Still Burning Lyrics - Stiff Little Fingers

Now I'm a little bit older 

I'm expected to accept all the things that I can't change 

I'm supposed to stand aside 

While the fairness you can't hide is paraded before my face 

I won't acquiesce take second best I'm never satisfied 

'cause there's a fire inside won't be denied 

And I'm still burning see you'll never put the spark out in my soul 

Still burning and injustice builds a bonfire in my core 

Still burning. 

If I turn my back on all the honesty you lack 

Would that make me more mature? 

By pretending to be blind, and accepting all your lies 

I'd be giving in for sure 

I won't acquiesce or take second best 

I'm never satisfied 'cause there's a fire inside won't be denied 

And I'm still burning you'll never put the spark out in my soul 

Still burning and injustice build a bonfire at my core 

Still burning 

We like to think we live in a fair & justice society 

Yet we can still lock a man away for 19 years 

Having denied him the use of witness statements 

That might have cleared his name 

And we call that justice? 

Not in my eyes