Rotting On Remand
(Billy Bragg)

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I stood before the judge that day
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As he refused my bail

And I knew that I would spend my time
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Awaiting trial in jail
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I said there is no justice
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As they led me out of the door
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And the judge said, "This isn't a court of justice son
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This is a court of law".

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They first sent me to Windsor
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And then to Stoke on Trent

In a holding cell in Liverpool
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Three days and nights I spent
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My solicitor can't find me
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And my family don't know
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I keep telling them that I'm innocent
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They just say, "Come on son, in you go."

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I was picked up on suspicion of something I haven't done
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Here I sit in 'F' wing waiting for my trial to come
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It's a cruel unusual punishment that society demands
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Innocent till proven guilty, rotting on remand

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I ended up in this jail
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Built in 18-82

When one man to one prison cell
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Was a Victorian value
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Now three of us are squeezed in here
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And you can't escape the smell
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Of that bucket in the corner
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And we eat in here as well

They let me out of this cage
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To slop that bucket out

To get my food and bring it back
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And if I'm lucky, get a shower
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Apart from one hours exercise
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I'm locked in here all day
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You don't turn criminals into citizens
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By treating them this way

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Is the prize of law and order the stench of Wormwood Scrubs
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With judges quick to sentence sending more down from above
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It's a cruel unusual punishment that society demands
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Innocent till proven guilty, rotting on remand    G  D  A  D ...