If you told me the only way to get out of being stabbed in the throat was to get kicked in the groin, I'd take the kick any day of the week. I'd beg for that kick.
The Eagle Has Flown by Jack Higgins, November 1, 1991, Pocket edition, Mass Market Paperback in English
100 P-q3. The Eagle Will Rise Again is track #24 on the album The Complete Albums Collection. It was written by Parsons, Alan / Woolfson, Eric.  (No other information is available for this lyric-would you like to add something today?).