When the Tigers Broke Free Lyrics

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When he asked that his men be withdrawn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
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

Pink Floyd - Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd

Oct 2006

1. Astronomy Domine
2. See Emily Play
3. The Happiest Day of Our Lives
4. Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)
5. Echoes
6. Hey You
7. Marooned
8. The Great Gig in the Sky
9. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
10. Money
11. Keep Talking
12. Sheep
13. Sorrow
14. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-7)
15. Time
16. The Fletcher Memorial Home
17. Comfortably Numb
18. When the Tigers Broke Free
19. One of These Days
20. Us And Them
21. Learning to Fly
22. Arnold Layne
23. Wish You Were Here
24. Jug Band Blues
25. High Hopes
26. Bike