Were you there when the man from Atlanta was murdered in Memphis? 你在那里时，该名男子从亚特兰大被谋杀在孟菲斯？

Did you see him layin' at the Lorraine Motel? 你有没有看到他开始裁员的洛林汽车旅馆？

Did you hear them say that the CIA is witness - 你有没有听到他们说，中情局为证 -

To the murder of a man at a motel in Memphis? 一个人在孟菲斯一家汽车旅馆杀人？

   

Motel in Memphis 在孟菲斯汽车旅馆

Motel in Memphis 在孟菲斯汽车旅馆

Run and tell somebody there's blood on the riverside 运行并告诉别人有血在河边

Oh muddy water, rolling to Memphis 哦浑水，滚动到孟菲斯

If you were there, you'd swear it was more than a man who died 如果你在那里，你会发誓这是比一个人谁死

   

Did you see Coretta? She was sobbin' on the corner in a black veil. 你有没有看到科利塔？她sobbin 在黑色面纱的一角。

Did you watch Mr. Crump in a white coat grin? 你看克伦普先生穿白大褂的笑容？

Did you walk downriver where the cottonwoods are swingin' - 你走下游所在的白杨正在荡秋千 -

With the ghostly bodies of men? 随着男人的幽灵尸体？

   

Motel in Memphis 在孟菲斯汽车旅馆

Motel in Memphis 在孟菲斯汽车旅馆

Run and tell somebody there's blood on the riverside 运行并告诉别人有血在河边

Oh muddy water, rolling to Memphis 哦浑水，滚动到孟菲斯

If you were there, you'd swear it was more than a man who died 如果你在那里，你会发誓这是比一个人谁死

   

Were you there with Mahalia wailing at the funeral? 与Mahalia嗷在葬礼是你吗？

Did you watch them lower his casket in? 你看他们降低他的骨灰盒吗？

Did you tremble when you thought about the future - 你颤抖的时候，你想过将来 -

And cry out for a martyred man? 哭出来了殉国的人吗？

   

Motel in Memphis 在孟菲斯汽车旅馆

Motel in Memphis 在孟菲斯汽车旅馆

Run and tell somebody there's blood on the riverside 运行并告诉别人有血在河边

Oh muddy water, rolling to Memphis 哦浑水，滚动到孟菲斯

If you were there, you'd swear it was more than a man who died 如果你在那里，你会发誓这是比一个人谁死