Born to Lead
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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!
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!
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:14.53] So you dreamt of being a pirate
[00:16.60] But you never got to fly
[00:18.75] So you dreamt of sailing the seven seas
[00:20.66] But never got to try
[00:22.41] Well let navy lads get soaking!
[00:24.68] We'll all stay nice and dry
[00:26.57] We shout to all the soldiers, Jump!
[00:28.89] And hear them shout how high?
[00:30.41] For we were made to give the orders
[00:32.70] While lesser men take heed
[00:34.62] For some were born to follow
[00:37.79] But we were born to lead
[00:39.36] Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to MI5!
[00:42.82] You're sure to save the nation
[00:44.43] Nanny told me in my cot
[00:46.55] For your father gave you courage
[00:48.30] Also ponies
[00:49.41] And that yacht
[00:50.64] My centuries of breeding
[00:52.60] I know they'll fail me not
[00:54.64] For fortune favours bravery and a fortune's what I've got
[00:58.42] Oh yes some boys go to battle
[01:00.87] But we're a different breed
[01:02.71] For some were born to follow but we were born to lead
[01:08.23] We are the masters (we are the masters)
[01:10.33] We are the clever men who hold the reins
[01:12.73] For who needs guns when you've got brains
[01:14.81] You'll see for ever after (for ever after)
[01:18.34] And when this war is done and fades to dust
[01:20.68] The world will turn and say to us
[01:22.80] That we were born to lead
[01:26.78] When I was a young explorer (yes)
[01:28.68] I discovered a new breed of trout (what?)
[01:30.75] It leapt into my kayak and just briefly knocked me out (sorry what?)
[01:34.74] The feeling was quite magical when it slapped me on the mouth
[01:38.79] It made the local papers
[01:40.54] Rare fish attacks Boy Scout
[01:42.61] It's still my proudest moment
[01:44.59] Of that I have no doubt
[01:46.65] For some were born to follow
[01:49.62] But I was born to find trout
[01:51.92] Right, uh new to MI5 are you?
[01:54.64] Uh, no, I've worked here for six years
[01:56.48] Oh right?
[01:57.04] Yes you're drinking out of my mug
[01:58.58] Oh right
[01:59.14] It's, uh, got a picture of my face on it
[02:00.84] Oh right!
[02:01.69] Charles Cholmondeley, scientist
[02:03.19] Ewen Montagu, Naval intelligence
[02:05.55] I know
[02:06.04] Of course you do
[02:08.51] Well we know who to call if we there's a fish mishap
[02:11.03] Ladies better keep you're eyes on this chap
[02:12.86] Come on men we've Hitlers to dispatch
[02:15.05] Quite right lads but the problem is that
[02:17.05] All of mainland Europe
[02:18.70] Is under Adolf's thumb
[02:20.66] So we're staging our invasion and the countdown has begun
[02:24.80] Our sights are set on Sicily
[02:26.79] That stronghold of the Hun
[02:28.66] But the island's packed with 100,000 German men with guns
[02:32.58] And if we cannot storm the beaches
[02:34.67] It's sure to spell defeat
[02:36.72] If the muscled men can't do it
[02:39.43] Call the masters of deceit
[02:42.07] Morning gentlemen!
[02:43.06] Oh, Colonel Bevan sir
[02:44.44] Watch out boys the big boss is here
[02:46.36] Welcome to military deception
[02:48.91] Now, as you all know the next allied invasion target is Sicily
[02:52.66] And the key to invading Sicily is
[02:55.28] Not invading Sicily
[02:57.46] I'm sorry, what?
[02:58.15] Or at least that's what the enemy is going to think
[03:00.83] We are going to convince the Germans
[03:02.14] That we're headed for somewhere else instead
[03:04.50] Sardinia, to be exact
[03:06.48] Oh, uhh a misdirection
[03:07.44] Exactly
[03:08.09] What, so we're going to win this war with a magic trick!
[03:10.83] How else do we make 100,000 German troops disappear?
