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Intro
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Giusep---pe Conlon,
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Came to London Town,
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To bring his son home,
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See justice done,
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Lord, Donaldson,
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Was put in command,
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With him just as lost,
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With a slide of his hand,
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In that land,
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Through it all I dreamt you slept he said.
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Here I stand,
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The father and a man,
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For my son,
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For justice from this land that,
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Makes and it fakes,
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That shakes the scales of justice,
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So that none,
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Can be held,
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This land has gone to the back.
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They threw Giuseppe,
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In jail with a son,
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On some dumb charges,
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With no smoking gun,
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For 12 hard years,
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Giusepp?s only son survived,
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From that stinking British jail,
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Giuseppe never came out,
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Alive from that time,
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To his son he said these words:
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When you're free you clear my name.
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Here I stand,
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The father and a man,
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For my son,
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For justice from this land that,
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Makes and it fakes,
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That shakes the scales of justice,
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So that none,
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Can be held,
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Rule Britannia gone mad.
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A great sadness for your family,
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Trying to bring your body home,
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Even in death,
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They wouldn't leave you Lord,
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Ah, shame on you, blame on you,
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Police pressing on,
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Judiciary, military,
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Screw us in Downing Street,
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White Hall shame on you,
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Blame on you,
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You stole his body not his soul.
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Here I stand,
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The father and a man,
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For my son,
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For justice from this land that,
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Makes and it fakes,
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That shakes the scales of justice,
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So that none,
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Can be held,
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This land has gone through the ban.
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Ah you might ask,
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What's this got to do with me,
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Got to be my father,
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Like some could have been me,
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I grassed up, stitched up banged up,
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Locked up and settled down,
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Just for being an innocent body,
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In any British town,
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Around sent down by the crown,
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I turned around,
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Through it all I dreamt you slept he said.
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Here I stand,
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For all the random man,
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For my son,
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For justice from this land that,
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Makes and it fakes,
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That shakes the scales of justice,
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So that none,
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Can be held,
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Rule Britannia gone mad.
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He said he?d can do,
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I won't forget your name,
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I'll sing the song, I'll tell you story again,
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About the brutal injustice,
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That sent you down,
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From the top to the bottom,
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From the waters right up to the crown,
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Sent you down, turn your life around,
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Through it all I dreamt you slept he said.
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Here I stand,
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The father and a man,
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For my son,
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For justice from this land that,
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Makes and it fakes,
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That shakes the scales of justice,
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So that none,
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Can be held,
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This land has gone through the ban.
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Giuseppe Conlon,
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We place your name above our door,
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To welcome strangers here,
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To these cold foreign shores,
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Wrap around them,
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out the warm coat of love,
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Your name a beacon,
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Looking down,
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Shining down from above,
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Like a dove,
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Look up you might hear him say.
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Here I stand,
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The father and a man,
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For my son,
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For justice from this land that,
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Makes and it fakes,
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That shakes the scales of justice,
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So that none,
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Can be held,
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Rule Britannia gone mad.
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Giuseppe Conlon,
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He lived and died,
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An innocent man,
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Far from his loved ones,
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Far from his native land,
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Giuseppe and all the innocent prisoners,
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All around the world,
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From Bagdad to Guantanamo,
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From Belmar down to the joy,
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We hear your voice you're not alone.
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Take strength and love.
Outro
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Here I stand,
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The father and a man,
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For my son,
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For justice from this land that,
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Makes and it fakes,
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That shakes the scales of justice,
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So that none,
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Can be held,
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So that none can be held,
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Giuseppe Conlon,
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Died 1981 in a British prison,
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Rest in peace.
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