The Great Escape Lyrics


[The used quotes are taken from the movie "The Great Escape", directed by John Sturges and released in 1963]

[Oberst von Luger:]

One man here has made 17 attempted escapes. Group Captain, this is close to insanity.

[Group Captain Ramsey:]

Quite.

[Oberst von Luger:]

And it must stop!

[...]

[Captain Virgil Hilts:]

I was trying to cut my way through your wire because I want to get out.

[...]

[Oberst von Luger:]

Hilts, isn't it?

[Captain Virgil Hilts:]

Captain Hilts, actually.

[Oberst von Luger:]

17 escape attempts.

[Captain Virgil Hilts:]

18, sir.

[Oberst von Luger:]

A tunnel man, engineer.

[Captain Virgil Hilts:]

A flier.

[Oberst von Luger:]

I suppose what's called in the American army a hotshot pilot.

[...]

[Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett:]

We'll call them Tom, Dick, and Harry. If the goons find one, we'll move into the other.

[Flight Lieutenant Andy MacDonald:]

How many men do you plan to take out, Roger?

[Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett:]

Two hundred and fifty.

[...]

[Captain Virgil Hilts:]

Hold on to yourself, Bartlett. You're twenty feet short.

[Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett:]

What do you mean, twenty feet short?

[Captain Virgil Hilts:]

You're twenty feet short of the woods. The hole is right here in open. The guard is between us and the lights.

[...]

[Oberst von Luger:]

I... I am directed by higher authority to inform you that... that fifty of your officers were shot while escaping.

[Group Captain Ramsey:]

Shot? How many of the fifty were wounded?

[Oberst von Luger:]

None.