Bob Dylan - Only a Pawn in Their Game (The Times They Are A-Changin')
A bullet from the back of a bush took Medgar Evers' blood.
A finger fired the trigger to his name.
A handle hid out in the dark
A hand set the spark
Two eyes took the aim
Behind a man's brain
But he can't be blamed
He's only a pawn in their game.
A South politician preaches to the poor white man,
"You got more than the blacks, don't complain.
You're better than them, you been born with white skin," they explain.
And the Negro's name
Is used it is plain
For the politician's gain
As he rises to fame
And the poor white remains
On the caboose of the train
But it ain't him to blame
He's only a pawn in their game.
The deputy sheriffs, the soldiers, the governors get paid,
And the marshals and cops get the same,
But the poor white man's used in the hands of them all like a tool.
He's taught in his school
From the start by the rule
That the laws are with him
To protect his white skin
To keep up his hate
So he never thinks straight
'Bout the shape that he's in
But it ain't him to blame
He's only a pawn in their game.
From the poverty shacks, he looks from the cracks to the tracks,
And the hoof beats pound in his brain.
And he's taught how to walk in a pack
Shoot in the back
With his fist in a clinch
To hang and to lynch
To hide 'neath the hood
To kill with no pain
Like a dog on a chain
He ain't got no name
But it ain't him to blame
He's only a pawn in their game.
Today, Medgar Evers was buried from the bullet he caught.
They lowered him down as a king.
But when the shadowy sun sets on the one
That fired the gun
He'll see by his grave
On the stone that remains
Carved next to his name
His epitaph plain:
Only a pawn in their game.
Pozostale piosenki artysty Bob Dylan (528):
Outlaw Blues
Dont Think Twice, Its All Right
Boots of Spanish Leather
4th Time Around
The Times They Are A-Changin
Komentarze:
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| The Phases of Dylan
...coffeehouse Guthrie wannabe...reluctant voice of a generation for folkies...electric rocker/mindblower/trend setter for all rock groups...angry divorcee with raspy voice...etc...the last one being my favorite dylan era :) |
| Autor: boogy7777 |
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| 2 |
| A smoking version, much like everything he did with the Rolling Thunder Revue. It would have been fun to see him open a show with this in 1975 or 76. |
| Autor: RamrodtotheMax |
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| 3 |
| My favorite era too. |
| Autor: xcesiv7 |
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| 4 |
| yes.... but romance in durango is nothing to be sneezed at either right? |
| Autor: drquackenfish |
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| 5 |
| A quite ragged performance. But then, Dylan has never been about super-refined technical finesse. He´s always been about raw soul, raw heart, raw emotion. And that´s precisely why we all love him :) |
| Autor: kariaudar |
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| 6 |
| You forgot country Dylan! :P |
| Autor: PriestsandParame |
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| 7 |
| thiiiis version of this song, its my favourite song of all times! : ) |
| Autor: facundoisgleas |
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| 8 |
| I would really like to see the images of this show! The performance is amazing! Does anyone know whereI can find some images of this show? |
| Autor: mgalatico |
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| I love his voice in those years..I like his voice in all the years..but in these years he would rev it right up out of his gut and explode it right out just as the symbols are smashing! Makes me want to shout HOORAY!! |
| Autor: catgumart |
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Lord Of The Thighs,
Happy Holidays, You Bastard,
Wie Tief Willst Du Noch Sinken?,
Vehicles Shock Me,
Tenderness,
Have No Fears,
Out of the Blue,
Everytime You Go,
After Fire,
Restless
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