Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Let Him Dangle, artist - Elvis Costello. Date of issue: 10.06.2012
Song language: English
Let Him Dangle |
| Bentley said to Craig «Let him have it Chris» |
| They still don’t know today just what he meant |
| By this |
| Craig fired the pistol, but was too young to swing |
| So the police took Bentley and the very next thing |
| Let him dangle |
| Let him dangle |
| Dodot dododododot dodot dot |
| Bentley had surrendered, he was under arrest |
| When he gave Chris Craig that fatal request |
| Craig shot Sidney Miles, he took Bentley’s word |
| The prosecution claimed as they charged them |
| With murder |
| Let him dangle |
| Let him dangle |
| Dodot dododododot dodot dot |
| They say Derek Bentley was easily led |
| Well what’s that to the woman that Sidney |
| Miles wed |
| Though guilty was the verdict, and Craig had |
| Shot him dead |
| The gallows were for Bentley and still she |
| Never said |
| Let him dangle |
| Let him dangle |
| Dodot dododododot dodot dot |
| Well it’s hard to imagine it’s the times that |
| Have changed |
| When there’s a murder in the kitchen that is |
| Brutal and strange |
| If killing anybody is a terrible crime |
| Why does this bloodthirsty chorus come round |
| From time to time |
| Let him dangle |
| Dodot dododododot dodot dot |
| Not many people thought that Bentley would |
| Hang |
| But the word never came, the phone never rang |
| Outside Wandsworth Prison there was horror |
| And hate |
| As the hangman shook Bentley’s hand to |
| Calculate his weight |
| Let him dangle |
| Let him dangle |
| Dodot dododododot dodot dot |
| Well it’s hard to imagine it’s the times that |
| Have changed |
| When there’s a murder in the kitchen that is |
| Brutal and strange |
| If killing anybody is a terrible crime |
| Why does this bloodthirsty chorus come round |
| From time to time |
| Let him dangle |
| Dodot dododododot dodot dot |
| From a welfare state to society murder |
| Bring «back the noose» is always heard |
| Whenever those swine are under attack |
| But it won’t make you even |
| It won’t bring him back |
| Let him dangle |
| Let him dangle |
| Dodot dododododot dodot dot |
| Let him dangle |
| Let him dangle |
| Dodot dododododot dodot dot |
| STRING HIM UP |