Who killed Liddle? / Did you kill Liddle? / Who killed Liddle? / Police killed Liddle Towers

Who killed Liddle? / Did you kill Liddle? / Who killed Liddle? / Did you kill Liddle Towers?

Who killed Liddle? / Did you kill Liddle? / Who killed Liddle? / Police killed Liddle Towers

Why did he die, or did they lie? / I think he’s dead, so a doctor said / He was beaten black, he was beaten blue / But don’t be alarmed, it was the right thing to do / The police have the power, Police have the right / To kill a man, to take away his life / Drunk and disorderly was his crime / I think at worst he should be doing time / But he’s dead / He was drunk and disorderly and now he’s dead

Questions are unanswered / Policeman scared to talk / Perhaps they are hiding something / Will my message get across / Please tell me why, why did he die / Please tell me now, and tell me how

Police have the answers / But they haven’t got the right to kill a man, to take away his life / Perhaps I’m not to clever, perhaps I’m not to bright / But I think your verdict was just a lie…

Murder… Murder!

Who killed Liddle? / Did you kill Liddle? / Who killed Liddle? / Police killed Liddle Towers

Who killed Liddle? / Did you kill Liddle? / Who killed Liddle? / Police killed Liddle Towers

[By Thomas Mensforth – Ray Cowe © Dead Records – Rough Trade / Small Wonder Records, 1978 – 1979]