Billy Bragg
O Freedom
The policemen broke my door downDragged me from my bedI asked them what was happeningThey just ignored the words I saidThey waved their guns in my faceKept screaming out my nameSomething terrible had happenedAnd somehow I was to blameO freedom, what liberties are taken in thy nameIn thy nameO freedom, what liberties are takenWhat liberties are takenWhat liberties are taken in thy nameMy accusers formed a juryThe judge and the defenseThe charges were made known to meBut not the evidenceThere was no guilty verdictYet, still I was detainedFlown to another country whereTheir methods are less constrainedLetras de cancionesO freedom, what liberties are taken in thy nameIn thy nameO freedom, what liberties are takenWhat liberties are takenWhat liberties are taken in thy nameIn our determinationTo defend democracyWe must not destroy the safeguardsThat underpin our libertyFor who will pay the price ifInjustice such as thisTurns our protectors to oppressorsAnd angry men to terrorists?O freedom, what liberties are taken in thy nameIn thy nameO freedom, what liberties are takenWhat liberties are takenWhat liberties are taken in thy name
From Letras Mania