Luyện nghe bài hát The Birmingham Six

Birmingham, 1974, there occurred a bloody
Twenty-one people killed by bombs, Britain in horror
three hours the British State found the first available scapegoats--
Five Irish men bound for Belfast, about to board the
And this is their story, very sad, but
Of how six men were imprisoned for something they didn't do
And if any should say, "British is the very best in the world"
Tell them, "Well of course it is, for the interests it serves"
The men were taken to to be tested for explosives
Tests which have since proved ambiguous but were at the time held as
One scientists' was sufficient to condemn the Irish men
Like vultures the police moved in to begin
In the circumstances how well do you think the men's rights observed?
The cops thought they had the bombers; do you think they kept their judgement
Does 'innocent proven guilty' have any meaning at all
When alone in a police house surrounded by cops being kicked around like a ball
In a dark windowless room half a dozen detectives waiting
Billy Power was thrown in, the serious questions to begin
He was kicked and hit and punched from all sides, spread-eagled the wall
kicked him and hit him again, a voice from the dark said, "Stretch his balls"
Soon after, Billy surrendered, screamed, "I'll tell you anything you want me to say"
Sat in his own excretia, he could hardly he remained in a daze
Whilst cops his statement of how he planted the bombs
They threatened him with the treatment again so signed a confession
Thursday night became Friday night, the men were took back to Birmingham
The threats and the continued--a taste of what was to come
Deprived of food and sleep, all part of to break the men
Johnny Walker blacked out twice; they untied his while he signed his confession
And Richard McIlkenny was with a gun
The cop said it was OK to shoot him, the home officer'd given permission
The cop asked him if he was going to sign, put the gun his head
Playing Russian roulette with a blank; he banged McIlkenny thought he was dead
Callaghan, a sixth man, was picked up in Berm and tortured
He, too, hadn't done it but they made him sign a to mass murder
Six men kept in isolation no contact with each
And it until Monday morning that they each got a duty solicitor
Still separate each unbuttoned his shirt to show how he'd been up
The solicitors, in legal aid forms, said there wasn't time and refused to look
The only obvious injury, Johnny Walker's black eye in that day
When he tried to unbotton his all the majistrates said, "Let's take him away"
Leland staged a walkout, their banners read "Hang the IRA"
The labor government empowered at the time rushed the PTA
In their war on the Irish people the British vengeance
Despite glaring omissions in the so-called the six men hadn't a chance
The judge dismissed their claims, it would've meant there'd been a conspiracy
Between fifteen officers from two different forces, as if it was an
The police in fact became heroes, got their and victory medals
The six men got imprisonment and fifteen years on they're still in jail
The men protested their innocence but it mainly on deaf ears
They wanted to bring the policemen to trial, the appeal took years
Lord Denning dismissed their out of hand, saying "These actions cannot go on"
What he really meant was the State machine could admit it's done wrong
Another six years, appeal, another set of judiciary
To uphold the convictions as safe and satisfactory
For if it ever gets out the State judges wrong, well what would people say?
say, "We know who are real enemies are now", and we'd form our own IRA
Oh let me tell a story, very sad, but
Of how six men were falsely imprisoned for something didn't do
And if any should say, "British is the very best in the world"
Tell them, "Well of course it is, for the vested it serves"
For as long as we remain they'll fight their war against Ireland
For as long as we silent they'll imprison any they want
For as long as we keep our eyes shut they'll continue to us
For as long as we passive they'll trample us into the dust
Callaghan, Patrick Hill, Richard McIlkenny, Johnny Walker, Gerry Hunter, and Billy Power
Still fighting for their freedom long years on
Their spirits shall remain when our is dead
our State is dead
When our State is dead and