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It began awkwardly, it began straining
Gotta talk about how to be an intern without previous training
He shuffled and he chuckled, but he never refused
In those days, events overtook you, in those days, events moved
French Resistance in a non-judicious time
Hitler on the march, city occupied
He wanted badly to take Ethel and flee
The wheels turning back in Germany
Germany
I became a prisoner in a posh Berlin hotel
They'd taken me there and there they bid me I'd stay
You don't argue the Gestapo about where you dwell
That was my own personal policy, anyway
The broadcasts, he said, were not my intention
A means of survival, not worth the mention
I was fifty-nine, past my prime even then
No one ever thought they'd hear from me again
But they did
And then they stopped
I spent the rest of my life trying to make it
But I lived in infamy and I lived in fame
I lived in the hearts of millions, enlisted and civilians
I lived in happiness and I lived in shame
The broadcasts, he said, were not my intention
A means of survival, not worth the mention
I was fifty-nine, past my prime even then
No one ever thought they'd hear from me again
But they did
Oh, they did