Rotting On Remand

(Billy Bragg) C I stood before the judge that day F C As he refused my bail And I knew that I would spend my time G Awaiting trial in jail C I said there is no justice F C As they led me out of the door F C And the judge said, "This isn't a court of justice son G C This is a court of law". C They first sent me to Windsor F C And then to Stoke on Trent In a holding cell in Liverpool G Three days and nights I spent C My solicitor can't find me F C And my family don't know F C I keep telling them that I'm innocent G C C7 They just say, "Come on son, in you go." F C I was picked up on suspicion of something I haven't done C B/C A/C G/C G Here I sit in 'F' wing waiting for my trial to come F C F It's a cruel unusual punishment that society demands C G C Innocent till proven guilty, rotting on remand F C G C A7 D I ended up in this jail G D Built in 18-82 When one man to one prison cell A Was a Victorian value D Now three of us are squeezed in here G D And you can't escape the smell G D Of that bucket in the corner A D And we eat in here as well They let me out of this cage G D To slop that bucket out To get my food and bring it back A And if I'm lucky, get a shower D Apart from one hours exercise G D I'm locked in here all day G D You don't turn criminals into citizens A D D7 By treating them this way G D Is the prize of law and order the stench of Wormwood Scrubs D C#/D B/D A/D A With judges quick to sentence sending more down from above G D G It's a cruel unusual punishment that society demands D A D Innocent 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------