歌词
A bullet from the back of a bush took Medgar Evers' blood
一颗从树丛背后发射的子弹带着梅加·埃弗斯的鲜血
A finger fired the trigger to his name
一根手指向他的名字扣下扳机
A handle hid out in the dark
枪柄藏在黑暗之中
A hand set the spark
一只手点燃了火花
Two eyes took the aim
一双眼瞄准了目标
Behind a man's brain
一个男人的后脑勺
But he can't be blamed
但这不是他的错
He's only a pawn in their game
他只是他们游戏中的一名小卒
A south politician preaches to the poor white man
一个南方政客劝诫那个可怜的白人哥们儿
You got more than blacks don't complain
你拿的比黑人都多,别抱怨
You're better than them you been born with white skin they explain
你比他们强多了,你有与生俱来的白皮肤。他们解释着
And the Negro's name
“黑鬼”这个名字被使用
Is used it is plain
这司空见惯
For the politician's gain
为了政客的利益
As he rises to fame
当他声名鹊起
And the poor white remains
可怜的白人哥们儿留在了
On the caboose of the train
火车的尾部
But it ain't him to blame
但这不是他的错
He's only a pawn in their game
他只是他们游戏中的一名小卒
The deputy sheriffs the soldiers the governors get paid
副警长、军人、州长拿着酬劳
And the marshals and cops get the same
官兵和警察也是
But the poor white man's used in the hands of them all like a tool
而可怜的白人哥们儿却像个工具一样被他们玩弄于股掌
He's taught in his school
他在他们学校里受过教育
From the start by the rule
从规则开始
That the laws are with him
法律就紧随其身
To protect his white skin
为了保护他的白皮肤
To keep up his hate
为了保持他的仇恨
So he never thinks straight
因此他从不直接思考
'Bout the shape that he's in
关于他所属的那类外形
But it ain't him to blame
但这不是他的错
He's only a pawn in their game
他只是他们游戏中的一名小卒
From the poverty shacks he looks from the cracks to the tracks
从贫穷的棚屋里,他从缝隙望向铁轨
And the hoof beats pound in his brain
蹄声在他脑子里嗒嗒作响
And he's taught how to walk in a pack
他被教过如何在人群中间行走
Shoot in the back
一枪打在背上
With his fist in a clinch
他攥紧拳头
To hang and to lynch
绞刑、私刑
To hide neath the hood
藏于头巾之下
To kill with no pain
没有知觉地杀戮
Like a dog on a chain
像只铁链上的狗
He ain't got no name
他无名无姓
But it ain't him to blame
但这不是他的错
He's only a pawn in their game
他只是他们游戏中的一名小卒
Today Medgar Evers was buried from the bullet he caught
如今,梅加·埃弗斯从他中弹的地方被安葬
They lowered him down as a king
他们把他当作国王一样轻轻放下
But when the shadowy sun sets on the one
但当朦胧的太阳落在
That fired the gun
那个开枪的人身上
He'll see by his grave
他会从坟墓看到
On the stone that remains
在留下的石头上
Carved next to his name
他名字的旁边刻着
His epitaph plain
他平淡无奇的墓志铭
Only a pawn in their game
他们游戏中的一名小卒
专辑信息
16.Saved
17.Silver Bells
23.Highlands
39.Mississippi
40.Idiot Wind
43.Sara
47.Lenny Bruce
51.Slow Train
52.Stage Fright
65.Moonlight
70.Minstrel Boy
73.Tin Angel
75.Dirge
82.Alberta #2
85.Blue Moon
90.Three Angels
92.Cry A While
96.Lone Pilgrim
97.Billy 7
98.Belle Isle
103.Roll On John
104.Country Pie
105.Shenandoah
107.One More Weekend
108.Handy Dandy
112.You Angel You
114.Jack-A-Roe
115.Billy 4
116.Woogie Boogie
117.Are You Ready
119.Trouble
120.Jet Pilot
121.Isis (live)
123.Oxford Town
124.Gates Of Eden
126.When He Returns
128.Honest With Me
133.Tempest
138.God Knows
141.Gospel Plow
