A White Lie (in memory of the Busby Babes)

I've been supporting Manchester United sinse 1995. And of course, I've known about the Busby Babes and the Munich air disaster for years. In 2021, I watched few shows and films about the crash on MUTV and other sources. There was the song "The Flowers of Manchester" among them. And I wanted to write a song about Matt Busby, the Babes and the Munich air disaster as well. People should know more about this, I guess.

I was thinking about the plot and decided to take one episode of that tragedy for my song: Matt Busby is in the hospital, but he doesn't yet know about the victims, because the doctors take care of his mental and physical health and don't tell him the truth. The song is called "A White Lie".

Thanks to David Hall for his "Manchester's Finest: How the Munich air disaster broke the heart of a great city". This beautiful book inspired me.

A White Lie The third attempt... The speed is too low... Explosion! The wreckage and blood on the snow... The Germans were fighting to save British lives: Yesterday's darkness became today's light.

Matt Busby was lying in an oxygen tent. He was not told 'bout the accident: He was being protected from mental shock. At first, he was silent, but later he'd talk.

"How are the boys?" "They are all right!" But 'twas a lie. It was a white lie. The doctors smiled at him, but then they cried. "How are the boys?" "They are all right!"

But one day, he asked a hospital priest, "How is Big Dunc? My friend, tell me, please!" The priest bowed his head. A teardrop ran down. And Matt understood everything: grief had filled all around.

"How are the boys?" "They are all right!" But 'twas a lie. It was a white lie. The doctors smiled at him, but then they cried. "How are the boys?" "They are all right!"

"How are my boys?" "They are all right!" It was a lie: his team had been swept out! The doctors smiled at him, but then they cried. "How are the boys?" "They are all right..."

Ещё один мой старый пост по теме: Харри Грегг – герой Мюнхена. Он вытащил Басби и других из-под обломков после авиакатастрофы