Let Him Dangle Lyrics - Elvis Costello

Bentley said to Craig, "Let him have it Chris" 

They still don't know today just what he meant by this 

Craig fired the pistol, but was too young to swing 

So the police took Bentley and the very next thing 

Let him dangle 

Let him dangle 

Let him dangle 

Let him dangle 

Bentley had surrendered, he was under arrest 

When he gave Chris Craig that fatal request 

Craig shot Sidney Miles, he took Bentley's word 

The prosecution claimed as they charged them with murder 

Let him dangle 

Let him dangle 

Let him dangle 

Let him dangle 

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They say, Derek Bentley was easily led 

Well, what's that to the woman that Sidney Miles wed 

Though guilty was the verdict and Craig had shot him dead 

The gallows were for Bentley and still she never said 

Let him dangle 

Let him dangle 

Let him dangle 

Let him dangle 

Well, it's hard to imagine it's the times you have changed 

When there's a murder in the kitchen that is brutal and strange 

If killing anybody is a terrible crime 

Why does this bloodthirsty chorus come 'round from time to time 

Let him dangle 

Not many people thought that Bentley would hang 

But the word never came, the phone never rang 

Outside Wandsworth Prison there was horror and hate 

As the hangman shook Bentley's hand to calculate his weight 

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Let him dangle 

Let him dangle 

Let him dangle 

Let him dangle 

Well, it's hard to imagine it's the times you have changed 

When there's a murder in the kitchen that is brutal and strange 

If killing anybody is a terrible crime 

Why does this bloodthirsty chorus come 'round from time to time 

Let him dangle 

From a welfare state to society murder 

Bring "Back the noose" is always heard 

Whenever those swine are under attack 

But it won't make you even 

It won't bring him back 

Let him dangle 

Let him dangle 

Let him dangle 

Let him dangle 

Let him dangle 

Let him dangle 

Let him dangle 

Let him dangle 

(String him up) 

(String him up) 

(String him up)