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I imagined the medals they'd give me When this was all through You imagined the- Medals I know Right And then Winston goes Winston Churchill? We'd be lost without you Right, and where is this? The palace Oh of course And I'd bow and salute The King knows we're the reason we've won The King's there, is he? And there's so many medals And the crowds they'd assemble And demand to hear just what we've done And Mr Churchill says? He says Yes, it's all true Though you'd never believe it They did what they could do And though you'd never see it They worked and they prayed And it wasn't in vain They knew pain could be strength And that strength could be pain They forced enemy forces to fly They banished the planes from the sky And they did something useful Well I look forward to the wireless event What about you? What about me? What's the dream scenario? Miss Leslie How about a statue? Oh for goodness sake Here lies Hester Leggett Oh good, I'm dead Oh Jesus, what is wrong with me? Perhaps just a small plaque Go on Something tasteful and small Of course Nothing over the top People don't stand and stop 'Cos just one look and their tears start to fall Oh Lord I can see it With flowers, pride of place in a garden A garden? Or a grand royal park Ah thank you And it's silver Gold Gold And it shines Or dazzles Boldly! And they'll see you did more than your part For Hester who saved her nation Yes! A timeless inspiration Jean! You are! And they'll say it's all true Though you'd never believe it She did what she could do And though you'd never see it She worked and she prayed And it wasn't in vain She knew pain could be strength And that strength could be pain She forced enemy forces to fly She banished the planes from the sky And she did something useful Yes, we've done good work And you can't ask the people who can do all of that to just Go home and pace through the rooms of a flat Feeling she's travelled right back to the start Stuck at home with her mother feeling useless And smothering the light that kept out the dark I hate that he just sees me as some, silly little woman That might be exactly what we need What? The mission might be in danger There's something strange going on between Montagu and his brother What? Surely he wouldn't- But until he drops his guard and starts talking We can't know But he won't talk to me He hates me I'm the last person he'd talk to You can do this Jean And, we need you to Even if dear Winston never finds out about it So you're saying No medals? No medals No statues No plaques No flowers For Hester and Jean? I don't think that it's people like you or me That the crowds come to see And if there's one thing I know It's that I'm no good with things that need help to grow I'm afraid I disagree You've done a pretty good job with me Thank you Thank you I think that when people meet in the middle of a war It feels like it means something more So who needs a medal? It's this that we'll keep fighting for That we'll keep fighting for And yes it was true They'll say it's all true Though they'll never believe it They'll never believe it We did all we could do We did what we do And if they never see it And they'll never see it We worked and we prayed and it won't be in vain And we'll keep on going We knew pain could be strength and that strength could be pain Even though they'll never know we Forced all their forces to fly We banish their planes from the sky And they'll see that we were useful And if they don't we'll know we're useful What matters is that we do something useful Back to work, Miss Leslie Yes, ma'am