歌词
A bullet from the back of a bush took medgar evers blood
一颗从树丛后射来的 让Medgar Evers倒在血泊中的子弹
A finger fired the trigger to his name
一根扣动扳机的手指
A handle hid out in the dark
一把藏在黑暗中的凶器
A hand set the spark
一只引爆火花的手
Two eyes took the aim
一双紧盯着目标的眼睛
Behind a mans brain
这些就是那男人脑子里想的
But he cant be blamed
但这能怪他吗？
Hes only a pawn in their game
他只是这场游戏里的小小兵士
A south politician preaches to the poor white man
一位南方的政客对穷苦的白人们说：
You got more than the blacks dont complain
不要抱怨 你们所拥有的比黑人多许多
Youre better than them
你们比他们过的好
You been born with white skin they explain
你们生来就有白色的皮肤
And the negros name
那些黑鬼特有的名字
Is used it is plain
直白地说明了一切
For the politicians gain
政客升官发财
As he rises to fame
声名远扬
And the poor white remains
而困苦的白人们困苦依旧
On the caboose of the train
像是一列火车的车尾
But it aint him to blame
但这能怪他吗？
Hes only a pawn in their game
他只是这场游戏里的小小士兵
The deputy sheriffs the soldiers the governors get paid
县副治安官 士兵们和行政主管们得到了报酬
And the marshals and cops get the same
执法官和条子们也有份
But the poor white mans used
然而穷人被他们
In the hands of them all like a tool
像工具一样地利用
Hes taught in his school
通常从一开始
From the start by the rule
他在学校受到教育：
That the laws are with him
法律总会维护他的利益
To protect his white skin
他的肤色受到保护
To keep up his hate
以此维持他对黑人的憎恶
So he never thinks straight
穷人从没直接想过
Bout the shape that hes in
他所处的境地如何糟糕
But it aint him to blame
但这能怪他吗？
Hes only a pawn in their game
他只是这场游戏里的小小士兵
From the poverty shacks
穷人们躲藏的窝棚里
He looks from the cracks to the tracks
他从缝隙窥觑人的足迹
And the hoof beats pound in his brain
脚步声重重敲打他的脑海
And hes taught how to walk in a pack
他学会了在人群中潜行
Shoot in the back
在背后开枪
With his fist in a clinch
用他的双拳扼杀他人
To hang and to lynch
不论绞杀还是用私刑
To hide neath the hood
躲在兜帽里
To kill with no pain
麻木地杀戮
Like a dog on a chain
像被铁链拴住的狗
He aint got no name
他的恶名将流传
But it aint him to blame
但这能怪他吗？
Hes only a pawn in their game
他只是这场游戏中小小的士兵
Today medgar evers was buried
今天Medgar Evers下葬了
From the bullet he caught
被那颗射向他的子弹埋葬
They lowered him down as a king
人们把他降格 称他国王
But when the shadowy sun sets on the one
但当朦胧的阳光照下
That fired the gun
那开枪的凶手
Hell see by his grave
他的坟墓在旁
On the stone that remains
在残存的石头上
Carved next to his name
在他的名字边
His epitaph plain:
刻着简简单单的墓志铭：
Only a pawn in their game
这场游戏里的小小士兵
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