[03:17.08] Sicily could turn the tide of the war
[03:19.01] But we can't just rock up and knock up on the door
[03:20.96] For each man we've got, they've got ten more
[03:23.35] We'd be slaughtered before we'd even reached the shore
[03:25.46] We need a way to reduce the danger
[03:27.22] Tip the odds in our favour
[03:28.85] Go to great lengths to drain the strength of the Sicilian defence
[03:31.83] By misdirecting their dear dictator
[03:34.22] Gotta make Hitler believe
[03:35.84] Sicily isn't where we're gonna be
[03:37.30] Gotta proceed with some dishonesty
[03:39.00] Gotta deceive
[03:39.81] 'Cause what I wanna see is hundreds of thousands of Germans
[03:41.52] Getting off our property
[03:42.83] So I need your brains, to figure out
[03:44.89] How we sell a fake campaign
[03:46.58] Find me a strategy
[03:47.77] Use your grey matter to tactically
[03:48.95] Scatter the enemy to the breeze (breeze)
[03:50.60] Then once the island is unattended (unattended)
[03:52.63] Once the beaches are undefended (undefended)
[03:55.14] We send our boys in (boys in)
[03:56.16] Then we destroy them (destroy them)
[03:57.29] That's how Sicily is apprehended (Sicily is apprehended)
[04:00.08] So we've got to lie
[04:02.80] About where we strike
[04:04.49] So we can fool the Reich
[04:06.46] This plan is strictly need to know
[04:09.14] As of now, I'll be hearing you're proposals
[04:12.09] How do we shift the German troops from Sicily to Sardinia
[04:15.79] What this country needs is a genius plan
[04:17.84] What this country needs is a genius man
[04:20.20] For some were born to follow (or there'll be no tomorrow)
[04:23.46] But we were born to lead! (We are not heroes)
[04:25.79] We are the masters (we play our part)
[04:27.98] We are the clever men who hold the reins
[04:30.30] It's war
[04:30.74] It's fun
[04:31.30] It's not a game
[04:32.21] You'll see (we do our duty)
[04:33.89] For ever after (nothing more)
[04:35.62] And when this war is done and fades to dust
[04:38.32] There's no applause or fame for us
[04:40.10] But we were born to lead
[04:44.13] Oh brothers let's get winning!
[04:46.25] My mind shall set us free (three cheers!)
[04:48.30] Gonna win the war, Champagne galore!
[04:50.12] As I flick the Hun da vie
[04:52.32] I'll definitely get a knighthood (oh yes!)
[04:54.05] And a Victoria Cross or three
[04:56.03] Look up victory in the dictionary, there's a picture there of me
[04:59.77] We are the finest minds in England
[05:02.30] On that we are agreed
[05:04.19] For some were born to follow
[05:06.25] Some were born to follow
[05:08.49] Some were born to follow
[05:11.29] But we were born to lead!
[05:16.15]
[00:16.60] But you never got to fly
[00:18.75] So you dreamt of sailing the seven seas
[00:20.66] But never got to try
[00:22.41] Well let navy lads get soaking!
[00:24.68] We'll all stay nice and dry
[00:26.57] We shout to all the soldiers, Jump!
[00:28.89] And hear them shout how high?
[00:30.41] For we were made to give the orders
[00:32.70] While lesser men take heed
[00:34.62] For some were born to follow
[00:37.79] But we were born to lead
[00:39.36] Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to MI5!
[00:42.82] You're sure to save the nation
[00:44.43] Nanny told me in my cot
[00:46.55] For your father gave you courage
[00:48.30] Also ponies
[00:49.41] And that yacht
[00:50.64] My centuries of breeding
[00:52.60] I know they'll fail me not
[00:54.64] For fortune favours bravery and a fortune's what I've got
[00:58.42] Oh yes some boys go to battle
[01:00.87] But we're a different breed
[01:02.71] For some were born to follow but we were born to lead
[01:08.23] We are the masters (we are the masters)
[01:10.33] We are the clever men who hold the reins
[01:12.73] For who needs guns when you've got brains
[01:14.81] You'll see for ever after (for ever after)
[01:18.34] And when this war is done and fades to dust
[01:20.68] The world will turn and say to us
[01:22.80] That we were born to lead
[01:26.78] When I was a young explorer (yes)
[01:28.68] I discovered a new breed of trout (what?)
[01:30.75] It leapt into my kayak and just briefly knocked me out (sorry what?)
[01:34.74] The feeling was quite magical when it slapped me on the mouth
[01:38.79] It made the local papers
[01:40.54] Rare fish attacks Boy Scout
[01:42.61] It's still my proudest moment
[01:44.59] Of that I have no doubt
[01:46.65] For some were born to follow
[01:49.62] But I was born to find trout
[01:51.92] Right, uh new to MI5 are you?
[01:54.64] Uh, no, I've worked here for six years
[01:56.48] Oh right?
[01:57.04] Yes you're drinking out of my mug
[01:58.58] Oh right
[01:59.14] It's, uh, got a picture of my face on it
[02:00.84] Oh right!
