《Ballad of Oxford》歌词

[00:00:00] Ballad of Oxford - Phil Ochs

[00:00:04] 以下歌词翻译由微信翻译提供

[00:00:04] I'll sing you a song about a southern

[00:00:06] 我会为你唱一首南方的歌

[00:00:06] Town where the devil had his rule

[00:00:08] 恶魔统治的城镇

[00:00:08] When marshalls faced an angry mob

[00:00:10] 当元帅们面对一群愤怒的群众

[00:00:10] To send one man to school

[00:00:13] 送一个人去上学

[00:00:13] His name was jimmy meredith

[00:00:15] 他叫吉米·梅瑞狄斯

[00:00:15] The tide he helped to turn

[00:00:17] 他帮我扭转了局势

[00:00:17] For he chose to stay on that terrible day

[00:00:20] 因为他选择留在那可怕的日子里

[00:00:20] The land was soon to learn

[00:00:22] 这片土地很快就会明白

[00:00:22] There was blood red blood on their hands

[00:00:26] 他们的手上沾满了鲜红的鲜血

[00:00:26] Yellow dirt on their clothes

[00:00:30] 黄色的尘土落在他们的衣服上

[00:00:30] What they thought they were doing

[00:00:32] 他们以为自己在做什么

[00:00:32] Only God and the devil knows

[00:00:36] 只有上帝和恶魔知道

[00:00:36] There was hate cold hate in their hearts

[00:00:39] 他们心中充满仇恨冷酷无情

[00:00:39] Shot from their souls like a gun

[00:00:42] 就像一把枪从他们的灵魂中射出

[00:00:42] And as they threw their stones and bricks

[00:00:46] 当他们扔下石块和砖块

[00:00:46] They screamed "see what you have done "

[00:00:52] 他们大叫道看看你的所做所为

[00:00:52] The governor made a promise

[00:00:53] 州长许下承诺

[00:00:53] He would keep the trouble down

[00:00:56] 他会平息心中的不安

[00:00:56] But when the mob got ugly no troopers could be found

[00:00:59] 但当乌合之众露出丑恶嘴脸时就找不到一名士兵

[00:00:59] And men were filled with hate and fear

[00:01:02] 人们心中充满仇恨和恐惧

[00:01:02] They screamed into the night

[00:01:03] 他们在黑夜中咆哮

[00:01:03] The rebel flag waved in the air

[00:01:06] 反叛军的旗帜在空中飘扬

[00:01:06] The symbol of state's rights

[00:01:08] 国家权利的象征

[00:01:08] There was blood red blood on their hands

[00:01:12] 他们的手上沾满了鲜红的鲜血

[00:01:12] Yellow dirt on their clothes

[00:01:16] 黄色的尘土落在他们的衣服上

[00:01:16] What they thought they were doing

[00:01:18] 他们以为自己在做什么

[00:01:18] Only God and the devil knows

[00:01:22] 只有上帝和恶魔知道

[00:01:22] There was hate cold hate in their hearts

[00:01:25] 他们心中充满仇恨冷酷无情

[00:01:25] Shot from their souls like a gun

[00:01:29] 就像一把枪从他们的灵魂中射出

[00:01:29] And as they threw their stones and bricks

[00:01:32] 当他们扔下石块和砖块

[00:01:32] They screamed "see what you have done "

[00:01:37] 他们大叫道看看你的所做所为

[00:01:37] Gas was fired into the mob after each attack

[00:01:41] 每次袭击之后都会向暴徒发射毒气

[00:01:41] And though the gas was running low

[00:01:42] 虽然瓦斯快要枯竭

[00:01:42] They never fired back

[00:01:45] 他们从未还击

[00:01:45] And when the smoke had cleared

[00:01:47] 当硝烟散去

[00:01:47] And the fury felt it's pain

[00:01:50] 愤怒让我感受到了痛苦

[00:01:50] Two men were dead and a hundred bled

[00:01:52] 两个人死了一百个人鲜血淋漓

[00:01:52] The south had risen again

[00:01:57] 南方再次崛起

[00:01:57] So listen mr barnet and mr walker too

[00:02:01] 所以听好了Barnet先生和Walker先生也一样

[00:02:01] The times are changing mighty fast

[00:02:03] 时代瞬息万变

[00:02:03] They'll roll right over you

[00:02:05] 他们会碾压你

[00:02:05] But someday you'll head for the south

[00:02:07] 但总有一天你会向南方进发

[00:02:07] To the southern tip of hell

[00:02:09] 去往地狱的最南端

[00:02:09] And it's hot down there white-hot down there

[00:02:11] 那里热火朝天

[00:02:11] Let's hear your rebel yell

[00:02:14] 让我们听听你叛逆的呐喊

[00:02:14] There was blood red blood on their hands

[00:02:18] 他们的手上沾满了鲜红的鲜血

[00:02:18] Yellow dirt on their clothes

[00:02:21] 黄色的尘土落在他们的衣服上

[00:02:21] What they thought they were doing

[00:02:24] 他们以为自己在做什么

[00:02:24] Only God and the devil knows

[00:02:27] 只有上帝和恶魔知道

[00:02:27] There was hate cold hate in their hearts

[00:02:31] 他们心中充满仇恨冷酷无情

[00:02:31] Shot from their souls like a gun

[00:02:34] 就像一把枪从他们的灵魂中射出

[00:02:34] And as they threw their stones and bricks

[00:02:37] 当他们扔下石块和砖块

[00:02:37] They screamed "see what you have done "

[00:02:41] 他们大叫道看看你的所做所为

[00:02:41] "see what you have done "

[00:02:46] 看看你做了什么