When The Tigers Broke Free Lyrics - Final Cut - Pink Floyd

It was just before dawn 

One miserable morning in black forty-four 

When the Forward Commander was told to sit tight 

When he asked that his men be withdrawn 

And the Generals gave thanks 

As the other ranks 

Held back the enemy tanks for a while 

And the Anzio Bridgehead was held for the price 

Of a few hundred ordinary lives 

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And kind old King George 

Sent Mother a note 

When he heard that Father was gone 

It was, I recall, in the form of a scroll 

With gold leaf and all 

And I found it one day 

In a drawer of old photographs 

Hidden away 

And my eyes still grow damp 

To remember His Majesty 

Signed with his own rubber stamp 

It was dark all around 

There was frost in the ground 

When the tigers broke free 

And no one survived 

From the Royal Fusiliers Company C 

They were all left behind 

Most of them dead 

The rest of them dying 

And that's how the High Command took my Daddy from me