Flying Ace

I was the best flying ace that there ever had been,
Though I've just half a face & a permanent grin,
My eyes locked in stare, I was a monacle flier,
My past was in law, my future in barbed wire.
Don't bring me down.
Can't faaa asleep at right for the tear,
Of dying alone & dying in here,
Wheel me down to the top of the cliff,
Then turn your back - can't go on like this.
I played by the rules a gentlemans game,
Of dogfight dueling, now I'm a little insane.
I've a faded photo ot a younger man,
A log full of kills & a steel claw hand.
I was sent away to your public schools,
On the playing fieds of Eton I played by your rules,
I could have lain in the cold & alone,
Just one more kill, one more kill from home.