《What It Means》歌词

歌曲： What It Means

所属专辑：American Band

歌手： Drive-By Truckers

时长： 06:26

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What It Means (什么意思) - Drive-By Truckers[00:00:00]

He was running down the street[00:00:22]

When they shot him in his tracks[00:00:25]

About the only thing agreed upon[00:00:28]

Is he ain't coming back[00:00:31]

There won't be any trial[00:00:34]

So the air it won't be cleared[00:00:36]

There's just two sides calling names[00:00:39]

Out of anger out of fear[00:00:42]

If you say it wasn't racial[00:00:45]

When they shot him in his tracks[00:00:48]

Well I guess that means that you ain't black[00:00:51]

It means that you ain't black[00:00:54]

I mean barack obama won[00:00:56]

And you can choose where to eat[00:00:59]

But you don't see too many white kids lying[00:01:02]

Bleeding on the street[00:01:05]

In some town in missouri[00:01:19]

But it could be anywhere[00:01:21]

It could be right here on ruth street[00:01:24]

In fact it's happened here[00:01:27]

And it happened where you're sitting[00:01:30]

Wherever that might be[00:01:33]

And it happened last weekend[00:01:35]

And it will happen again next week[00:01:38]

And when they turned him over[00:01:41]

They were surprised there was no gun[00:01:43]

I mean he must have done something[00:01:46]

Or else why would he have run[00:01:49]

And they'll spin it for the anchors[00:01:52]

On the television screen[00:01:55]

So we can shrug and let it happen[00:01:57]

Without asking what it means[00:02:00]

What it means[00:02:03]

What it means[00:02:14]

Then I guess there was protesting[00:02:25]

And some looting in some stores[00:02:28]

And someone was reminded that[00:02:31]

They ain't called colored folks no more[00:02:33]

I mean we try to be politically[00:02:36]

Correct when we call names[00:02:39]

But what's the point of post racial[00:02:41]

When old prejudice remains[00:02:44]

And that guy who killed that kid[00:02:47]

Down in florida standing ground[00:02:50]

Is free to beat up on his girlfriend[00:02:52]

And wave his brand new gun around[00:02:55]

While some kid is dead and buried[00:02:58]

And laying in the ground[00:03:01]

With a pocket full of skittles[00:03:03]

What it means[00:03:09]

What it means[00:03:52]

Astrophysics at our fingertips[00:04:13]

And we're standing at the summit[00:04:16]

And some man with a joystick[00:04:18]

Lands a rocket on a comet[00:04:21]

We're living in an age[00:04:24]

Where limitations are forgotten[00:04:26]

The outer edges move and dazzle us[00:04:29]

But the core is something rotten[00:04:32]

And we're standing on the precipice[00:04:35]

Of prejudice and fear[00:04:37]

We trust science just as long[00:04:40]

As it tells us what we want to hear[00:04:42]

We want our truths all fair and balanced[00:04:45]

As long as our notions lie within it[00:04:48]

There's no sunlight in our a**'[00:04:51]

And our heads are stuck up in it[00:04:53]

And our heroes may be rapists[00:04:56]

Who watch us while we dream[00:04:59]

But don't look to me for answers[00:05:01]

Cuz I don't know what it means[00:05:04]

What it means[00:05:07]

What it means[00:05:18]