歌词
This is a song that asks a question
这是一首歌，歌里面问了一个问题
And if you listen I think you'll get the message
如果你听过这首歌，我想你知道这个问题
If you walked into a restaurant you were hungry
当你正饥饿时，走进一家餐馆
And you had the money to get yourself something to eat, yeah
手里有一点钱，刚好够给自己买点吃的
Somebody told you "go around to the back door to get it"
有人却告诉你，你绕到门后去买
Even though they wasn't gonna give it to you free
尽管他们不是想给你免费的食物
Yeah, Yeah tell me how, yeah oh
是的，告诉我
How would you feel, oh yeah
你会是什么感受？是啊
If you were me, yeah oh
如果你是我，是的
How would you feel, think about it
想想你会是什么感受？
You take your children by the hand and you want to guide them
你牵着孩子们的手
And protect them on their very first day of school, yeah
在开学的第一天保护他们去学校
I just want to ask one question
我只想问一个问题
Do you think that all the little children should be
你是否认为所有小孩子们都应该为
Punished for the sins of all the older fools
那些比他们大的傻瓜们犯的错受到惩罚？
Yeah, Yeah tell me how, yeah oh
是的，告诉我，是的
How would you feel, oh yeah
你会是什么感受？是啊
If you were me, yeah oh
如果你是我，是的
How would you feel, think about it now, yeah yeah yeah
现在想想你会是什么感受？是啊...
You walk to the corner and you stand in a place called a bus stop
你走到路边，站在公交站台上
And a bus pulls up and a man opens up the door, yeah oh
一辆公交车开来，司机打开车门，是的
He might (ha) look at you funny but he takes the money
他可能有点好笑地看着你，他收下了你的车票钱
Then he says "hey, you're not one of us, sit in the back of the bus"
然后他对你说：嘿，你不属于我们这些人，坐到车后面那里去
Yeah, Yeah tell me how, yeah oh
是的，告诉我
How would you feel, oh yeah
你会是什么感受？是啊
If you were me, yeah oh
如果你是我，是的
How would you feel, oh yeah
你会是什么感受？是啊
You pick up the morning paper and you read about
你拿起今天的晨报读起来
People fighting and dying somewhere in a foreign land, oh yeah
外国一个地方人们在打仗，还有百姓伤亡，是啊
Right here people are fighting and dying
就在这里，人们也正在打仗和死伤
And all they're trying to do is get equal rights as the constitution planned
他们想要争取的只是宪法所赋予的平等权利
Yeah, Yeah tell me how, yeah oh
是的，告诉我
How would you feel, oh yeah
你会是什么感受？是啊
If you were me, yeah oh
如果你是我，是的
Think about it now, tell me, how would you feel
现在好好想想，告诉我，你会是什么感受
Yeah, if all your little children were trying to just go to school and get an education
是啊，如果你的孩子们只是想去学校接受教育
So that they could find a great place in this wonderful nation
这样他们在这个伟大的国家就可以找到一个平等伟大的地方
If you went downtown and people waited on you even though you knew they didnt want to
如果你去市中心，看到人们在那里等你，尽管他们明白他们并不想那样做
And everywhere you looked around all you could see was hate in peoples eyes
你环视四周的所有地方，你可以看到人们眼里仇恨的目光
And you try to love them, and you just try to understand one another
而你却努力去爱他们，你渴望人们相互理解
And get together and try to live happily as brothers in this great big wonderful nation
你想和他们在这个伟大的国家像兄弟一样一起快乐生活
Yeah yeah, how, yeah oh
是的，你怎么想，是的
How would you feel, oh yeah
你会是什么感受？是啊
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