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***STREETS OF SORROW/BIRMINGHAM SIX - by Terry Woods/Shane MacGowan from the album "If I Should Fall From Grace With God" Intro |Amsus2 |Amsus2 ||
Oh CfareGwelCl you GstrFeets of sorroAmw and farGewell youF streets of pain I'll Cnot reGturn to Cfeel more GsorFrow noAmr to seeG more youFng men slain
Through the last six years I've lived through terror and in the darkened streets the pain Oh how I long to find some solace in my mind I curse the strain So farewell you streets of sorrow and farewell you streets of pain No I'll not return to feel more sorrow nor to see more young men slain
ThereD were six mAen in BirmiDngham in Guildford there's four ThatD were pickeGd up andA tortured and framed by the law AnDd the fiGlth got promoDtion buGt they're still doing time For Gbeing Irish inA the wrong place and at the wrong time
In Ireland they'll put you away in the Maze In England they'll keep you for several long days God help you if ever you're caught on these shores And the coppers need someone when they walk through that door
You'Dll be countiGng yearsA first five then Dten growing old in a lonely hell DRound the yaGrd and Athe stinking cDell from wall to wall and back again
A curse on the judges the coppers and screws Who tortured the innocent wrongly accused For the price of promotion and justice to sell May the judged be their judges when they rot down in hell You'll be counting years first five then ten growing old in a lonely hell Round the yard and lousy cell from wall to wall and back again Inst |C D|C D|C D|C Am || May the whores of the empire lie awake in their beds And sweat as they count out the sins on their heads While over in Ireland eight more men lie dead Kicked down and shot in the back of the head You'll be counting years first five then ten growing old in a freezing hell Round the yard and the lousy cell from wall and back again Counting years first five then ten growing old in a lonely hell Round the yard and the lousy cell from wall to wall and back again Outro |C D|C D|C D|C D|C D|C D|C D|C Am ||