O Freedom Lyrics - Mr. Love & Justice - Billy Bragg

The policemen broke my door down 

Dragged me from my bed 

I asked them what was happening 

They just ignored the words I said 

They waved their guns in my face 

Kept screaming out my name 

Something terrible had happened 

And somehow I was to blame 

O freedom, what liberties are taken in thy name 

In thy name 

O freedom, what liberties are taken 

What liberties are taken 

What liberties are taken in thy name 

My accusers formed a jury 

The judge and the defense 

The charges were made known to me 

But not the evidence 

There was no guilty verdict 

Yet, still I was detained 

Flown to another country where 

Their methods are less constrained 

O freedom, what liberties are taken in thy name 

In thy name 

O freedom, what liberties are taken 

What liberties are taken 

What liberties are taken in thy name 

In our determination 

To defend democracy 

We must not destroy the safeguards 

That underpin our liberty 

For who will pay the price if 

Injustice such as this 

Turns our protectors to oppressors 

And angry men to terrorists? 

O freedom, what liberties are taken in thy name 

In thy name 

O freedom, what liberties are taken 

What liberties are taken 

What liberties are taken in thy name