Luyện nghe bài hát The Birmingham Six

Birmingham, 1974, there occurred a murder
Twenty-one people killed by bombs, Britain in horror
Within three hours the State found the first available scapegoats--
Five men bound for Belfast, about to board the boat
And is their story, very sad, but true
Of how six men were falsely imprisoned for something they do
And if any should say, "British justice is the very in the world"
Tell them, "Well of it is, for the vested interests it serves"
The men were taken to to be tested for explosives
Tests which have since proved but were at the time held as conclusive
One scientists' word was to condemn the Irish men
Like vultures the police in to begin interrogations
In the circumstances how well do you think the men's were observed?
The thought they had the bombers; do you think they kept their judgement reserved?
Does 'innocent till proven have any meaning at all
When you're in a police house surrounded by cops being kicked around like a ball
In a dark room half a dozen detectives were waiting
Billy was thrown in, the serious questions about to begin
He was and hit and punched from all sides, spread-eagled against the wall
They kicked him and hit him again, a voice the dark said, "Stretch his balls"
Soon after, poor Billy surrendered, screamed, "I'll you anything you want me to say"
Sat in his own excretia, he could hardly speak he remained in a
Whilst compiled his statement of how he planted the bombs
They threatened him the treatment again so Billy signed a confession
Thursday night Friday night, the five men were took back to Birmingham
The and the violence continued--a taste of what was to come
of food and sleep, all part of procedure to break the men
Johnny Walker blacked out twice; they untied his hands he signed his confession
And McIlkenny was threatened with a gun
The cop said it was OK to shoot him, that the officer'd given permission
The cop asked him if he was going to sign, put the gun against his
Playing Russian roulette with a when he banged McIlkenny thought he was dead
Callaghan, a sixth man, was picked up in Berm and tortured
He, too, done it but they made him sign a confession to mass murder
Six men kept in isolation no contact each other
And it weren't until Monday that they each got a duty solicitor
Still separate each his shirt to show how he'd been beaten up
The solicitors, filling in legal aid forms, said there wasn't time and to look
The only obvious injury, Walker's black eye in court that day
When he tried to unbotton his shirt all the said, "Let's take him away"
Leland workers staged a walkout, their banners "Hang the IRA"
The labor government at the time rushed through the PTA
In their war on the Irish people the British wanted
Despite glaring omissions in the so-called the six men hadn't a chance
The judge their claims, said it would've meant there'd been a conspiracy
Between fifteen officers from two forces, as if it was an impossibility
The police in became heroes, got their promotion and victory medals
The six men got life and fifteen years on they're still in jail
The men protested their innocence but it fell on deaf ears
They wanted to the policemen to trial, the appeal took seven years
Lord dismissed their case out of hand, saying "These actions cannot go on"
What he really meant was the State machine could never it's done wrong
Another six years, another appeal, set of judiciary
To the original convictions as safe and satisfactory
For if it ever gets out that the State judges wrong, what would people say?
We'd say, "We know who are real are now", and we'd form our own IRA
Oh let me tell a story, sad, but true
Of how six men were falsely imprisoned for something didn't do
And if any should say, "British justice is the very in the world"
them, "Well of course it is, for the vested interests it serves"
For as as we remain ignorant they'll fight their war against Ireland
For as long as we remain silent they'll imprison any want
For as long as we keep our eyes shut they'll to contain us
For as long as we remain passive they'll us into the dust
Hugh Callaghan, Patrick Hill, Richard McIlkenny, Walker, Gerry Hunter, and Billy Power
Still fighting for their freedom fifteen long on
Their spirits shall remain when our is dead
When our is dead
When our is dead and gone