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Smiles for the cameras as the miners returnThey say no one has lost and no one has gainedBut wiser and stronger the people have changedAnd it won't be the same in the village againTwelve months of bribery, twelve months of liesCops in the village to truncheon your brideScabs down the back roads to break up the strikeCome out of your houses--there's a war on outsideAttacked in the village, attacked in the courtsSacked for refusing to bow to their lordsLess than a whisper from Commons and LordsRetreats from the front when they most need supportWoman and woman in opposing extremesBetween man-made heaven and popular dreamsBetween twisted detachment and learning to breatheOne locks the prison one sets herself freeSmiles for the cameras as the miners returnThey say no one has lost and no one has gainedBut wiser and stronger the people have changedAnd it won't be the same in Fitzwilliam againCage and canary are left in the mineCanary still sings as machinery diesSong breaks the bars which imprison its lifeFlies from the pit shaft and into the skies Aus Songtexte Mania