Lyrics

[Verse 1] These are your orders, seems like it's do it or die So please read them closely When you've learnt them be sure that you eat them up They're specially flavoured with burgundy, Tizer and rye Twelve sheets of foolscap, don't ask me why [Verse 2] We hit the jungle just as it starts to monsoon Our maps showed no rainfall All the boys were depressed by this circumstance Trust in the weather to bless agricultural man Who gives birth to more farmhands, don't ask me why [Bridge] Fifteen was chosen because he was dumb Seven because he was blind I got the job because I was so mean While somehow appearing so kind Drifting about through the cauliflower trees With a cauliflower ear for the birds The Squadron assembled what senses they had And this is the sound that they heard [Instrumental Break] [Verse 3] Back at headquarters cocky decisions are made File under 'Futile' That should give you its main point of reference It's all so confusing, what with pythons and then deadly flies But to them it's a picnic, don't ask me why [Bridge] Thirteen was chosen because of his luck Eleven because of his feet One got signed up for exceptional pluck Another because he was mute Roaming about through the gelatin swamps With a gelatin eye on the stripes The Squadron assembled what senses they had And this is the sound that they heard [Instrumental Break] [Outro] Back in Blighty there was you There were milkmen every morning But those endless shiny trees Never used to be that way Back in Blighty there was you There were milkmen every morning But those endless shiny trees Never used to be that way Back in Blighty there was you There were milkmen every morning But those endless shiny trees Never used to be that way