《Too Many Martyrs(LP版)》歌词

歌曲： Too Many Martyrs(LP版)

所属专辑：All The News That’s Fit To Sing

歌手： Phil Ochs

时长： 02:48

播放 下载lrc歌词 下载纯文本歌词

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

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

Many years ago[00:00:07]

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

Southern law[00:00:12]

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

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

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

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

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

Too many lies [00:00:28]

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

Too many times for[00:00:33]

Too many angry men[00:00:35]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Too many martyrs[00:01:03]

And too many dead[00:01:05]

Too many lies [00:01:08]

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

Too many times for[00:01:13]

Too many angry men[00:01:14]

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

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

Hidden by the night[00:01:26]

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

Into the rifle sight[00:01:30]

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

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

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

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

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

Too many lies [00:01:47]

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

Too many times for[00:01:52]

Too many angry men[00:01:54]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Too many lies [00:02:25]

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

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

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

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