《Here S To The State Of Mississippi》是Phil Ochs演唱的歌曲，收錄於專輯《There But for Fortune》。
基本介紹
- 外文名：Here's To The State Of Mississippi (LP版)
- 所屬專輯：There But for Fortune
- 歌曲原唱：Phil Ochs
- 發行日期：1989年3月28日
- 歌曲語言：英語
歌曲歌詞
Here's to the State of Mississippi
For underneath her borders
The devil draws no lines
If you drag her muddy river
Nameless bodies you will find
Whoa the fat trees of the forest
Have hid a thousand crimes
The calender is lying
When it reads the present time
Whoa here's to the land
You've torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country
To be part of
And here's to the people of Mississippi
Who say the folks up north
They just don't understand
And they tremble in their shadows
At the thunder of the Klan
Oh the sweating of their souls
Can't wash the blood from off their hands
They smile and shrug their shoulders
At the murder of a man
Oh here's to the land
You've torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself
Another country to be part of
And here's to the schools of Mississippi
Where they're teaching all the children
That they don't have to care
All of rudiments of hatred
Are present everywhere
And every single classroom
Is a factory of despair
And there's nobody learning
Such a foreign word as fair
Oh here's to the land
You've torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another
Country to be part of
And here's to the cops of Mississippi
They're chewing their tobacco
As they lock the prison door
Their bellies bounce inside them
As they knock you to the floor
No they don't like taking prisoners
In their private little war
And behind their broken badges
There are murderers and more
Oh here's to the land
You've torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country
To be part of
And here's to the judges of Mississippi
Who wear the robe of honor
As they crawl into the court
They're guarding all the bastions
With their phony legal fort
Oh justice is a stranger
When the prisoners report
When the black man stands accused
The trial is always short
Oh here's to the land
You've torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country
To be part of
And here's to the government of Mississippi
In the swamp of their bureaucracy
They're always bogging down
And criminals are posing
As the mayors of the towns
They're hoping that no one sees the sights
And hears the sounds
And the speeches of the governor
Are the ravings of a clown
Oh here's to the land you've torn
Out the heart of
Mississippi
Find yourself another country to be part of
And here's to the laws of Mississippi
Congressmen will gather in a circus of delay
While the Constitution is drowning
In an ocean of decay
Unwed mothers should be sterilized
I've even heard them say
Yes corruption can be classic
In the Mississippi way
Oh here's to the land you've torn
Out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country
To be part of
And here's to the churches of Mississippi
Where the cross once made of silver
Now is caked with rust
And the Sunday morning sermons pander
To their lust
Oh the fallen face of Jesus is choking
In the dust
Heaven only knows in which God
They can trust
Oh here's to the land you've torn out
The heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country
To be part of
