Lyric discussion by wingman101 

The song is about Winston Churchill and how he led England in its darkest hour, and when the war was over, the ungrateful bastards voted him out of office. It's a song about how quickly people forget.

i wholeheartedly agree with wingman. we all tend to at times look for abstract meanings to works of art when a lot is pretty straightforward as i believe this beautiful song, perhaps supertramp at it's best.

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