In The Name Of The Faith
Words & Music by Mick Brady
I remember the smack of the leather strap
When Joey walked straight into the teacher’s trap
But it was worse by far in the afternoons
When he was kept behind in the changing rooms
While the marks on his hands would heal real fast
The scars inside were there to last
Why did they do it?
Did they think they’d a right
To use innocent kids
Anyway that they liked?
In the name of The Church
In the name of The State
In the name of God
In the name of The Faith
When Joey left school he was still too young
To understand the damage they’d done
He thought that now he’d be able to do
All the things he dreamed he’d do
He thought that now that he’d be free
To be the man he wanted to be
But he was troubled and wild, always out on the edge
There was stuff that stayed locked up tight in his head
Wherever he was he just couldn’t fit in
He never felt his body belonged to him
He was always avoiding and always denying
And at night he dreamed the dreams of the dying