[Verse] Habeas corpus was first written By the English in twelve fifteen So the king could not detain Those he simply found obscene [Verse] It says to present the body To the judge in front of you The Magna Carta promised this But it took four hundred years to do [Chorus] The king cannae just throw you in the dungeon And have his way with you It seems so elementary And yet we struggle to [Verse] Many countries signed it since Including the USA It was such a big part of World War II We still discuss it today [Chorus] The king cannae just throw you in the dungeon And have his way with you It seems so elementary And yet we struggle to [Bridge] In the Land of the Free We suspended This basic human right The concept of habeas corpus In the name of wartime plight [Chorus] The king cannae just throw you in the dungeon And have his way with you It seems so elementary And yet we struggle to
