Hey folks,
I thought you'd be of any help ;-) (Just kidding)
Well...I was searching the lyrics of this song like a lunatic and a friend of mine had the song on a CD. So I tried to write down the lyrics but since I'm not a native speaker, I don't know if they're right. So if you find any mistakes feel free to correct me.
And thanks for the background information to it.
See ya,
Chris (www.trianam.com)
So there we go...great lyrics to a great tune:

THE MONUMENT (LEST WE FORGET)

In a corner of a quiet field, there's a monument today
Put up by the mine workers at the UNWA
To mark the spot where children had their lives taken away
And it's standing there in case we might forget.

Lest we forget, in case we might forget,
How the rich men and his police and his press
Got away with murder then. They get away with it yet,
And it's standing there in case we might forget.

You may turn the pages of your history books in vain.
The first thing men of power learn, it's never to take the blame.
Just tell the people shameless lies. There's nothing ever changed.
History is always written by the winners.

Lest we forget, in case we might forget,
How the rich men and his police and his press
Got away with murder then. They get away with it yet,
And it's standing there in case we might forget.

In today's newspapers the headlines change so fast.
So much information in the memory doesn't blast,
But if we learn nothing from the lessons of the past,
I'm afraid that we are destined to relive it.

Lest we forget, in case we might forget,
How the rich men and his police and his press
Got away with murder then. They get away with it yet,
And it's standing there in case we might forget.

In a corner of a quiet field, there's a monument today
Put up by the mine workers at the UNWA
To mark the spot where children had their lives taken away
And it's standing there in case we might forget.