Too Many Martyrs-Phil Ochs

[00:00.00]Too Many Martyrs （版）-Phil Ochs [00:04.760]In the state of Mississippi [00:07.520]Many years ago [00:09.380]A boy of fourteen years got a taste of [00:12.200]Southern law [00:14.689]He saw his friend a hanging [00:16.899]And his color was his crime [00:18.929]And the blood upon his jacket [00:21.49]Left a brand upon his mind [00:24.249]Too many martyrs and too many dead [00:28.929]Too many lies [00:30.479]Too many empty words were said [00:33.619]Too many times for [00:35.449]Too many angry men [00:38.349]Oh let it never be again [00:44.499]His name was Medgar Evers [00:46.379]And he walked his road alone [00:48.689]Like Emmett Till and thousands more [00:51.59]Whose names we'll never know [00:54.208]They tried to burn his home [00:55.888]And they beat him to the ground [00:58.468]But deep inside they both knew [01:00.488]What it took to bring him down [01:03.698]Too many martyrs [01:05.387]And too many dead [01:08.407]Too many lies [01:09.977]Too many empty words were said [01:13.57]Too many times for [01:14.927]Too many angry men [01:17.737]Oh let it never be again [01:23.987]The killer waited by his home [01:26.356]Hidden by the night [01:28.186]As Evers stepped out from his car [01:30.606]Into the rifle sight [01:33.556]He slowly squeezed the trigger [01:35.696]The bullet left his side [01:37.936]It struck the heart of every man [01:40.16]When Evers fell and died [01:43.76]Too many martyrs and too many dead [01:47.745]Too many lies [01:49.235]Too many empty words were said [01:52.395]Too many times for [01:54.145]Too many angry men [01:57.35]Oh let it never be again [02:01.785]And they laid him in his grave [02:03.915]While the bugle sounded clear [02:06.655]Laid him in his grave [02:08.185]When the victory was near [02:11.375]While we waited for the future [02:13.675]For freedom through the land [02:15.975]The country gained a killer [02:17.815]And the country lost a man [02:21.155]Too many martyrs and too many dead [02:25.675]Too many lies [02:27.135]Too many empty words were said [02:30.345]Too many times for too many angry men [02:34.994]Oh let it never be again [02:39.614]Oh let it never be again