Drop all charges against the Urewera 20!

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On October 15th 2007, a bunch of political activists in New Zealand were arrested on trumped up terrorism charges. With apologies to Johnny Cash.

Woke up one morning 'bout quarter to eight
There were twenty-two cops standing at my gate
They said they'd come to get me on a terror alert
They took away my computer
And my tino rangatiratanga shirt

They took me to the court about half-past ten
There were twenty-five people all making a din
They said they didn’t buy that crap about a terror alert
But then I fell down the stairs
And the cops made sure that it hurt.

And the judge walked in
And the police said
“This no-account terrorist wants us all dead
Planning mass destruction and all that what-have-ya
We got the evidence on our candid camera”

Well the judge got spooked and denied me bail
So they threw my goddamn carcass in Mount Eden Jail
And like the old song says, time keeps dragging on
But the trains keep on rolling... on out to Henderson.

Up spoke a gentleman of the press
“The cops are right and I wish them success
The boys in blue have a duty to save us
From anything more radical than voting Labour”

Well, I spent three weeks just stewing away
Till the solicitor-general had the nerve to say
It was all just a “false alarm” on the terror alert
But what I want to know
Is where we're gonna go
If they can throw you in the pokey
With no evidence to show
And when will they give back my tino rangatiratanga shirt?