Kentish rag stone*
Dressed with flint
Topped with gla**
Broken gla**
Two men high
One man deep
Are the walls
Asylum walls
Through the bars she is singing
Where've you gone, my only son?
But the stars, they're not listening
Turned away, every one
‘You are not wed
Therefore mad
Where's your shame?
We took your shame
Far away
For your own good
Brand new name
Secret name.'
Through the bars she is singing
Where've you gone, my only son?
But the stars, they're not listening
Turned away, every one
‘You disgusting
Dirty girl
Live with us
Pray with us
Close your legs
Mend your sin
That's the law
English law.'
Through the bars she is singing
Where've you gone, my only son?
But the stars, they're not listening
Turned away, every one
‘Soon there'll be man
On the moon
So they say
But we say -
Until then
Here you'll stay
All your life
All your life.'
Through the bars she is singing
Where've you gone, my only son?
But the stars, they're not listening
Turned away, every one