《Barabbas》歌词

[00:00:00] Some work and slave for all of their days

[00:00:03] And they'll do anything whatever it pays

[00:00:07] Some of us search and we find other ways

[00:00:11] Me I turned to thieving

[00:00:14] A little bit here and a little bit there

[00:00:18] Always some danger but I didn't care

[00:00:22] As long as I felt I was getting my share

[00:00:26] That's all I ever believed in

[00:00:36] From the day I was born I understood

[00:00:40] One way or another I'd wind up no good

[00:00:44] One night I got caught always knew that I would

[00:00:48] The charges were robbery and murder

[00:00:52] I broke into a house for money and jewels

[00:00:56] Some old man tried to stop me poor misguided fool

[00:01:00] I killed him and left him in his own bloody pool

[00:01:04] I ran but was caught by the soldiers

[00:01:11] Well they bound me and beat me and put me on trial

[00:01:15] It was all cut and dried it took a short while

[00:01:19] "Have you anything to say " I only smiled

[00:01:23] And said "Judge let's get this over "

[00:01:27] I was led from the courtroom and back to my cell

[00:01:31] For a man 'bout to die I was taking it well

[00:01:35] With no hope of heaven and no fear of hell

[00:01:38] Just darkness and silience forever

[00:01:52] I awoke from a dream in the middle of the night

[00:01:56] When the door burst open and in streamed the light

[00:02:00] A man was thrown in more dead than alive

[00:02:04] On his face I could see the blood glisten

[00:02:07] I could tell at a glance he'd been beat black and blue

[00:02:11] He lay their unconscious but then he came to

[00:02:15] I said "Tell me friend what on earth did you do "

[00:02:19] He said "I told them but they wouldn't listen "

[00:02:27] Told them what I asked but he didn't speak again

[00:02:31] He just lay there quiet in his blood and his pain

[00:02:35] The morning broke it was starting to rain

[00:02:39] The guards come in and they got us

[00:02:43] Out to the courtyard in the cool morning air

[00:02:47] A crowd was waiting

[00:02:48] Why were they there

[00:02:50] Two small-time losers what did they care

[00:02:54] I'd have thought they'd already forgot us

[00:03:02] The next thing I heard was the governor's own voice

[00:03:06] He raised up his hands and the mob ceased its noise

[00:03:10] "According to custom I'm giving you the choice

[00:03:14] Which of these men should I pardon "

[00:03:18] The mob went crazy and cried out my name

[00:03:22] Shouting "Give us Barabas " again and again

[00:03:25] The governor sighed and said "My hands are clean "

[00:03:29] The mob shouted "Give us Barabas "

[00:03:42] But what kind of freedom is this that is mine

[00:03:46] To spend all my days in search of a sign

[00:03:50] To have my life saved and to never know why

[00:03:54] To owe such a debt to a stranger

[00:04:02] I will go with the wind to a far distant land

[00:04:06] I will not cease my wandering till I understand

[00:04:10] I will tell every child every woman and man

[00:04:14] Of the strange things I have beheld here

[00:04:18] Of the strange things I have beheld here

[00:04:21] Barabbas - David Olney