D     A                     G
If I:  wrote a song: by my window
D                      A                           G
And the bars: were the strings: of my soul
D                    A                      G
What words: could I write: for an echo
D                A                                    G
Because I: have been eight years: alone
D                            A                        G
There are things: in my solitude: haunting
D                           A                    G
Like the sounds: I remember: from home
D          A                       G
Koala: and kangaroo: sunsets
D                      A                                 G
But the lights: have gone out here: once more
D                      A                                 G
But the lights: have gone out here: once more
D                     A                          G
I hear morse: on the pipeline: it's morning
D                      A                     G
Dot dash dot: dot dash dot: a warning
D                  A                     G
It is saying: there will be: no parole
D                  A                      G
It is saying: there will be: no parole
D                         A                               G
But these lines: they have left here: I know
D                         A                                G
But these lines: they have left here: I know
D                         A                                G
But these lines: they have left here: I know
D                         A                                G
But these lines: they have left here: I know
D                         A                                G
But these lines: they have left here: I know

                    (last 5 lines fading)

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This is about Julian Assange who is currently
in Belmarsh Prison London UK after 8 years
in the Ecuadorian Embassy now in poor health.

© Ryan O'Leary
16/01/2021.