Mississippi Goddam-Nina Simone

[00:00.00] 作词 : Nina Simone [00:00.33] 作曲 : Nina Simone [00:00.67][Spoken Introduction] [00:01.37]The name of this tune is Mississippi Goddam [00:06.67]And I mean every word of it [00:09.61][Verse 1] [00:10.01]Alabama's gotten me so upset [00:13.25]Tennessee made me lose my rest [00:16.82]And everybody knows about Mississippi, goddamn [00:21.05]Can't you see it [00:22.56]Can't you feel it [00:24.08]It's all in the air [00:26.54]I can't stand the pressure much longer [00:29.98]Somebody say a prayer [00:31.95][Chorus] [00:32.48]Alabama's gotten me so upset [00:35.88]Tennessee made me lose my rest [00:39.46]And everybody knows about Mississippi, goddamn [00:43.76](This is a show tune, but the show hasn't been written for it, yet) [00:48.33][Verse 2] [00:48.88]Hound dogs on my trail [00:52.42]School children sitting in jail [00:55.77]Black cat cross my path [00:59.18]I think every day's gonna be my last [01:02.82]Lord have mercy on this land of mine [01:06.18]We all gonna get it in due time [01:09.68]I don't belong here [01:11.66]I don't belong there [01:13.39]I've even stopped believing in prayer [01:16.92]Don't tell me, I'll tell you [01:20.35]Me and my people just about due [01:23.75]I've been there so I know [01:26.96]They keep on saying "Go slow!" [01:29.62][Refrain] [01:30.22]But that's just the trouble [01:32.32]"do it slow" [01:33.24]Washing the windows [01:35.65]"Too slow" [01:36.46]Picking the cotton [01:38.96]"Too slow" [01:39.69]You're just plain rotten [01:42.22]"Too slow" [01:42.92]You're too damn lazy [01:45.38]"Too slow" [01:46.07]The thinking's crazy [01:48.57]"Too slow" [01:49.20]Where am I going [01:51.52]What am I doing [01:53.38]I don't know [01:54.85]I don't know [01:56.59]Just try to do your very best [01:59.68]Stand up, be counted with all the rest [02:03.20]For everybody knows about Mississippi, goddamn [02:07.50](I bet you thought I was kidding, didn't you) [02:11.18][Verse 3] [02:11.68]Picket lines, school boycotts [02:15.11]They try to say it's a communist plot [02:18.49]All I want is equality [02:22.01]For my sister, my brother, my people, and me [02:25.56]Yes, you lied to me all these years [02:29.08]You told me to wash and clean my ears [02:32.49]And talk real fine just like a lady [02:36.00]And you'd stop calling me Sister Sadie [02:39.46]Oh but this whole country is full of lies [02:43.08]You're all gonna die and die like flies [02:46.43]I don't trust you any more [02:49.68]You keep on saying "Go slow!" [02:51.98]"Go slow!" [02:52.75][Refrain] [02:53.05]But that's just the trouble [02:55.33]"Too slow" [02:56.09]Desegregation [02:58.54]"Too slow" [02:59.27]Mass participation [03:01.81]"Too slow" [03:02.57]Reunification [03:05.10]"Too slow" [03:05.82]Do things gradually [03:08.38]"Too slow" [03:09.13]But bring more tragedy [03:11.66]"Too slow" [03:12.43]Why don't you see it [03:14.85]Why don't you feel it [03:16.63]I don't know [03:18.06]I don't know [03:19.49][Chorus] [03:20.04]You don't have to live next to me [03:23.47]Just give me my equality [03:26.97]Everybody knows about Mississippi [03:30.34]Everybody knows about Alabama [03:33.88]Everybody knows about Mississippi, goddamn [03:37.89][Spoken Outro] [03:38.29]That's it!