Mr Churchill Says - Alternate Version - The Kinks

Well, Mr. Churchill says, Mr. Churchill says

"We gotta fight the bloody battle to the very end"

Mr. Beaverbrook says, "We gotta save our tin

And all the garden gates

And empty cans are gonna make us win"

We shall defend our island

On the land and on the sea

We shall fight them on the beaches

On the hills and in the fields

We shall fight them in the streets

Never in the field of human conflict

Was so much owed to so few

'Cause they have made our British Empire

A better place for me and you

And this was their finest hour

Well, Mr. Montgomery says and Mr. Mountbatten says

"We gotta fight the bloody battle to the very end"

As Vera Lynn would say, "We'll meet again someday

But all the sacrifices we must make before the end"

Did you hear that plane flying overhead?

There's a house on fire and there's someone lying dead

We gotta clean up the streets

And get me back on my feet because we wanna be free

Do your worst and we'll do our best

We're gonna win the way that Mr. Churchill says

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, well Mr. Churchill says

"We gotta hold up our chins

We gotta show some courage and some discipline

We gotta black up the windows and nail up the doors

And keep right on till the end of the war"