Lyrics

Execution of the Innocent

Does any living thing deserve this
To be broken down to serve their master
Taken from their mothers at their birth
Made into slaves to keep them all amused

Electrocution of an elephant
In carnival colors and in mad display
Made for spectacle to entertain them all
On that cold and dreary Coney Island day

They came before Tyke
Standing tall for their rights
Leading us the way
In the long and silent fight

Our society is stained with blood from the martyrs
Their sacrifice, an execution of the innocent

And from the circus came Big Mary
Who only ever wanted to be free
Tried by the judge of public fury
She was hanged by the neck for everyone to see

Our society is stained with blood from the martyrs
Their sacrifice, an execution of the innocent

Out of the ashes rise the fallen ones
Flying high beyond the stars in the sky
This stains will fade away into the midst
But the memories will never die