hold me down 抓住我

i am floating away 我飘走

into the overcast skies 到阴天

over my home town 在我的家乡

on election day 在选举日

   

what is it about birmingham? 是什么左右伯明翰？

what is it about buffalo? 是什么左右水牛？

did the hate filled wanna build bunkers 没有仇恨充满想建碉堡

in your beautiful red earth 在美丽的红土地

they want to build them 他们希望建立他们

in our shiny white snow 在我们闪亮的白雪

   

now i've drawn closed the curtain 现在我已经开闭幕

in this little booth where the truth has no place 在这个小摊位，真相是没有地方

to stand 站

and i am feeling oh so powerless 而我的感觉是如此的无能为力

in this stupid booth with this useless 在这个愚蠢的展台与此无用

little lever in my hand 小杆在我手中

and outside my city is bracing 我的外城是支撑

for the next killing thing 在接下来的杀害物

standing by the bridge and praying 站在桥上祈福

for the next doctor 在接下来的医生

martin 马丁

luther 路德。

king 王

   

it was just one shot 这只是一杆

through the kitchen window 通过厨房的窗户

it was just two miles from here 它是从这里仅两英里

if you fly like a crow 如果你像乌鸦飞

a bullet came to visit a doctor 一颗子弹就去看医生

in his one safe place 在他1安全的地方

a bullet ensuring the right to life 子弹确保生命权

whizzed past his kid and his wife 嗖的一声过去他的孩子和他的妻子

and knocked his glasses 并把他的眼镜

right off of his face 马上他的脸

   

and the blood poured off the pulpit 和血浇灭讲坛

yeah the blood poured down the picket lines 是的血液灌下去的纠察线

yeah, the hatred was immediate 是啊，仇恨是直接

and the vengence was divine 而vengence是神

so they went and stuffed god 所以他们去了，神酿

down the barrel of a gun 下来的枪杆子

and after him 而在他之后

they stuffed his only son 他们塞进他唯一的儿子

   

hello birmingham 你好伯明翰

it's buffalo 它的水牛

i heard you had some trouble 我听说你遇到了一些麻烦

down there again 那里再次

and i'm just calling to let to know 和我打电话，让知道

that someone understands 有人理解

   

i was once escorted 我曾经陪同

through the doors of a clinic 通过一家诊所的门

by a man in a bulletproof vest 在防弹背心的男人

and no bombs went off that day 没有炸弹去了那一天

so i am still here to say 所以我还在这里说

birmingham 伯明翰

i'm wishing you all of my best 我祝我最好的

oh birmingham 哦伯明翰

i'm wishing you all of my best 我祝我最好的

oh birmingham 哦伯明翰

i'm wishing you all of my best 我祝我最好的

on this election day 在这个选举日