When The Tigers Broke Free
Roger Waters (1979)
It was just before dawn
one miserable morning in Black '44,
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when he asked that his men be withdrawn.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.
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 that
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.
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