The Hero of Muirkirk Lane

To the tune of “The Skye Boat Song”

May we never forget

Young Tommy Burkett,

The hero of Muirkirk Lane.

If we can expose

All his murdering foes,

His sacrifice won’t be in vain.

A top-secret soldier

Fighting a war

On behalf of the DEA,

Bringing to justice

Corrupters of youth,

Trying to make them pay.

May we never forget

Young Tommy Burkett,

The hero of Muirkirk Lane.

If we can expose

All his murdering foes,

His sacrifice won’t be in vain.

Young Tommy performed

His duties too well

And found the corrupting hand,

A sordid alliance

Of high and of low

Wielding great power in the land.

May we never forget

Young Tommy Burkett,

The hero of Muirkirk Lane.

If we can expose

All his murdering foes,

His sacrifice won’t be in vain.

Flaunting complicity,

Men of the law

Broke every rule in the book.

If we can’t find justice

Through courts and police,

Tell us where else we can look.

May we never forget

Young Tommy Burkett,

The hero of Muirkirk Lane.

If we can expose

All his murdering foes,

His sacrifice won’t be in vain.

Betrayed by employers,

Betrayed by the law,

Betrayed by those trusted the most.

Ignored by the powerful

Even in death,

Ignored by The Washington Post.

May we never forget

Young Tommy Burkett,

The hero of Muirkirk Lane.

If we can expose

All his murdering foes,

His sacrifice won’t be in vain.

It was such a sad day

When they all looked away

From the hero of Muirkirk Lane.

If they get their way,

Then we might as well say

That the fight for the right is in vain.

If they get their way,

Then we might as well say

That the fight for the right is in vain.

David Martin

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