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The policemen broke my door down |
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Dragged me from my bed |
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I asked them what was happening |
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They just ignored the words |
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I saidThey waved their guns in my face |
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Kept screaming out my name |
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Something terrible had happened |
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And somehow |
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I was to blame |
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O freedom, what liberties are taken in thy name |
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In thy name |
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O freedom, what liberties are taken |
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What liberties are taken |
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What liberties are taken in thy name |
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My accusers formed a jury |
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The judge and the defense |
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The charges were made known to me |
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But not the evidence |
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There was no guilty verdict |
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Yet, still |
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I was detained |
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Flown to another country where |
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Their methods are less constrained |
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O freedom, what liberties are taken in thy name |
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In thy name |
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O freedom, what liberties are taken |
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What liberties are taken |
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What liberties are taken in thy name |
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In our determination |
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To defend democracy |
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We must not destroy the safeguards |
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That underpin our liberty |
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For who will pay the price if |
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Injustice such as this |
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Turns our protectors to oppressors |
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And angry men to terrorists? |
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O freedom, what liberties are taken in thy name |
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In thy name |
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O freedom, what liberties are taken |
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What liberties are taken |
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What liberties are taken in thy name |
