[ti:When The Tigers Broke Free]
[ar:Pink Floyd]
[al:]
[01:25.88]It was just before dawn
[01:29.32]One miserable morning in black 'forty four.
[01:36.33]When the forward commander
[01:39.16]Was told to sit tight
[01:41.53]When he asked that his men be withdrawn.
[01:47.31]And the Generals gave thanks
[01:51.63]As the other ranks held back
[01:55.55]The enemy tanks for a while.
[01:59.30]And the Anzio bridgehead
[02:01.38]Was held for the price
[02:04.21]Of a few hundred ordinary lives.
[02:13.90]And old King George
[02:15.67]Sent Mother a note
[02:18.89]When he heard that father was gone.
[02:23.05]It was, I recall,
[02:25.24]In the form of a scroll,
[02:28.26]With gold leaf and all.
[02:33.64]And I found it one day
[02:36.55]In a drawer of old photographs, hidden away.
[02:44.82]And my eyes still grow damp to remember
[02:47.76]His Majesty signed
[02:52.19]With his own rubber stamp.
[02:56.82]It was dark all around.
[02:59.54]There was frost in the ground
[03:02.13]When the tigers broke free.
[03:08.84]And no one survived
[03:11.91]From the Royal Fusiliers Company C.
[03:18.89]They were all left behind,
[03:22.95]Most of them dead,
[03:26.12]The rest of them dying.
[03:31.68]And that's how the High Command
[03:34.86]Took my daddy from me.