Victory from the Jaws of Defeat


The Desert Fox
running circles round the British,
wish Rommel was on our side, mate

Allied soldiers
hanging in there at Tobruk
despite constant shelling, a blitzkrieg

The Maid of Orleans
Joan of Arc rallying the French
by the grace of God to try again

The 300 Spartans at Thermopylae
fighting to the last man
in that narrow pass, legends

Heroes don't know
when they're beat,
and snatch victory
from the jaws of defeat

Freedom, Independence,
The Scots at Bannockburn,
a nation once again, Robert the Bruce

The Battle of Britain, the London Blitz,
the ordinary citizens surviving
Spitfires and Messerschmitts

The Normandy beaches,
a brutal theatre of war
walking a dark road in France
for World Peace, the veterans

Heroes don't know
when they're beat
and snatch victory
from the jaws of defeat