Brother    Seems they're letting him out next year
           He's behaving himself I hear
           Governor Conway says it will be fine
           Just as long as he can tow the line

           So it's the same old story
           But it says here 'Mum you're not to worry'
           'Cos some you lose and some you lose

           At this party, he was on his own
           All he did was say he'd take her home
           But it seems they didn't go straight there
           'twas on the porch, she told him,
           'put your hand here'

           It's the same old story
           They told her mum she's not to worry

Police     'If what she says is so,
                we'll never let him go!'

Him        'Never a word could be heard
           Not even the sound of a bird
           Singing it over again, telling a different story
           Never the same as before
           See the summer going out by the door'
Brother    And now that you've paid for those lies
           Get another disguise

           'It's twenty years now since our Kid came free
           Oh I remember August '53
           But it wasn't quite like they said
           With that behind you, you can't plan ahead
             So it's the same old story
           They say you're free, don't worry
           What they said's not so
           They never let you go!'

Him        'Never a word could be heard
           Not even the sound of a bird
           Singing it over again, telling a different story
           Never the same as before
           See the summer going out by the door'
Brother    And now that you've paid for those lies
           Get another disguise


           OUT