Ηχογραφημένο αρχικά για το The Wall, θα ακουγόταν μόνο στην ταινία του Alan Parker, για να εμφανιστεί εν τέλει στο The Final Cut, άλμπουμ – τέλος εποχής για τους Floyd. Το track αποτελεί αυστηρά προσωπική (και σπαραξικάρδια) υπόθεση του Roger Waters, στην τελευταία κυκλοφορία του με το γκρουπ… 🟡 🟡 Recorded initially for The Wall, it would only be heard in Alan Parker’s film, before eventually appearing on The Final Cut, the album that marked the end of an era for Pink Floyd. The track is strictly a personal (and heart-wrenching) affair of Roger Waters, on his last release with the band…

Written by Roger Waters Album The Final Cut Produced by Roger Waters, James Guthrie, Michael Kamen

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When he asked that his men be withdrawn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
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 adorned
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