Smiles for the cameras as the miners return
   They say no one has lost and no one has gained
   But wiser and stronger the people have changed
   And it won't be the same in the village again
   Twelve months of bribery, twelve months of lies
   Cops in the village to truncheon your bride
   Scabs down the back roads to break up the strike
   Come out of your houses--there's a war on outside
   Attacked in the village, attacked in the courts
   Sacked for refusing to bow to their lords
   Less than a whisper from Commons and Lords
   Retreats from the front when they most need support
   Woman and woman in opposing extremes
   Between man-made heaven and popular dreams
   Between twisted detachment and learning to breathe
   One locks the prison one sets herself free
   Smiles for the cameras as the miners return
   They say no one has lost and no one has gained
   But wiser and stronger the people have changed
   And it won't be the same in Fitzwilliam again
   Cage and canary are left in the mine
   Canary still sings as machinery dies
   Song breaks the bars which imprison its life
   Flies from the pit shaft and into the skies