Pink Floyd Lyrics...
When The Tigers Broke Free
Album: The Wall (Movie)
It was just before dawn-
One miserable morning in black 'forty four.
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When the forward commander
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Was told to sit tight
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When he asked that his men be withdrawn.
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And the Generals gave thanks
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As the other ranks held back
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The enemy tanks for a while.
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And the Anzio bridgehead
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Was held for the price
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Of a few hundred ordinary lives.
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And old King George
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Sent Mother a note
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When he heard that father was gone.
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It was, I recall,
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In the form of a scroll,
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With gold leaf and all.
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And I found it one day
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In a drawer of old photographs, hidden away.
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And my eyes still grow damp to remember
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His Majesty signed
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With his own rubber stamp.
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It was dark all around.
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There was frost in the ground
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When the tigers broke free.
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And no one survived
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From the Royal Fusiliers Company C.
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They were all left behind,
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Most of them dead,
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The rest of them dying.
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And that's how the High Command
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Took my daddy from me.
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