142.A Fool Such As I
143.Two Soldiers
144.Final Theme
145.Little Sadie
147.Saving Grace
148.Shake Shake Mama
150.Abandoned Love
158.Nettie Moore
160.Dignity
163.New Morning
164.2 X 2
165.Highway 51 Blues
168.I And I
170.Masters Of War
181.Lay, Lady, Lay
182.Turkey Chase
183.Jolene
186.To Ramona
188.Brownsville Girl
189.Scarlet Town
192.Percy's Song
193.Forever Young
196.Outlaw Blues
199.I Want You
207.Born In Time
209.Canadee-I-O
212.Ring Them Bells
214.License To Kill
215.Down The Highway
218.Bye And Bye
220.Clean Cut Kid
221.Idiot Wind
226.Unbelievable
228.Blackjack Davey
230.Masters Of War
235.Narrow Way
240.Alberta #1
241.Life Is Hard
242.Heart Of Mine
243.Precious Angel
245.Black Crow Blues
247.New Pony
248.I Want You
250.Isis
252.Tombstone Blues
253.Dirt Road Blues
255.You're No Good
256.Lily Of The West
258.Odds and Ends
259.World Gone Wrong
261.Frankie & Albert
263.Shot Of Love
269.Tombstone Blues
270.Duquesne Whistle
272.Love Sick
274.Wigwam
278.The Boxer
283.Dignity
284.Christmas Island
287.Quinn The Eskimo
288.Series Of Dreams
289.The First Noel
291.Song to Woody
292.Tears of Rage
293.Diamond Joe
296.Sugar Baby
299.Wedding Song
301.Living The Blues
303.Caribbean Wind
309.Shooting Star
311.It's All Good
314.Tombstone Blues
315.Po' Boy
317.Dark Eyes
318.Can't Wait
320.Bessie Smith
321.Under Your Spell
322.One More Night
323.Silvio
325.What Good Am I?
326.Dear Landlord
327.Big Yellow Taxi
329.Lo and Behold!
330.Stack A Lee
331.Let It Be Me
332.Hard Times
333.In The Garden
337.Up to Me
340.Desolation Row
344.Not Dark Yet
347.If Dogs Run Free
348.10.000 Men
349.Most Of The Time
350.Drifter's Escape
351.Mary Ann
352.Forever Young
354.Delia
356.Little Maggie
357.Pressing On
360.I Want You
361.Union Sundown
365.Maggie's Farm
366.Trust Yourself
370.Joey
372.Peggy Day
374.Winterlude
377.Fixin' to Die
378.Mr. Bojangles
382.River Theme
385.Solid Rock
386.Forgetful Heart
387.Man Of Peace
390.Someday Baby
391.Lay, Lady, Lay
392.John Brown
394.Joey
395.Oh, sister
396.Maybe Someday
397.Pay In Blood
402.Hazel
403.Blood in My Eyes
404.Bunkhouse Theme
406.Days Of 49
410.License To Kill
411.Baby Stop Crying
413.Oh, Sister
415.4th Time Around
418.From a Buick 6
419.Million Miles
420.Sally Sue Brown
423.Sarah Jane
424.Tough Mama
426.Ragged & Dirty
427.Billy 1
429.Covenant Woman
433.Oh, Sister
435.Maggie's Farm
436.I and I
437.I Believe In You
438.Summer Days
441.No Time to Think
444.Mozambique
455.Love Henry
456.Jim Jones
460.Maggie's Farm
461.Pledging My Time
463.Shooting Star
464.They Killed Him
466.If Not for You
467.Political World
468.Jokerman
470.Maggie's Farm
472.Slow Train
474.Hurricane
475.You Wanna Ramble
479.Lay Lady Lay
486.The Shape I'm In
489.Ruben Remus
490.When You Awake
491.Tiny Montgomery
493.The Weight
499.Endless Highway