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THE CRIMINAL
Civil disobedience is important in a democracy. I mean somebody has to do something sometimes to call time on a corrupt international financial system and the realities of climate disaster. But sometimes good people who do stand up for justice and fairness are shocked to learn they will be looked upon and treated as criminals. The good news is they do it anyway…

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THE CRIMINAL

Yesterday she was a Bank Managers Daughter.
Protesting at St Paul's
At least until they caught her.
A Bailiff grabbed her by the arm,
She didn’t want to contradict
She said young man take off your hand
He said right that’s it you’re nicked. And she said
Oh Gor Blimey it’s a fair cop Guv,
Got me bang to rights .
I’ve been fitted up like a kipper
Bound over to keep the peace tonight
I’ll have mother tattooed on me arm
And have my hair cut short
Now I am a criminal though minimal I fit the bill
A criminal and I’ve been caught

Yesterday she thought the protesters were scruffy
But now on second thoughts she doesn’t feel so stuffy
Section this and section that
the criminal justice, public order act
She may be guilty as charged
but her world has been enlarged
She’s a criminal and that’s a fact. And she says
Oh Gor Blimey it’s a fair cop Guv.
Got me bang to rights
I’m up in front of the beak tomorrow
Stone me don’t I look a sight
Send me off to a rotting hulk
without a second thought
Now I am a gangster a thankless prankster
A criminal I’ve been caught. She says

Yesterday I was as innocent as a tree is
That’s all changed because where I want to be is
On the steps in the open air
and now they accuse me
of disrupting, intimidating and obstructing
a lawful activity
Now she says
Oh Gor Blimey it’s a fair cop Guv
Got me bang to rights
I’m in the frame. They know my little game
I’m stitched up good and tight
Send me down for a stretch or two or three or four or more
Today I am a terrorist. I’ll tell you this they slap your wrist.
A criminal and I’ve been caught

And so she came to be involved in conversation
About democracy in a wealth divided nation.
Staring at the Stock Exchange
She felt the penny drop.
‘They took our taxes now in fact
Its them who should be stopped’… And she says
Oh Gor Blimey it’s a fair cop
we’ve got them bang to rights!!!!
I’ll break the law as I did before for what I think is right
I’ve been bound over to keep the peace and I suppose I ought
I’m a hooligan. I’d do it all again. I’m one of them I am
A criminal and I’ve been caught.

Now I am a gangster a thankless prankster
A criminal I’ve been caught
Today I am a terrorist. I’ll tell you this they slap your wrist.
A criminal and I’ve been caught
A Pinko and an anarchist, a rampant anti capitalist
criminal and I’ve been caught!...Take me away…

JIM WOODLAND (c)

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from Sunny Bank Holiday Monday, released September 3, 2020
Jim Woodland: Vocals & Guitar
Janet Russell: Extra Vocals
Steve Rose: Keyboards & Production

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Jim Woodland UK

Hit & Run Street Theatre in the 1980's, Punk Band Red Rinse in the 90's, Fabulous Salami Brothers, Songwriter for Mikron Theatre and Blaize for 20 years, performing solo, and with the Anti-Capitalist Roadshow.
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