Luyện nghe bài hát The Birmingham Six

Birmingham, 1974, there occurred a murder
Twenty-one killed by bombs, Britain reeled 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 falsely imprisoned for something they didn't 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 Morkham to be tested for
Tests which have since proved ambiguous but were at the held as conclusive
One scientists' word was to condemn the Irish men
Like vultures the police moved in to interrogations
In the circumstances how well do you think the men's rights observed?
The cops thought they had the do you think they kept their judgement reserved?
Does 'innocent till proven guilty' any meaning at all
When you're in a police house surrounded by cops being kicked around like a ball
In a dark windowless room half a detectives were waiting
Billy was thrown in, the serious questions about to begin
He was kicked and hit and punched from all sides, against the wall
They him and hit him again, a voice from 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 hardly speak he remained in a daze
Whilst cops compiled his statement of how he planted the
They threatened him with the treatment so Billy signed a confession
night became Friday night, the five men were took back to Birmingham
The threats and the violence taste of what was to come
of food and sleep, all part of procedure to break the men
Johnny Walker blacked out twice; untied his hands while he signed his confession
And Richard was threatened with a gun
The cop it was OK to shoot him, that 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; when he banged McIlkenny he was dead
Hugh Callaghan, a sixth man, was picked up in and tortured
He, too, hadn't done it but they made him sign a confession to mass
Six men kept in isolation no contact each other
And it weren't Monday morning that they each got a duty solicitor
Still separate unbuttoned 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 majistrates said, "Let's him away"
Leland workers staged a walkout, their banners "Hang the IRA"
The labor government empowered at the time rushed the PTA
In their war on the Irish people the British wanted
Despite glaring omissions in the so-called confessions the six men a chance
The judge dismissed their claims, said it meant there'd been a conspiracy
Between fifteen from two different forces, as if it was an impossibility
The in fact 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 mainly on deaf
They wanted to bring the to trial, the appeal took seven years
Lord Denning dismissed case 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, another appeal, set of judiciary
To uphold the original convictions as safe and
For if it gets out that the State judges wrong, well 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, very sad, but
Of how six men were falsely imprisoned for 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"
For as long as we remain ignorant they'll their war against Ireland
For as long as we remain silent they'll imprison any they
For as long as we keep our eyes they'll continue to contain us
For as long as we remain passive trample us into the dust
Hugh Callaghan, Hill, Richard McIlkenny, Johnny Walker, Gerry Hunter, and Billy Power
Still fighting for freedom fifteen long years on
Their spirits remain when our State is dead
When our is dead
When our State is dead and