《My Name is Emmett Till》歌词

歌曲： My Name is Emmett Till

所属专辑：Hard Bargain

歌手： Emmylou Harris

时长： 04:50

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Emmylou Harris - My Name Is Emmett Till[00:00:00]

I was born a black boy[00:00:13]

My name is Emmett Till[00:00:16]

Walked this earth for 14 years[00:00:19]

One night I was killed[00:00:22]

For speaking to a woman[00:00:27]

Whose skin was white as dough[00:00:30]

That's a sin in Mississippi[00:00:33]

But how was I to know [00:00:37]

I come down from Chicago[00:00:42]

To visit with my kin[00:00:45]

There I was a cheeky kid[00:00:48]

I guess I always been[00:00:52]

But the harm they put upon me[00:00:56]

Was too hard for what I done[00:00:59]

For I was just a black boy[00:01:03]

I never hurt no one[00:01:06]

Oh oh oh oh oh oh [00:01:11]

They took me from my uncle's house[00:01:24]

Mose Wright was his name[00:01:27]

He'd be later standing without hesitation[00:01:31]

Point the blame[00:01:35]

At the ones who beat and cut me[00:01:39]

And shot me with the gun[00:01:42]

And threw me in the river[00:01:45]

Like I was trash when they were done[00:01:48]

I was sent back to my mother[00:01:53]

At least what was left of me[00:01:56]

She kept my casket open[00:02:00]

For the whole wide world to see[00:02:02]

The awful desecration[00:02:08]

And the evidence of hate[00:02:10]

You could not recognize me[00:02:14]

The mutilation was so great[00:02:17]

Became a cry for justice then[00:02:23]

To be finally fulfilled[00:02:26]

All because of me a black boy[00:02:28]

My name was Emmett Till[00:02:32]

Oh oh oh oh oh oh [00:02:37]

Oh I had rather lived[00:03:03]

Till I was too old to die young[00:03:05]

Not even a soul I left behind[00:03:10]

All that might have come[00:03:13]

Summer clouds above my head[00:03:18]

The grass beneath my feet[00:03:21]

The warmth of a good woman[00:03:24]

Her kisses soft and sweet[00:03:27]

Perhaps to be a father[00:03:35]

Of a black boy of my own[00:03:39]

Watch him grow into a kinder world[00:03:42]

Than I had known[00:03:46]

Where no child would be murdered[00:03:50]

For the color of his skin[00:03:52]

And love would be the only thing[00:03:57]

Inside the hearts of men[00:04:00]

They say the horror of that night[00:04:05]

Is haunting heaven still[00:04:08]

Where I am one more black boy[00:04:11]

My name is Emmett Till[00:04:14]