We fly at dawn
“A” Flight takin’ the fight to the enemy
Who’ll come back we shall see
For now we drink
Drink to the dead, the dear departed
Friends we’ve lost
Shot down the wrong side of the front
It could be any one of us tomorrow
So tonight we put our thoughts of death aside
Upward ever onward we must go
Who dies, who returns from the dawn patrol?
Count them back in
Five took off their wings aloft
The men we sent
And now two men less
The blackboard tells
Stricken off names shot down in flames
Their replacements
More fresh faces
It could be any one of us tomorrow
So tonight we put our thoughts of death aside
Upward ever onward we must go
Who dies, who returns from the dawn patrol?
The call comes through despatching orders from HQ
How you scorn me Captain Courtney
We’ll do what we have to do
But now it’s up to you It’s your decision
Who will fly the final mission?
Upward ever onward we must go
Who dies, who returns from the dawn patrol?