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They broke Billy Brewer's mother's heart in two
The day they came and took him away
They told her "half-castes" couldn't fit in
And it would be better this way
They gave him a name, they gave him a god
They taught him to feel guilt and shame
And if anybody needed a scapegoat
It was Billy who would always get blamed

He would learn how to steal, he would learn how to cheat
He would learn how to finish a fight
And he would learn the hard facts of life
When the priest came to his room in the night
He couldn't remember a day of peace
He'd been followed by trouble and strife
They said he transgressed society
But he'd been transgressed against all his life

They chained him when they should have saved him
The prison he was in was the colour of his skin
Coz he wouldn't live the white man's way

Billy couldn't stop the civil war
That was raging inside his head
A bottle of vodka, a litre of scotch
Two injured and another dead
The next morning when he woke up
He found himself in a prison cell
Yesterday he lived in purgatory
Today he had gone straight to hell

Detective Thompson said "He's going down"
Knowing a white jury would never acquit
Twenty five years hard labour
For a murder that he didn't commit
They broke his ribs, they broke his face
Eventually his spirit and mind
There are none so deaf that refuse to hear
Those who refuse to see are so blind

They framed him when they should have saved him
The prison he was in was the colour of his skin
Coz he wouldn't live the white man's way

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from Let No​-​one Be Left Behind, released March 8, 2016
Words & Music: Lewington 2015

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