Luyện nghe bài hát The Birmingham Six

Birmingham, 1974, there occurred a bloody
Twenty-one people by bombs, Britain reeled in horror
Within hours the British State found the first available scapegoats--
Five Irish men bound for Belfast, about to board the
And this is story, very sad, but true
Of how six men falsely 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 taken to Morkham to be tested for explosives
Tests have since proved ambiguous but were at the time held as conclusive
One scientists' was sufficient to condemn the Irish men
Like vultures the moved in to begin interrogations
In the circumstances how well do you think the men's rights were
The thought they had the bombers; do you think they kept their judgement reserved?
Does 'innocent till proven guilty' any meaning at all
When you're alone in a police house surrounded by cops being around like a ball
In a dark windowless room a dozen detectives were waiting
Billy Power was thrown in, the serious 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 from the said, "Stretch his balls"
Soon after, poor Billy surrendered, screamed, "I'll tell you anything you me to say"
Sat in his own excretia, he could hardly speak he remained in a
Whilst cops compiled his of how he planted the bombs
They threatened him with the treatment so Billy signed a confession
Thursday night became Friday night, the five men were took back to
The threats and the violence continued--a 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 home officer'd given
The cop asked him if he was to sign, put the gun against his head
Playing Russian roulette with a when he banged McIlkenny thought he was dead
Hugh Callaghan, a sixth man, was picked up in Berm and
He, too, hadn't done it but made him sign a confession to mass murder
Six men kept in isolation no contact each other
And it until Monday morning 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 wasn't time and refused to look
The only obvious injury, Walker's black eye in court that day
When he to unbotton his shirt all the majistrates said, "Let's take him away"
Leland staged a walkout, their banners read "Hang the IRA"
The labor government at the time rushed through the PTA
In their war on the Irish the British wanted vengeance
Despite glaring omissions in the confessions the six men hadn't a chance
The judge their claims, said it would've meant there'd been a conspiracy
Between fifteen officers two different forces, as if it was an impossibility
The police in fact became heroes, got their promotion and medals
The six men got life imprisonment and fifteen years on they're in jail
The men protested their innocence but it fell mainly on deaf
They wanted to bring the policemen to trial, the appeal seven years
Lord Denning dismissed their out of hand, saying "These actions cannot go on"
What he really meant was the State machine never admit it's done wrong
Another six years, another appeal, another set of
To uphold the original as safe and satisfactory
For if it ever out that the State judges wrong, well what would people say?
We'd say, "We 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 they didn't do
And if any should say, "British justice is the best in the world"
Tell them, "Well of it is, for the vested interests it serves"
For as long as we remain ignorant fight their war against Ireland
For as long as we remain silent imprison any they want
For as long as we keep our eyes shut they'll continue to us
For as as we remain passive they'll trample us into the dust
Hugh Callaghan, Patrick Hill, Richard McIlkenny, Walker, Gerry Hunter, and Billy Power
Still fighting for their freedom fifteen years on
Their spirits remain when our State is dead
When our is dead
our State is dead and gone