Original Blues, Rock & Country for the Soul
Story behind the song
A song in loving memory of the 22 exempted dog victims in Merseyside, UK, killed 27th March 2014. And for all the countless tragic canine victims of BSL around the world and the families who love them. We will speak up for you xx
Lyrics
'Tears in the Mersey'
I had to say goodbye... what do you do when you've tried
And everything's against you in this life
If I could hold you somehow
And say how much I loved you, I would cry
But everything is broken around us now...
Pictures of you make us smile, you made the wrong seem alright
And everybody loved you, held you tight
How can they do what they do?
They don't even know you like we do
They broke our hearts and broke the rules...
Now this pain flows like a river and it hurts me
And there's tears, too many tears in the Mersey
They break our hearts, they wreck our world and they call it justice!
And this law is telling lies, it kills the voiceless...
I relive that day in my mind, your gentle face soft and kind
Watching as they dragged you from our lives
If I could have just one day...
I'd find a way to save you and keep you safe
But they'd try to hurt you anyway...
So what kind of people are these, to hurt someone begging on their knees
And take away their comfort and break them down
Something unlawful goes around
They're stooping in the gutter
They're on the ground
Now this pain flows like a river and it hurts me
And there's tears, too many tears in the Mersey
They break our hearts, they wreck our world and they call it justice!
And this law is telling lies, it kills the voiceless...
© Maria Daines/Paul Killington
29.3.14
