Useful

I imagined the medals they'd give me

When this was all through

You imagined the-

Medals I know

Right

And then Winston goes

Winston Churchill?

We'd be lost without you

Right, and where is this?

The palace

Oh of course

And I'd bow and salute

The King knows we're the reason we've won

The King's there, is he?

And there's so many medals

And the crowds they'd assemble

And demand to hear just what we've done

And Mr Churchill says?

He says

Yes, it's all true

Though you'd never believe it

They did what they could do

And though you'd never see it

They worked and they prayed

And it wasn't in vain

They knew pain could be strength

And that strength could be pain

They forced enemy forces to fly

They banished the planes from the sky

And they did something useful

Well I look forward to the wireless event

What about you?

What about me?

What's the dream scenario?

Miss Leslie

How about a statue?

Oh for goodness sake

Here lies Hester Leggett

Oh good, I'm dead

Oh Jesus, what is wrong with me?

Perhaps just a small plaque

Go on

Something tasteful and small

Of course

Nothing over the top

People don't stand and stop

'Cos just one look and their tears start to fall

Oh Lord

I can see it

With flowers, pride of place in a garden

A garden?

Or a grand royal park

Ah thank you

And it's silver

Gold

Gold

And it shines

Or dazzles

Boldly!

And they'll see you did more than your part

For Hester who saved her nation

Yes! A timeless inspiration

Jean!

You are!

And they'll say it's all true

Though you'd never believe it

She did what she could do

And though you'd never see it

She worked and she prayed

And it wasn't in vain

She knew pain could be strength

And that strength could be pain

She forced enemy forces to fly

She banished the planes from the sky

And she did something useful

Yes, we've done good work

And you can't ask the people who can do all of that to just

Go home and pace through the rooms of a flat

Feeling she's travelled right back to the start

Stuck at home with her mother feeling useless

And smothering the light that kept out the dark

I hate that he just sees me as some, silly little woman

That might be exactly what we need

What?

The mission might be in danger

There's something strange going on between Montagu and his brother

What? Surely he wouldn't-

But until he drops his guard and starts talking

We can't know

But he won't talk to me

He hates me

I'm the last person he'd talk to

You can do this Jean

And, we need you to

Even if dear Winston never finds out about it

So you're saying

No medals?

No medals

No statues

No plaques

No flowers

For Hester and Jean?

I don't think that it's people like you or me

That the crowds come to see

And if there's one thing I know

It's that I'm no good with things that need help to grow

I'm afraid I disagree

You've done a pretty good job with me

Thank you

Thank you

I think that when people meet in the middle of a war

It feels like it means something more

So who needs a medal?

It's this that we'll keep fighting for

That we'll keep fighting for

And yes it was true

They'll say it's all true

Though they'll never believe it

They'll never believe it

We did all we could do

We did what we do

And if they never see it

And they'll never see it

We worked and we prayed and it won't be in vain

And we'll keep on going

We knew pain could be strength and that strength could be pain

Even though they'll never know we

Forced all their forces to fly

We banish their planes from the sky

And they'll see that we were useful

And if they don't we'll know we're useful

What matters is that we do something useful

Back to work, Miss Leslie

Yes, ma'am