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The Monument (Lest We Forget) Lyrics by Andy Irvine

Rain on the Roof

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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
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Andy Irvine

Andy Irvine

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"The Monument (Lest We Forget)" appears on "Rain on the Roof".

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