I stood before the judge that day
FA DOAs he refused my bail
And I knew that I would spend my time
Awaiting trial in jail
DOI said there is no justice
FA DOAs they led me out of the door
And the judge said, "This isn't a court of justice son
SOL DOThis is a court of law".
DO
They first sent me to Windsor
FA DOAnd then to Stoke on Trent
In a holding cell in Liverpool
SOLThree days and nights I spent
DOMy solicitor can't find me
And my family don't know
FA DOI keep telling them that I'm innocent
SOL DO DO7They just say, "Come on son, in you go."
FA DO
I was picked up on suspicion of something I haven't done
Here I sit in 'F' wing waiting for my trial to come
FA DO FAIt's a cruel unusual punishment that society demands
DO SOL DOInnocent till proven guilty, rotting on remand
FA DO SOL DO LA7
I ended up in this jail
SOL REBuilt in 18-82
When one man to one prison cell
Was a Victorian value
RENow three of us are squeezed in here
SOL REAnd you can't escape the smell
Of that bucket in the corner
LA REAnd we eat in here as well
They let me out of this cage
SOL RETo slop that bucket out
To get my food and bring it back
LAAnd if I'm lucky, get a shower
REApart from one hours exercise
I'm locked in here all day
SOL REYou don't turn criminals into citizens
LA RE RE7By treating them this way
SOL RE
Is the prize of law and order the stench of Wormwood Scrubs
With judges quick to sentence sending more down from above
SOL RE SOLIt's a cruel unusual punishment that society demands
RE LA REInnocent till proven guilty, rotting on remand G D A D ...
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