[02:01.69] Charles Cholmondeley, scientist
[02:03.19] Ewen Montagu, Naval intelligence
[02:05.55] I know
[02:06.04] Of course you do
[02:08.51] Well we know who to call if we there's a fish mishap
[02:11.03] Ladies better keep you're eyes on this chap
[02:12.86] Come on men we've Hitlers to dispatch
[02:15.05] Quite right lads but the problem is that
[02:17.05] All of mainland Europe
[02:18.70] Is under Adolf's thumb
[02:20.66] So we're staging our invasion and the countdown has begun
[02:24.80] Our sights are set on Sicily
[02:26.79] That stronghold of the Hun
[02:28.66] But the island's packed with 100,000 German men with guns
[02:32.58] And if we cannot storm the beaches
[02:34.67] It's sure to spell defeat
[02:36.72] If the muscled men can't do it
[02:39.43] Call the masters of deceit
[02:42.07] Morning gentlemen!
[02:43.06] Oh, Colonel Bevan sir
[02:44.44] Watch out boys the big boss is here
[02:46.36] Welcome to military deception
[02:48.91] Now, as you all know the next allied invasion target is Sicily
[02:52.66] And the key to invading Sicily is
[02:55.28] Not invading Sicily
[02:57.46] I'm sorry, what?
[02:58.15] Or at least that's what the enemy is going to think
[03:00.83] We are going to convince the Germans
[03:02.14] That we're headed for somewhere else instead
[03:04.50] Sardinia, to be exact
[03:06.48] Oh, uhh a misdirection
[03:07.44] Exactly
[03:08.09] What, so we're going to win this war with a magic trick!
[03:10.83] How else do we make 100,000 German troops disappear?
[03:17.08] Sicily could turn the tide of the war
[03:19.01] But we can't just rock up and knock up on the door
[03:20.96] For each man we've got, they've got ten more
[03:23.35] We'd be slaughtered before we'd even reached the shore
[03:25.46] We need a way to reduce the danger
[03:27.22] Tip the odds in our favour
[03:28.85] Go to great lengths to drain the strength of the Sicilian defence
[03:31.83] By misdirecting their dear dictator
[03:34.22] Gotta make Hitler believe
[03:35.84] Sicily isn't where we're gonna be
[03:37.30] Gotta proceed with some dishonesty
[03:39.00] Gotta deceive
[03:39.81] 'Cause what I wanna see is hundreds of thousands of Germans
[03:41.52] Getting off our property
[03:42.83] So I need your brains, to figure out
[03:44.89] How we sell a fake campaign
[03:46.58] Find me a strategy
[03:47.77] Use your grey matter to tactically
[03:48.95] Scatter the enemy to the breeze (breeze)
[03:50.60] Then once the island is unattended (unattended)
[03:52.63] Once the beaches are undefended (undefended)
[03:55.14] We send our boys in (boys in)
[03:56.16] Then we destroy them (destroy them)
[03:57.29] That's how Sicily is apprehended (Sicily is apprehended)
[04:00.08] So we've got to lie
[04:02.80] About where we strike
[04:04.49] So we can fool the Reich
[04:06.46] This plan is strictly need to know
[04:09.14] As of now, I'll be hearing you're proposals
[04:12.09] How do we shift the German troops from Sicily to Sardinia
[04:15.79] What this country needs is a genius plan
[04:17.84] What this country needs is a genius man
[04:20.20] For some were born to follow (or there'll be no tomorrow)
[04:23.46] But we were born to lead! (We are not heroes)
[04:25.79] We are the masters (we play our part)
[04:27.98] We are the clever men who hold the reins
[04:30.30] It's war
[04:30.74] It's fun
[04:31.30] It's not a game
[04:32.21] You'll see (we do our duty)
[04:33.89] For ever after (nothing more)
[04:35.62] And when this war is done and fades to dust
[04:38.32] There's no applause or fame for us
[04:40.10] But we were born to lead
[04:44.13] Oh brothers let's get winning!
[04:46.25] My mind shall set us free (three cheers!)
[04:48.30] Gonna win the war, Champagne galore!
[04:50.12] As I flick the Hun da vie
[04:52.32] I'll definitely get a knighthood (oh yes!)
[04:54.05] And a Victoria Cross or three
[04:56.03] Look up victory in the dictionary, there's a picture there of me
[04:59.77] We are the finest minds in England
[05:02.30] On that we are agreed
[05:04.19] For some were born to follow
[05:06.25] Some were born to follow
[05:08.49] Some were born to follow
[05:11.29] But we were born to lead!
[05:16.15]