歌词
A bullet from the back of a bush took medgar evers' blood.
一颗从灌木丛后射出的子弹取走了梅加·埃弗斯的性命（梅加·埃弗斯：黑人民权运动家）
A finger fired the trigger to his name.
一根手指对着他的名字扣下了扳机
A handle hid out in the dark
一支枪柄藏在黑暗中
A hand set the spark
一只手点燃了火花
Two eyes took the aim
一双眼瞄准它的目标
Behind a man's brain
准备射向一位男人的后脑
But he can't be blamed
但是枪手却无法被怪罪
He's only a pawn in their game.
他只是他们棋局中的一颗棋子罢了
A south politician preaches to the poor white man,
一位南方的政客向这位穷苦的白人宣扬道，
\you got more than the blacks, don't complain.
“你比那些黑皮拥有的更多，不要再抱怨生活了。
You're better than them, you been born with white skin,\ they explain.
你比他们生来优越，因为你拥有白色的皮肤，”他们如此解释。
And the negro's name
“黑鬼”这个称呼
Is used it is plain
一直都在被使用，稀松平常
For the politician's gain
都是为了这位政客的利益
As he rises to fame
当政客飞黄腾达时
And the poor white remains
这位穷困的白人却仍旧只能留在
On the caboose of the train
列车的尾部
But it ain't him to blame
但这也不是他的错
He's only a pawn in their game.
他只是他们棋局中的一颗棋子罢了
The deputy sheriffs, the soldiers, the governors get paid,
副警长，军人和地方官员领着工资
And the marshals and cops get the same,
司法官和警察也有他们的份
But the poor white man's used in the hands of them all like a tool.
但是这位穷困的白人却在他们的手上像工具一样被使用
He's taught in his school
他在学校里就被教导
From the start by the rule
由始至终，天经地义
That the laws are with him
法律就一直站在他这边
To protect his white skin
能够保护他的白皮肤
To keep up his hate
能够让他的仇恨一直高涨
So he never thinks straight
所以他从来就不会仔细思考
'bout the shape that he's in
自己为什么会有这样的外表
But it ain't him to blame
但这也不是他的错
He's only a pawn in their game.
他只是他们棋局中的一颗棋子罢了
From the poverty shacks, he looks from the cracks to the tracks,
在他破旧的棚屋中，他透过墙的裂缝看着外面的铁轨
And the hoof beats pound in his brain.
马蹄声在他脑海中奔腾
And he's taught how to walk in a pack
他被教会如何隐匿在人群中
Shoot in the back
如何从人背后开枪
With his fist in a clinch
在拥抱时出拳
To hang and to lynch
如何吊死和私刑处死他人
To hide 'neath the hood
如何藏在斗篷底下
To kill with no pain
如何杀人而不感受到痛苦
Like a dog on a chain
就像铁链拴上的一条走狗
He ain't got no name
他也没有自己的名字
But it ain't him to blame
但这也不是他的错
He's only a pawn in their game.
他只是他们棋局中的一颗棋子罢了
Today, medgar evers was buried from the bullet he caught.
今天，梅加·埃弗斯被射中他的子弹埋葬
They lowered him down as a king.
他被人们像一位国王一样缓缓放入墓中
But when the shadowy sun sets on the one
但是当朦胧的阳光照在
That fired the gun
枪手的身上时
He'll see by his grave
他会在他的坟墓旁看到
On the stone that remains
那块仅剩的墓碑上
Carved next to his name
在他的名字旁边还刻着
His epitaph plain:
简单的一行墓志铭：
Only a pawn in their game.
只是他们棋局中的一颗棋子罢了。
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