《Too Many Martyrs》歌词

[00:00:00] Too Many Martyrs (LP版) - Phil Ochs (菲尔·奥克斯)

[00:00:04] In the state of Mississippi

[00:00:07] Many years ago

[00:00:09] A boy of fourteen years got a taste of

[00:00:12] Southern law

[00:00:14] He saw his friend a hanging

[00:00:16] And his color was his crime

[00:00:18] And the blood upon his jacket

[00:00:21] Left a brand upon his mind

[00:00:24] Too many martyrs and too many dead

[00:00:28] Too many lies

[00:00:30] Too many empty words were said

[00:00:33] Too many times for

[00:00:35] Too many angry men

[00:00:38] Oh let it never be again

[00:00:44] His name was Medgar Evers

[00:00:46] And he walked his road alone

[00:00:48] Like Emmett Till and thousands more

[00:00:51] Whose names we'll never know

[00:00:54] They tried to burn his home

[00:00:55] And they beat him to the ground

[00:00:58] But deep inside they both knew

[00:01:00] What it took to bring him down

[00:01:03] Too many martyrs

[00:01:05] And too many dead

[00:01:08] Too many lies

[00:01:09] Too many empty words were said

[00:01:13] Too many times for

[00:01:14] Too many angry men

[00:01:17] Oh let it never be again

[00:01:23] The killer waited by his home

[00:01:26] Hidden by the night

[00:01:28] As Evers stepped out from his car

[00:01:30] Into the rifle sight

[00:01:33] He slowly squeezed the trigger

[00:01:35] The bullet left his side

[00:01:37] It struck the heart of every man

[00:01:40] When Evers fell and died

[00:01:43] Too many martyrs and too many dead

[00:01:47] Too many lies

[00:01:49] Too many empty words were said

[00:01:52] Too many times for

[00:01:54] Too many angry men

[00:01:57] Oh let it never be again

[00:02:01] And they laid him in his grave

[00:02:03] While the bugle sounded clear

[00:02:06] Laid him in his grave

[00:02:08] When the victory was near

[00:02:11] While we waited for the future

[00:02:13] For freedom through the land

[00:02:15] The country gained a killer

[00:02:17] And the country lost a man

[00:02:21] Too many martyrs and too many dead

[00:02:25] Too many lies

[00:02:27] Too many empty words were said

[00:02:30] Too many times for too many angry men

[00:02:34] Oh let it never be again

[00:02:39] Oh let it never be again