#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## >From rousseaf@nil.IRO.UMontreal.CA (Francois Rousseau) Subject: AOTW: Billy Bragg: Rotting On remand Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1993 05:51:51 GMT Rotting On Remand (Billy Bragg) CI (x32010@1)stood before the judge that day F (133211@1) CAs (x32010@1)he refused my bail And I knew that I would spend my time GAwaiting (320003@1)trial in jail CI (x32010@1)said there is no justice F (133211@1) CAs (x32010@1)they led me out of the door F (133211@1) CAnd (x32010@1)the judge said, "This isn't a court of justice son G (320003@1) CThis (x32010@1)is a court of law". CThey (x32010@1)first sent me to Windsor F (133211@1) CAnd (x32010@1)then to Stoke on Trent In a holding cell in Liverpool GThree (320003@1)days and nights I spent CMy (x32010@1)solicitor can't find me F (133211@1) CAnd (x32010@1)my family don't know F (133211@1) CI (x32010@1)keep telling them that I'm innocent G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) C7They (x32310@1)just say, "Come on son, in you go." F (133211@1) CI (x32010@1)was picked up on suspicion of something I haven't done C (x32010@1) B/C (134442@1) A/C (032220@1) G/C (2431xx@7) GHere (320003@1)I sit in 'F' wing waiting for my trial to come F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) FIt's (133211@1)a cruel unusual punishment that society demands C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CInnocent (x32010@1)till proven guilty, rotting on remand F (133211@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)A7 (x02020@1) DI (xx0232@1)ended up in this jail G (320003@1) DBuilt (xx0232@1)in 18-82 When one man to one prison cell AWas (x02220@1)a Victorian value DNow (xx0232@1)three of us are squeezed in here G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)you can't escape the smell G (320003@1) DOf (xx0232@1)that bucket in the corner A (x02220@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)we eat in here as well They let me out of this cage G (320003@1) DTo (xx0232@1)slop that bucket out To get my food and bring it back AAnd (x02220@1)if I'm lucky, get a shower DApart (xx0232@1)from one hours exercise G (320003@1) DI'm (xx0232@1)locked in here all day G (320003@1) DYou (xx0232@1)don't turn criminals into citizens A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) D7By (xx0212@1)treating them this way G (320003@1) DIs (xx0232@1)the prize of law and order the stench of Wormwood Scrubs D (xx0232@1) C#/D B/D A/D (x00220@1) AWith (x02220@1)judges quick to sentence sending more down from above G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GIt's (320003@1)a cruel unusual punishment that society demands D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) DInnocent (xx0232@1)till proven guilty, rotting on remand G D A D ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Francois Rousseau Laboratoire Incognito (Computer Languages) Universite de Montreal, Canada E-mail: rousseaf@iro.umontreal.ca ----------------------------------------------------------------------------