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 |