[MONTAGU]
So you dreamt of being a pilot
But you never got to fly
So you dreamt of sailing the seven seas
But never got to try

Well, let navy lads get soaking!
We'll all stay nice and dry
We shout to all the soldiers, "Jump!"
And hear them shout, "How high?"

For we were made to give the orders
While lesser men take heed
For some were born to follow
But we were born to lead

[spoken]
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to MI5

[MI5 ENSEMBLE]
"You're sure to save the nation,"
Nanny told me in my cot
"For your father gave you courage"
Also ponies, and that yacht

My centuries of breeding
I know they'll fail me not
For fortune favours bravery
And a fortune's what I've got
Oh yes, some boys go to battle
But we're a different breed
For some were born to follow
But we were born to lead

We are the masters (we are the masters)
We are the clever men who hold the reigns
For who needs guns when you've got brains

You'll see, forever after (forever after)
And when this war is done and fades to dust
The world will turn and say to us
That we were born to lead

[CHARLES]
When I was a young explorer

[MI5 ENSEMBLE]
Yes

[CHARLES]
I discovered a new breed of trout

[MI5 ENSEMBLE]
What?
[CHARLES]
It leapt into my kayak and just briefly knocked me out

[MONTAGU, spoken]
Sorry what?

[CHARLES]
The feeling was quite magical when it slapped me on the mouth
It made the local papers, "rare fish attacks boy scout"
It's still my proudest moment
Of that I have no doubt
For some were born to follow
But I was born to find trout

[MONTAGU, spoken]
Right, new to MI5 are you?

[CHARLES, spoken]
No, I've worked here for six years

[MONTAGU]
Oh right

[CHARLES]
Yes, you're drinking out of my mug
[MONTAGU]
Oh right

[CHARLES]
It's got a picture of my face on it

[MONTAGU]
Oh right

[CHARLES]
Charles Cholmondeley, Scientist

[MONTAGU]
Ewan Montagu, Naval Intelligence

[CHARLES]
I know

[MONTAGU]
Of course you do
Well we know who to call if there's a fish mishap

[MI5 ENSEMBLE]
Ladies better keep your eyes on this chap
Come on men we've Hitlers to dispatch
Quite right lads, but the problem is that

All of mainland Europe is under Adolf's thumb
So we're staging our invasion
And the countdown has begun

Our sights are set on Sicily
That stronghold of the Hun

[MONTAGU]
But the island's packed
With a hundred thousand German men with guns

[MI5 ENSEMBLE]
And if we cannot storm the beaches
It's sure to spell defeat
If the muscle-men can't do it
Call the masters of deceit

[BEVAN, spoken]
Morning gentleman

[CHARLES, spoken]
Colonel Bevan sir

[MONTAGU, spoken]
Watch out boys, the big boss is here

[BEVAN]
Welcome to military deception. Now as you all know the next Allied invasion target is Sicily. And the key to invading Sicily is... not invading Sicily

[MONTAGU]
I'm sorry what?

[BEVAN]
Or at least that's what the enemy is going to think. We're going to convince the Germans that we're headed for somewhere else instead. Sardinia, to be exact

[CHARLES]
Oh- a misdirection

[BEVAN]
Exactly

[MONTAGU]
What, so we're going to win this war with a magic trick?

[BEVAN]
How else do we make a hundred thousand German troops disappear?

Sicily could turn the tide of the war
But we can't just rock up and knock up on the door
For each man we've got, they've got 10 more
We'll be slaughtered before we even reach the shore

We need a way to reduce the danger
Tip the odds in our favour
Go to great lengths to drain the strength of the Sicilian defence
By misdirecting their dear dictator

Gotta make Hitler believe Sicily isn't where we're gonna be
Gotta proceed with some dishonesty
Gotta deceive cos what I wanna see is
Hundreds of thousands of Germans getting off our property

So I need your brains to figure out
How we sell a fake campaign
Find me a strategy, use your grey matter to tactically
Scatter the enemy to the breeze
Then once the island is unattended
Once the beaches are undefended
We send our boys in then we destroy them
That's how Sicily is apprehended

[MI5 ENSEMBLE]
So we've got to lie
About where we strike
So we can fool the Reich
This plan is strictly need to know

[BEVAN, spoken]
As of now, I'll be hearing your proposals. How do we shift the German troops from Sicily to Sardinia?
What this country needs is a genius plan

[MONTAGU, BEVAN]
What this country needs is a genius man
For some were born to follow (There'll be no tomorrow)
But we were born to lead (We are not heroes)
We are the masters (We play our parts)
We are the clever men who hold the reigns
It's war
It's fun!
It's not a game
You'll see (We do our duties)
Forever after
Nothing more

[MONTAGU & BEVAN]
And when this war is done and fades to dust

[BEVAN]
There's no applause or fame for us

[MONTAGU & MI5 ENSEMBLE, BOTH]
But we were born to lead

Oh brothers let's get winning! (Hear hear)
My mind shall set us free (Three cheers)
Gonna win the war, champagne galore!
As I flick the hun the V

I'll definitely get a knighthood (oh yes)
And a Victoria Cross or three
Look up victory in the dictionary
There's a picture there of me

We are the finest minds in England
On that we are agreed
For some were born to follow
Some were born to follow
Some were born to follow
But we were born to lead