There[D] were six men in Birmingham In[G] Guildford there's[D] four That were picked up and tortured And[G]
framed by the[A] law And the[D] filth got promotion But they're still doing[G] time For being[D] Irish in the wrong
place And at[G] the wrong[A] time
In Ireland they'll put you away in the Maze In England they'll keep you for
several long days God help you if ever you're caught on these shores The coppers need someone and they walk through
that door
You'll[D] be counting years First[G] five then ten Growing[A] old in a[D] lonely hell Round
the yard and the[G] stinking cell From wall to[A] wall and[D] back again
A curse on the judges, the coppers and
screws Who tortured the innocent wrongly accused For the price of promotion And justice to sell May the judged
be the judges When they rot down in hell
You'll be counting years First five then ten Growing old in a lonely
hell Round the yard and the lousy cell From wall to wall and back again
May the whores of the empire lie awake
in their beds And sweat as they count out their sins in their heads While over in Ireland eight more men lie dead Kicked
down and shot in the back of the head
You'll be counting years First five then ten Growing old in a freezing
hell Round the yard and the lousy cell From wall to wall and back again
Counting years First five then ten Growing
old in a lonely hell Round the yard and the lousy cell From wall to wall and back again
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