Summer fields and riot shields On one eight six eight four Horseback truncheon-wielding madman Knocked me to the floor And two more taught me all I need To know about the law Summer fields and riot shields On one eight six eight four TV crews make up the news And edit to proclaim Striking miners violent thugs Declared a national shame Bend a new agenda cause the truth Is just a game TV crews make up the news And guess who's in the frame? Coppers sneering waving Ten pound notes up in the air Taunting lads still haunted by the Vision of despair The kids they left at breakfast tables Starving hungry stare Coppers sneering waving ten pound Notes up in the air Summer fields and riot shields On one eight six eight four Fifteen stitches in my skull A message from the law She will stop at nothing now And this is all-out war Summer fields and riot shields One eight six eight four