Fitzwilliam Lyrics - Chumbawamba

Smiles for the cameras as the miners return 

They say no one has lost and no one has gained 

But wiser and stronger the people have changed 

And it won't be the same in the village again 

Twelve months of bribery, twelve months of lies 

Cops in the village to truncheon your bride 

Scabs down the back roads to break up the strike 

Come out of your houses--there's a war on outside 

Attacked in the village, attacked in the courts 

Sacked for refusing to bow to their lords 

Less than a whisper from Commons and Lords 

Retreats from the front when they most need support 

Woman and woman in opposing extremes 

Between man-made heaven and popular dreams 

Between twisted detachment and learning to breathe 

One locks the prison one sets herself free 

Smiles for the cameras as the miners return 

They say no one has lost and no one has gained 

But wiser and stronger the people have changed 

And it won't be the same in Fitzwilliam again 

Cage and canary are left in the mine 

Canary still sings as machinery dies 

Song breaks the bars which imprison its life 

Flies from the pit shaft and into the skies