Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song The Monument (Lest We Forget) , by - Andy Irvine. Release date: 31.12.1995
Song language: English
The Monument (Lest We Forget) |
| In the corner of a quiet field there’s a monument today |
| Put up by the mine workers at the UMWA |
| To mark the spot where children had their lives taken away |
| And it’s standing there in case we might forget |
| Lest we forget in case we might forget |
| How the rich men and his police and his press |
| Got away with murder then, they get away with it yet |
| And it’s standing there in case we might forget |
| You may turn the pages of your history books in vain |
| The first thing men of power learn is never to take the blame |
| Just tell the people shameless lies does nothing ever change |
| History is always written by the winners |
| Lest we forget in case we might forget |
| How the rich men and his police and his press |
| Got away with murder then, they get away with it yet |
| And it’s standing there in case we might forget |
| In today’s newspapers the headlines change so fast |
| So much information in the memory doesn’t last |
| But if we learn nothing from the lessons of the past |
| I’m afraid that we are destined to relive it |
| Lest we forget in case we might forget |
| How the rich men and his police and his press |
| Got away with murder then, they get away with it yet |
| And it’s standing there in case we might forget |
| In a corner of a quiet field there’s a monument today |
| Put up by the mine workers at the UMWA |
| To mark the spot where children had their lives taken away |
| And it’s standing there in case we might forget |