歌词
Well I'm about to get sick
我看着电视节目
From watchin' my TV
看到快要想吐
Been checkin' out the news
看这些天的新闻
Until my eyeballs fail to see
我眼睛都要瞎掉
I mean to say that every day
我想说最近每一天
Is just another rotten mess
都是一堆烂摊子
And when it's gonna change, my friends
啥时候能有改变，朋友
Is anybody's guess
这谁也说不好
So I'm watchin' and I'm waitin'
于是我看着，我等着
Hopin' for the best
抱着最好的希望
Even think I'll go to prayin'
甚至我要开始祈祷
Every time I hear 'em sayin'
每一次我听他们说道
That there's no way to delay
没有办法阻止这一切
That trouble comin' every day
现在是麻烦每一天
No way to delay
没法阻止这一切
That trouble comin' every day
现在是麻烦每一天
周三我目睹了骚乱
Wednesday I watched the riot
我看到条子到了街上
I seen the cops out on the street
看着他们扔着石头
Watched 'em throwin' rocks and stuff
在热浪中窒息
And chokin' in the heat
听着那些报告
Listened to reports
讲着酒瓶传来传去
About the whisky passin' 'round
看到浓烟和火光
Seen the smoke and fire
一家商场正在燃烧
And the market burnin' down
看着街上的每个人都在准备
Watched while everybody on his street would take a turn
去践踏、打砸、冲击、撞击
To stomp and smash and bash and crash
砍击、破坏、放火
And slash and bust and burn
我看着，我等着
And I'm watchin' and I'm waitin'
抱着最好的希望
Hopin' for the best
甚至我要开始祈祷
Even think I'll go to prayin'
每一次我听他们说道
Every time I hear 'em sayin'
没有办法阻止这一切
That there's no way to delay
现在是麻烦每一天
That trouble comin' every day
没法阻止这一切
No way to delay
现在是麻烦每一天
That trouble comin' every day
你大可心平气和，也可火上浇油
因为，宝贝，我不需要这个
Well you can cool it, you can heat it
把你的电视吃掉吧
'Cause, baby, I don't need it
那些骗人的体育节目
Take your TV tube and eat it
那些未经证实的报告
'N all that phony stuff on sports
我眼睛盯着这破盒子
'N all the unconfirmed reports
我脑袋都要痛死
You know I watched that rotten box
这事我算是弄明白
Until my head began to hurt
记者说他们搞到黑料
From checkin' out the way
然后电视上的人就报道
The newsmen say they get the dirt
他们进一步断言
Before the guys on channel so-and-so
不管什么节目都能打断
And further they assert
只为给你带来实时新闻
That any show they'll interrupt
他们说要是什么地方爆炸
To bring you news if it comes up
他们将会第一个来报道
They say that if the place blows up
因为他们在城里安的眼线
They'll be the first to tell
工作努力，成绩优异
Because the boys they got downtown
要是有谁搞到了新闻
Are workin' hard and doin' swell,
还没等到它传到街上
And if anybody gets the news
他们说自己爆料最快
Before it hits the street,
新闻报道无人能及
They say that no one blabs it faster
要是哪个女司机
Their coverage can't be beat
被机枪扫死在座椅
And if another woman driver
他们就让小丑带上勃朗宁
Gets machine-gunned from her seat
一切就都安排妥当
They'll send some joker with a brownie
所以我看着，我等着
And you'll see it all complete
抱着最好的希望
So I'm watchin' and I'm waitin'
甚至我要开始祈祷
Hopin' for the best
每一次我听他们说道
Even think I'll go to prayin'
没有办法阻止这一切
Every time I hear 'em sayin'
现在是麻烦每一天
That there's no way to delay
没法阻止这一切
That trouble comin' every day
现在是麻烦每一天
No way to delay
嘿，你们知道吗，各位
That trouble comin' every day
我不是黑人
但是有很多时候
Hey you know something people
我更希望自己不是白人
I'm not black
我看到大火熊熊燃烧
But there's a whole lots a times
当地居民把目光转向
I wish I could say I'm not white
那些店主和他们的商店
卖的都是扫帚拖把
Well, I seen the fires burnin'
外加其它家用物品
And the local people turnin'
瞧见一伙人上去咬它们
On the merchants and the shops
他们说就该这样干
Who used to sell their brooms and mops
因为它们有几个是白的
And every other household item
整个国家都是这样
Watched a mob just turn and bite 'em
黑人白人区别对待
And they say it served 'em right
喊着“你无法理解我！”
Because a few of them are white,
还有他们讲的那些废话
And it's the same across the nation
在报纸和电视上面
Black and white discrimination
还有大众的愚昧
Yellin' "You can't understand me!"
似乎每一天都在增加
'N all that other jazz they hand me
你常常会听到有个傻子讲
In the papers and TV
他想把你给解决
And all that mass stupidity
只因你皮肤的颜色
That seems to grow more every day
就是不对他的胃口
Each time you hear some nitwit say
哪管是黑人还是白人
He wants to go and do you in
因为他今晚只想见血
'Cause the color of your skin
你知道我们只能待在家
Just don't appeal to him
观望这一切发生
No matter if it's black or white
但我相信我们不会有多少人
Because he's out for blood tonight
能看到真正的结局
因为街道上的烈火
You know we gotta sit around at home
不像我心中的欲火
And watch this thing begin
看看这些人的眼睛
But I bet there won't be many live
难道你不明白这种事还会发生
To see it really end
在任何城市的任何街道
'Cause the fire in the street
在任何州，只要有个小丑
Ain't like the fire in my heart
决定是时候战斗了
And in the eyes of all these people
为了他深信不疑的理想
Don't you know that this could start
如果再有一百万人同意
On any street in any town
那就没有什么伟大社会
In any state if any clown
这正适用于你和我
Decides that now's the time to fight
我们的国家并不自由
For some ideal he thinks is right
法律可不想在乎
And if a million more agree
你是否只能够成为
There ain't no great society
一个不中用的看门人
As it applies to you and me
除非你舅舅开了家店
Our country isn't free
你知道四个里面中的五个
And the law refuses to see
并不意味着有更多
If all that you can ever be
瞧瞧老鼠在地板上跑
Is just a lousy janitor
再编些讲自己穷的歌谣
Unless your uncle owns a store
吹起你的口琴，小子！
You know that five in every four
Just won't amount to nothin' more
Gonna watch the rats go across the floor
And make up songs about being poor
Blow your harmonica son!
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