1874 Verse 1
English on your father' s side
Born where you would take your bride
Clementine in Blenheim Palace grounds.
1895 Verse 2
Fought the Cubans stayed alive.
Escaped the camp and known worldwide
Then fought for Britain in the First World War.

Now I understand why you had to fight for me Chorus 1
And how you came back for your country and how you conquered Germany
They would not fight, they did not know why. They didn't want to die.

1939 Verse 3
Chamberlain began the war
All the suffering that you saw
Reflects in Winston's eyes of chocolate brown.
Colours changing round Verse 4
Winston took the upper hand
Fighting against Deutschland
And pretty soon you'd liberate the world.

Chorus

For they could not beat you Middle 8
But still, they fought it through.
And when no Nazi had survived
Back in 1945
You won the war as leaders often do.
But I could have told you Winston
This war was never meant for one as beautiful as you.

1965 Verse 5
At the age of 90 years
Your death brought a lot of tears
You passed away on the 24th of Jan.
What a great and noble man Verse 6
You had won the Nobel Prize
You showed yourself, there's no disguise.
Now acclaimed a citizen of the world.

Now I think I know why you had to fight for me Chorus 2
And how you came back for your country and how you conquered Germany
There were none like you; there is no one still. Perhaps there never will (be)