone The guns were calling And the Marines pushed on [Chorus] Run to the guns Run to the roar Through the wheat Through the wire Through the killing floor Run to the guns Where the hard fight comes They fought like devils They hunt the sound of guns No step back No white flag No clean way Through the mud Run to the guns Let the whole field hear The Leathernecks came And the guns felt fear [Verse 2] Now the Marines went forward Through the wheat and smoke Fourth Brigade behind them As the old line broke Hill One-Forty-Two Rose up black and mean Machine-gun nests in pockets Cut the ground between They crawled by shell and root They rose, then dropped again Bayonets went into the wood Where the nests had been One by one the guns fell silent One by one men fell The Germans saw the shape of them And named the shape from hell No breath spent on mercy No time left to brace Kill or get killed was written On each and every face [Chorus] Run to the guns Run to the roar Through the wheat Through the wire Through the killing floor Run to the guns Where the hard fight comes They fought like devils They hunt the sound of guns No step back No white flag No clean way Through the mud Run to the guns Let the whole field hear The Leathernecks came And the guns felt fear [Bridge] A hundred yards of hell Became a yard at last Rifles cracked in the timber Steel moved dark and fast The Maxims tried again The tree bursts filled the crown They rose like the dead From the torn-up ground The Marines drove on And would not stay down Through wire Through wheat Through blood and mud They fought like devils Close and clean Fit for shock troops there No breath spent on mercy No time left to brace Kill or get killed was written On each and every face [Breakdown] Run to the guns Run to the guns Run to the guns Fix bayonets Move through fire Close the distance Take the wire Run to the guns Run to the roar Clear the wood Take one more [Final Chorus] Run to the guns Run to the roar Through the wheat Through the wire Through the killing floor Run to the guns Where the hard fight comes They fought like devils They hunt the sound of guns No step back No white flag No clean way Through the mud Run to the guns Let the whole field hear The Leathernecks came And the guns felt fear [Final Chant] Teufelshunde Teufelshunde Through wire Through wheat Through blood and mud Teufelshunde Teufelshunde Maxims scream Still they come Ooo-Raw! Ooo-Raw! Run to the roar They hunt the sound of guns [Outro] Belleau Wood Blood and rain Fifth Marines Sixth Marines The guns went quiet The cost stayed high Through the shattered trees Came the Leatherneck battle cry Ooo-Raw! Ooo-Raw! Teufelshunde Ooo-Raw! Ooo-Raw! Run to the roar They hunt the sound of guns Ooo-Raw! Ooo-Raw! Ooo-Raw! Ooo-Raw!
