歌词
Sunday morning, Birmingham, quiet in the church
周日早晨，伯明翰，教堂里静悄悄
Bombs were planted, House of God, children's blood on the cross
炸弹已经被安装在上帝之屋里，孩子们血流如注
And your daughter, she was one, angel without wings
你的女儿，她曾经是一个没有翅膀的天使
How could anyone forgive those who do such things
那些犯下如此罪行的人们，怎么能被原谅
And when I sing Amazing Grace, your face is what I see
当我唱起那首《奇异恩典》，我看见了你的脸
I hope someday that kind of grace will find its way through me
我希望能有一天，歌里的恩典真的能透过我通达人间
Tuesday afternoon...Jonesboro, fire alarm at school
周二下午，琼斯伯勒市，学校里响起了火警铃声
Everyone goes rushing out into bloody pools
每个人冲出教室，却又陷入火海
Thirteen and eleven years old, playing grown-up games
13岁和11岁的孩子们，玩着大人们的游戏
Mimicking what they’d been taught, now we’ll never be the same
模仿着他们“学到”的东西，而现在我们却再也不会这样了
Every year they’re younger now, drugs and knives and guns
每年，吸毒、持刀、持枪的孩子们越来越年轻
Barely old enough to know the depth of what they’ve done
但要明白自己究竟做了什么，他们还略显稚嫩
Taken off to juvenile hall, Sheriff shakes his head
被带去少管所之后，警官握了握他的手
A teacher tried to block the shots, gave her life instead
有位教师曾堵住枪口，交出了她自己的性命
When I sing Amazing Grace her face is what I see
当我唱起那首《奇异恩典》，我看见了她的脸
I hope some day that kind of grace will find it’s way through me
我希望能有一天，歌里的恩典真的能透过我通达人间
Wednesday evening, Wyoming, started in a bar
周三晚上，怀俄明州，事情起于一间酒吧
Ended on a wooden fence, dragged off in a car
结束于某处被拖在汽车后的栅栏上
Second Friday funeral, countless gathered round
下个星期五的葬礼上，数不清的人聚集在一起
Some were there to mourn the loss, others there to confound
有些人是为了来悼念逝者，有些人来了，却骂骂咧咧
Some were there to cry the tears born of grief and rage
有些人是出于悲伤与愤怒而流泪
Others carried signs that said "A Cure for Fags is Aids"
有些人却举着一块牌子：治疗同性恋的药方就是艾滋
Matthew Shepard lost his life, his parents lost their son
马修·谢珀失去了生命，他的双亲失去了儿子
Now he brings a cause to light, reluctant martyrdom
现在他有了接近圣光的理由，却不愿殉道
When I sing Amazing Grace his face is what I see
当我唱起那首《奇异恩典》，我看见了他的脸
I hope some day some kind of grace will find it’s way through me
我希望能有一天，歌里的恩典真的能透过我通达人间
"Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound
“奇异恩典，靡靡之音
That saved a wretch like me
拯救了如我一般的可怜人
I once was lost, but now I'm found
我曾迷失，现在又归于正途
Was blind, but now I see"
我曾失明，现在又重见天光”
专辑信息