歌词
Here's to the State of Mississippi
为密西西比州干杯
For underneath her borders, the devil draws no lines
她的疆界之下，连魔鬼不设防
If you drag her muddy rivers, nameless bodies you will find
如果你拖出河流下的泥浆，你会发现无名的尸体
Oh, the fat trees of the forest have hid a thousand crimes
噢，森林里的大树隐藏了一千桩罪行
The calendar is lying when it reads the present time
当日历显示当前时间时，它正在编造谎言
Oh, here's to the land, You've torn out the heart of
这首歌唱给这块土地，它撕裂了人们的良心
Mississippi find yourself, another country to be part of
你另找一个国家去吧，密西西比州，你不属于美国
And here's to the people of Mississippi
为密西西比人民干杯
Who say the folks up north, they just don't understand
他们说北方人整天糊里糊涂的
And they tremble in their shadows at the thunder of the Klan
在三K党的恐吓中，他们在阴影中颤抖
Oh, the sweating of their souls can't wash the blood from off their hands
哦，他们灵魂的汗水洗不掉手上的血
Oh, they smile and shrug their shoulders at the murder of a man
哦，他们对谋杀一个人的事微笑着耸耸肩
Oh, here's to the land, You've torn out the heart of
这首歌唱给这块土地，它撕裂了人们的良心
Mississippi find yourself, another country to be part of
你另找一个国家去吧，密西西比州，你不属于美国
And here's to the schools of Mississippi
为密西西比的学校干杯
Where they're teaching all the children that they don't have to care
在那里，他们教所有的孩子漠不关心
All the rudiments of hatred are present everywhere
仇恨的根须肆意蔓延
And every single classroom is a factory of despair
每一间教室都是绝望的流水线
And there's nobody learning such a foreign word as fair
没有人学过“公平”这个外来词
Oh, here's to the land, You've torn out the heart of
这首歌唱给这块土地，它撕裂了人们的良心
Mississippi find yourself, another country to be part of
你另找一个国家去吧，密西西比州，你不属于美国
And here's to the cops of Mississippi
敬密西西比的警察们
They're chewing their tobacco as they lock the prison door
他们边嚼着香烟边锁牢门
And their bellies bounce inside them when they knock you to the floor
他们把你打倒在地，满是肥肉的肚子凶狠地跳动
No, they don't like taking prisoners in their private little wars
不，在私人冲突中不开心了就抓你去当俘虏
And behind their broken badges there are murderers and more
在他们破碎的徽章后面，有侩子手和更多的保护伞
Oh, here's to the land, You've torn out the heart of
这首歌唱给这块土地，它撕裂了人们的良心
Mississippi find yourself, another country to be part of
你另找一个国家去吧，密西西比州，你不属于美国
And, here's to the judges of Mississippi
敬密西西比的法官们
Who wear the robe of honor as they crawl into the court
他们迈向法庭时穿着荣誉长袍
They're guarding all the bastions of their phony legal fort
他们守卫着所有那些虚假的法律城堡地入口
Oh, justice is a stranger when the prisoners report
哦，当犯人报告时，正义成了个陌生人
When the black man stands accused the trial is always short
当黑人受到指控时，审判总是很短暂
Oh, here's to the land, You've torn out the heart of
这首歌唱给这块土地，它撕裂了人们的良心
Mississippi find yourself, another country to be part of
你另找一个国家去吧，密西西比州，你不属于美国
And here's to the government of Mississippi
为密西西比的政府干杯
In the swamp of their bureaucracy they're always bogging down
在官僚主义的泥沼中，人们的日子越来越难
And criminals are posing as the mayors of the towns
罪犯成了代表你我的市代表
And they hope that no one sees the sights and no one hears the sounds
他们也盼望没有人看见靓丽地风景线，没有人听见异见
And the speeches of the governor are the ravings of a clown
州长的发言不过是小丑的胡言乱语
Oh, here's to the land, You've torn out the heart of
这首歌唱给这块土地，它撕裂了人们的良心
Mississippi find yourself, another country to be part of
你另找一个国家去吧，密西西比州，你不属于美国
And here's to the laws of Mississippi
为密西西比的法律干杯
Congressmen will gather in a circus of delay
国会议员们将聚在一起，像马戏团一样混日子
While the Constitution is drowning in an ocean of decay
而宪法正淹没在腐败的海洋中
Unwed mothers should be sterilized, I've even heard them say
我甚至听他们说过，未婚妈妈应该绝育
Yes, corruption can be classic in the Mississippi way
没错，腐败在密西西比司空见惯
Oh, here's to the land, You've torn out the heart of
这首歌唱给这块土地，它撕裂了人们的良心
Mississippi find yourself, another country to be part of
你另找一个国家去吧，密西西比州，你不属于美国
And here's to the churches of Mississippi
为密西西比的教堂干杯
Where the cross, once made of silver, now is caked with rust
十字架曾是银制的，现在却锈迹斑斑
And the Sunday morning sermons pander to their lust
周日早上的布道迎合了他们表演的欲望
Oh, he fallen face of Jesus is choking in the dust
噢，耶稣倒下时，脸埋在泥土里窒息了
And heaven only knows in which God they can trust
鬼知道他们相信的是哪一个上帝
Oh, here's to the land, You've torn out the heart of
这首歌唱给这块土地，它撕裂了人们的良心
Mississippi find yourself, another country to be part of
你另找一个国家去吧，密西西比州，你不属于美国
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