When the Police Cross the Line

When the Police Cross the Line


1st Verse: My name is Robert Tate. I live in Canada

A country of which I've always been proud

Twenty-sixth of June, Toronto, Canada

Protesting G20, I'm in the crowd

2nd Verse: Sitting on the grass in a peaceful area

Public space where we were told we could be

A line of armoured cops moved into the area

Ordered everyone to move, then bore down on me

1st Pre-Chorus: I guess I didn't move fast enough for them

` You see, I walk with a cane

Pinned me down on the ground

Kicked me and kicked again

Chorus: When the police cross the line

When the police cross the line

Slippery slope slide to the dark side

When the police cross the line

When the police cross the line

Slippery slope slide to the dark side

3rd Verse: Locked up in a cage tor twenty-six hours

Couldn't call my lawyer or my son

Kept thirsty and hungry for hours and hours

It shouldn't happen to anyone

4th Verse: My name is Robert Tate. I live in Canada

Thought the Charter of Rights protected me

Twenty-sixth of June, Toronto, Canada

Our country was not a land of the free


2nd Pre-Chorus: I know that the whole world over

Throughout history

People have to fight for their freedoms and rights

I'm hopin' you'll join with me

Repeat Chorus

c 2010 Dave Toderick

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[davetoderick]

It's wrong for a government to spend a billion dollars on security so that 20 men can get together for a weekend, while health, education, and social programs are all underfunded. It's wrong for police to arrest people arbitrarily. Let's not allow it to happen again, and let's make the people who are responsible pay a price.

[woodyduet]

good song Dave. Get into a studio!

[groovygrangran]

Bravo !!!!!!! so happy to hear this song once again - first time was at Montebello Park at the Day of Solidarity .....

Well done ... love - peace - and rock & roll