Born to Lead

So you dreamt of being a pirate But you never got to fly So you dreamt of sailing the seven seas But never got to try Well let navy lads get soaking! We'll all stay nice and dry We shout to all the soldiers, Jump! And hear them shout how high? For we were made to give the orders While lesser men take heed For some were born to follow But we were born to lead Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to MI5! You're sure to save the nation Nanny told me in my cot For your father gave you courage Also ponies And that yacht My centuries of breeding I know they'll fail me not For fortune favours bravery and a fortune's what I've got Oh yes some boys go to battle But we're a different breed For some were born to follow but we were born to lead We are the masters (we are the masters) We are the clever men who hold the reins For who needs guns when you've got brains You'll see for ever after (for ever after) And when this war is done and fades to dust The world will turn and say to us That we were born to lead When I was a young explorer (yes) I discovered a new breed of trout (what?) It leapt into my kayak and just briefly knocked me out (sorry what?) The feeling was quite magical when it slapped me on the mouth It made the local papers Rare fish attacks Boy Scout It's still my proudest moment Of that I have no doubt For some were born to follow But I was born to find trout Right, uh new to MI5 are you? Uh, no, I've worked here for six years Oh right? Yes you're drinking out of my mug Oh right It's, uh, got a picture of my face on it Oh right! Charles Cholmondeley, scientist Ewen Montagu, Naval intelligence I know Of course you do Well we know who to call if we there's a fish mishap Ladies better keep you're eyes on this chap Come on men we've Hitlers to dispatch Quite right lads but the problem is that All of mainland Europe Is under Adolf's thumb So we're staging our invasion and the countdown has begun Our sights are set on Sicily That stronghold of the Hun But the island's packed with 100,000 German men with guns And if we cannot storm the beaches It's sure to spell defeat If the muscled men can't do it Call the masters of deceit Morning gentlemen! Oh, Colonel Bevan sir Watch out boys the big boss is here Welcome to military deception Now, as you all know the next allied invasion target is Sicily And the key to invading Sicily is Not invading Sicily I'm sorry, what? Or at least that's what the enemy is going to think We are going to convince the Germans That we're headed for somewhere else instead Sardinia, to be exact Oh, uhh a misdirection Exactly What, so we're going to win this war with a magic trick! How else do we make 100,000 German troops disappear? Sicily could turn the tide of the war But we can't just rock up and knock up on the door For each man we've got, they've got ten more We'd be slaughtered before we'd even reached the shore We need a way to reduce the danger Tip the odds in our favour Go to great lengths to drain the strength of the Sicilian defence By misdirecting their dear dictator Gotta make Hitler believe Sicily isn't where we're gonna be Gotta proceed with some dishonesty Gotta deceive 'Cause what I wanna see is hundreds of thousands of Germans Getting off our property So I need your brains, to figure out How we sell a fake campaign Find me a strategy Use your grey matter to tactically Scatter the enemy to the breeze (breeze) Then once the island is unattended (unattended) Once the beaches are undefended (undefended) We send our boys in (boys in) Then we destroy them (destroy them) That's how Sicily is apprehended (Sicily is apprehended) So we've got to lie About where we strike So we can fool the Reich This plan is strictly need to know As of now, I'll be hearing you're proposals How do we shift the German troops from Sicily to Sardinia What this country needs is a genius plan What this country needs is a genius man For some were born to follow (or there'll be no tomorrow) But we were born to lead! (We are not heroes) We are the masters (we play our part) We are the clever men who hold the reins It's war It's fun It's not a game You'll see (we do our duty) For ever after (nothing more) And when this war is done and fades to dust There's no applause or fame for us But we were born to lead Oh brothers let's get winning! My mind shall set us free (three cheers!) Gonna win the war, Champagne galore! As I flick the Hun da vie I'll definitely get a knighthood (oh yes!) And a Victoria Cross or three Look up victory in the dictionary, there's a picture there of me We are the finest minds in England On that we are agreed For some were born to follow Some were born to follow Some were born to follow But we were born to lead!