歌词
Maybe you'll hear about me
也许你会听说我的事
When you watch the evening news
在你看晚间新闻的时候
So I write this letter for you, my friends
所以我写下这封给你们的信,朋友们
The truth then you may choose
这是一个你可以选择的真相
I had a good time at Oxford
我在牛津过得很愉快
And the world I did roam
也曾漫游过这世界
When my studies were finished
当我完成学业的时候
Then I went back home
我回到了自己的家乡
All I wanted were good things
我想要的都是好东西
Land and liberty
土地和自由
And all the sorts of things we learned at the university
以及其他我们曾在大学里学到的许多好东西
I'm not a fan of dictatorships
我不是的支持者
I'd rather say live and let live
我宁愿待人宽容如待己
But for those who would threaten my family
但对那些威胁我家人的人来说
There's nothing I won't give
我不会给他们任何东西
I will fight for my country
我会为我的祖国而战
I'll defend this land
我会保卫这片土地
I'll stare at the whites of your soldiers' eyes
我会盯着你们士兵的眼白
With this Kalishnikov in my hand
紧握我手中的卡拉什尼科夫
With this Kalishnikov in my hand
紧握我手中的卡利什尼科夫
When you break down the doors of my neighbors
当你打破我邻居的门
When you say that might makes right
当你说强权即公理
When you say you're looking for terrorists
当你说你在搜查
In their bedrooms late at night
在深夜闯进人们卧室里
When you torture my brother at gunpoint
当你用枪管折磨我兄弟
On his head a canvas sack
给他的头套上帆布袋
All I can say to you, soldier
我只能对你说,大兵
Is you'd best watch your back
你最好瞧着点身后
I will fight for my country
我将为我的祖国而战
I'll defend this land
我会保卫这片土地
I'll stare at the whites of your soldiers' eyes
我会盯着你们士兵的眼白
With this Kalishnikov in my hand
紧握我手中的卡拉什尼科夫
With this Kalishnikov in my hand
紧握我手中的卡利什尼科夫
(Yeah)
See I'ma fight for my country though I hate the war
尽管我讨厌,但我会为我的祖国而战
But I deplore even more what they take me for
但我更为他们把我当成什么而感到悲痛
Think about where you live, how'd you typically be
想想你活在哪里,你日常生活是什么模样
When the bombs start falling in the middle of the street
当开始落在街道中间的时候
It ain't difficult to see what side to choose
要思考选择站在哪一方并不困难
With all the lies they use they can't hide the truth
他们用所有的谎言也掩盖不了真相
White lies from these white guys in the white house
白宫里的白人扯着白色的谎言
Might as well wear white sheets while they wipe out
就连当他们搞抹除时也裹着白色的床单
I mean white out all opposition
我的意思是抹除所有的反对意见
And bomb colored people into submission
用迫使所有有色人种屈服
He's got a Bible, he's down with Jesus Christ?
他握着一本圣经,却要和耶稣基督作对?
He likes blacks just ask Condoleezza Rice
他喜欢的什么样黑人只要看看康多莉扎·赖斯就明白了
It's all evil lies in a weak disguise
把一切邪恶藏在脆弱的伪装里
See the signs and read in between the lines
看看那些标语想想其中的含义
If ya wanna save America, I'll bring ya support
如果你想拯救美国,我会给你支持:
Arrest the president and bring him to court
逮捕总统并把他送上法庭
Charge him and his puppeteers with war crimes
以罪起诉他和他的提线木偶们
And start paying reparations of all kinds
并为所有犯下的罪行付出赔偿
You think what I'm telling you to do is extreme
你认为我让你做的事情太过极端
But if you lived in Fallujah it'd be a beautiful dream
但如果你住在费卢杰,这会是大家的梦想
So I hold my tears and my hopes and fears, when you
所以我含着眼泪,抱着恐惧和希望
Bomb our country and attack our town
既然你轰炸我们的,袭击我们的城镇
Don't be surprised when the whole world cheers
就不要惊讶当又一只黑鹰坠落之时
To see another Black Hawk down (mother****er!)
全世界将为之欢呼,motherer!
When you come with your tanks on our city streets
当你开着来到我们城市的街道时
And you say these streets are yours
还说着这些街道是你的
When you say you'll rebuild us with bombers
当你说要用轰炸机重建我们的时
And oil tankers on our shores
还把油轮开进我们的海滨
When you have gunned down my child in Fallujah
当你在费卢杰枪杀了我的孩子
You needn't wonder why
你不必奇怪为什么
I look at you through the blades of your 'copter
我透过直升机的螺旋桨看着你
And say It's a good day to die
对你说:“今天就是你的死期”
I will fight for my country
我将为我的祖国而战
I'll defend this land
我会保卫这片土地
I'll stare at the whites of your soldiers' eyes
我会盯着你们士兵的眼白
With this Kalishnikov in my hand
紧握我手中的卡拉什尼科夫
With this Kalishnikov in my hand
紧握我手中的卡利什尼科夫
专辑信息