They used to call me freeborn John Somehow my memory’s lasted on For every man in England ’s free That’s the way it ought to be We fought to ground democracy Against the king and his royal army And though we gained our Liberties I died in captivity And now they want to tie you down Record your name and face and town They’ll watch your every, every move Take away your right to choose It’s not their business anyway How you spend your earthly days Where you wander, where you roam Where your family makes it’s home Along the banks of the river Thames There’s a palace where all of this stems The cradle of democracy Of freedom and safety They passed the Criminal Justice Bill Your right to protest they did kill The year was 1994 You don’t remember anymore So never give them your Liberties You’ll never get them back easily You’re a freeborn English man For this cause I lived and died