- Phil Ochs Too Many Martyrs 歌词
- Phil Ochs
- In the state of Mississippi many years ago
许多年前在密西西比州 A boy of 14 years got a taste of Southern law 一个14岁的男孩尝到了南方法律的滋味 He saw his friend a hanging and his color was his crime 他看见他的朋友被绞死,而他的肤色就是他的罪过 And the blood upon his jacket left a brand upon his mind 他上衣上的血迹在他心上留下了烙印 Too many martyrs and too many dead 太多的烈士,太多的死者 Too many lies too many empty words were said 太多的谎言,太多的空话 Too many times for too many angry men 太多次了因为太多愤怒的人 Oh let it never be again 别再这样了 His name was Medgar Evers and he walked his road alone 他叫梅德加·埃弗斯,独自一人走在路上 Like Emmett Till and thousands more whose names we'll never know 像艾美特·提尔和沉默的大多数 They tried to burn his home and they beat him to the ground 他们试图烧毁他的家,把他打倒在地 But deep inside they both knew what it took to bring him down 但在内心深处,他们都知道怎样才能把他打倒 Too many martyrs and too many dead 太多的烈士,太多的死者 Too many lies too many empty words were said 太多的谎言,太多的空话 Too many times for too many angry men 太多次了因为太多愤怒的人 Oh let it never be again 让这样的事永不再来 The killer waited by his home hidden by the night 凶手在夜幕下隐蔽在他家门口 As Evers stepped out from his car into the rifle sight 当埃弗斯从车里走出来,进入步枪瞄准器 He slowly squeezed the trigger, the bullet left his side 他慢慢扣动扳机,子弹从他身边落下 It struck the heart of every man when Evers fell and died 当埃弗斯倒下死去时,每个人都受到了打击 Too many martyrs and too many dead 太多的烈士,太多的死者 Too many lies too many empty words were said 太多的谎言,太多的空话 Too many times for too many angry men 太多次了因为太多愤怒的人 Oh let it never be again 别再这样了 And they laid him in his grave while the bugle sounded clear 号声响起,他们把他放入坟墓 Laid him in his grave when the victory was near 在胜利临近的时候,把他埋葬了 While we waited for the future for freedom through the land 当我们等待未来,自由会贯穿这片土地 The country gained a killer and the country lost a man 国家却得到一个杀手,失去了一个同胞 Too many martyrs and too many dead 太多的烈士,太多的死者 Too many lies too many empty words were said 太多的谎言,太多的空话 Too many times for too many angry men 太多次了因为太多愤怒的人 Oh let it never be again 让这样的事永不再来 Oh let it never be again 别再这样了
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