《Only A Pawn In Their Game》歌词

歌曲： Only A Pawn In Their Game

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歌手： Bob Dylan

时长： 03:28

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Only A Pawn In Their Game - Bob Dylan[00:00:00]

Written by：Bob Dylan[00:00:00]

A bullet from the back of a bush took Medgar Evers' blood[00:00:01]

A finger fired the trigger to his name[00:00:08]

A handle hid out in the dark[00:00:13]

A hand set the spark[00:00:17]

Two eyes took the aim[00:00:19]

Behind a man's brain[00:00:23]

But he can't be blamed[00:00:26]

He's only a pawn in their game[00:00:29]

A south politician preaches to the poor white man[00:00:36]

You got more than blacks don't complain[00:00:43]

You're better than them you been born with white skin they explain[00:00:47]

And the Negro's name[00:00:54]

Is used it is plain[00:00:58]

For the politician's gain[00:01:01]

As he rises to fame[00:01:04]

And the poor white remains[00:01:06]

On the caboose of the train[00:01:09]

But it ain't him to blame[00:01:11]

He's only a pawn in their game[00:01:13]

The deputy sheriffs the soldiers the governors get paid[00:01:23]

And the marshals and cops get the same[00:01:29]

But the poor white man's used in the hands of them all like a tool[00:01:35]

He's taught in his school[00:01:43]

From the start by the rule[00:01:46]

That the laws are with him[00:01:48]

To protect his white skin[00:01:50]

To keep up his hate[00:01:53]

So he never thinks straight[00:01:55]

'Bout the shape that he's in[00:01:57]

But it ain't him to blame[00:01:59]

He's only a pawn in their game[00:02:01]

From the powerty shacks he looks from the cracks to the tracks[00:02:09]

And the hoof beats pound in his brain[00:02:17]

And he's taught how to walk in a pack[00:02:21]

Shoot in the back[00:02:25]

With his fist in a clinch[00:02:26]

To hang and to lynch[00:02:29]

To hide neath the hood[00:02:32]

To kill with no pain[00:02:34]

Like a dog on a chain[00:02:37]

He ain't got no name[00:02:39]

But it ain't him to blame[00:02:41]

He's only a pawn in their game[00:02:43]

Today Medgar Evers was buried from the bullet he caught[00:02:51]

They lowered him down as a king[00:02:58]

But when the shadowy sun sets on the one[00:03:04]

That fired the gun[00:03:09]

He'll see by his grave[00:03:11]

On the stone that remains[00:03:14]

Carved next to his name[00:03:16]

His epitaph plain[00:03:18]

Only a pawn in their game[00:03:21]