Family Life Lyrics - New Model Army

How did they do this to you? 

How did they do this to you? 

Were you the weapon that they used 

As they tore apart the family 

Did they bring you here as they were passing through? 

How did they do this to you? 

And now you don't want to go home 

And now you say that you never will go home 

Take a tram across the city 

Past the places where your brother died 

Of the comfort for the girls who work alone 

And I can't tell you that you're not alone 

In the cities of the far north, the skies are cold and clear 

The loneliness is aching 

And after all this time and after all these words 

Your hands are still shaking 

Why did they do this to you? 

Why did they do this to you? 

Were they cut off from their past? 

Did they try to kill the future? 

Do we all forget the things that we once knew? 

Why did they do this to you?