- Phil Ochs Love Me, I'm a Liberal 歌詞
- Phil Ochs
- I cried when they shot Medgar Evers
當他們射擊黑人民權活動家梅德加·埃弗斯時，我淚流滿面
Tears ran down my spine
淚水順著我的脊柱流下來
And I cried when they shot Mr. Kennedy
當他們槍殺肯尼迪先生時，我淚流滿面
As though I'd lost a father of mine
就像我失去了父親一樣
But Malcolm X got what was coming
可當黑人民族主義民權運動者馬爾科姆·艾克斯遭刺殺
He got what he asked for this time
而那不過是個他應得的報應
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal
所以愛我吧，愛我吧，愛我吧，我是個自由主義者
Get it?
明白了嗎?
I go to civil rights rallies
我參加民權集會
And I put down the old D.A.R (D.A.R., that's the Dykes of the American Revolution)
我放棄了美國革命女兒會員(D.A.R，那是美國革命的堤壩)
I love Harry and Sidney and Sammy
我愛哈里、西德尼和薩米
I hope every colored boy becomes a star
我希望每個黑人男孩都能成為明星
But don't talk about revolution
但不要談論革命
That's going a little bit too far
那就有點太過分了
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal
所以愛我吧，愛我吧，愛我吧，我是個自由主義者
I cheered when Humphrey was chosen
當漢弗瑞被選中時，我歡呼起來
My faith in the system restored
我對體制的信心恢復了
And I'm glad that the Commies were thrown out of the A.F.L. C.I.O. board
我很高興紅黨被趕出了美國勞工聯合委員會
And I love Puerto Ricans and Negros
我愛波多黎各人和黑人
As long as they don't move next door
只要他們不搬到我隔壁就成
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal
所以愛我吧，愛我吧，愛我吧，我是個自由主義者
Ah, the people of old Mississippi
啊，老密西西比的人們
Should all hang their heads in shame
所有人都該羞愧地垂下頭
Now, I can't understand how their minds work
現在，我真不明白他們腦瓜子怎麼會有那麼多種族歧視的想法
What's the matter don't they watch Les Crane?
難道他們不看支持民權的主持人萊斯·克蘭的電視脫口秀嗎？
But if you ask me to bus my children
但如果你讓我孩子跟黑人小孩坐同一輛校車
Ihope the cops take down your name
我希望警察把你拉到黑名單裡
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal
所以愛我吧，愛我吧，愛我吧，我是個自由主義者
Yes I read New republic and Nation
是的，我讀了《新共和國與國家》
I've learned to take every view
我學會了接受每一種觀點
You know, I've memorized Lerner and Golden
你知道，我記住了勒納和戈爾登
I feel like I'm almost a Jew
我覺得自己幾乎是個猶太人
But when it comes to times like Korea
只是可惜朝鮮這樣的國家
There's no one more red white and blue
再也沒有紅白藍的美國國旗飄揚了
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal
所以愛我吧，愛我吧，愛我吧，我是個自由主義者
I vote for the democratic party
我投民主黨的票
They want the U N to be strong
他們希望聯合國越來越強大
I attend all the Pete Seeger concerts
我參加了所有的皮特·西格的演唱會
He sure gets me singing those songs
他唱那些歌真讓我著迷
And I'll send all the money you ask for
你要多少錢我就給你多少錢
But don't ask me to come on along
但可別叫我跟你們手挽手去遊行
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal
所以愛我吧，愛我吧，愛我吧，我是個自由主義者
Sure once I was young and impulsive
當然，我曾經年輕衝動
I wore every conceivable pin
我戴了所有能想到的別針
Even went to the socialist meetings
甚至去參加社會黨的會議
Learned all the old union hymns
學會了所有古老的聯合讚歌
Ah, but I' ve grown older and wiser
啊，但是我長大了，也更聰明了
And that's why I'm turning you in
該揭發你時，就得背後捅你一刀
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal
所以愛我吧，愛我吧，愛我吧，我是個自由主義者
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