Well I'm about to get sick 嗯，我快要生病

From watchin' my TV 从在看着我的电视

Been checkin' out the news 已签出来的消息

Until my eyeballs fail to see 直到我的眼球看不到

I mean to say that every day 我的意思是说，每一天

Is just another rotten mess 只是另一个烂摊子烂

And when it's gonna change, my friend 而当它不会改变，我的朋友

Is anybody's guess 是谁也说不准

   

So I'm watchin' and I'm waitin' 所以，我在看着和我等着

Hopin' for the best 河滨最好

Even think I'll go to prayin' 甚至认为我会去祈祷

Every time I hear 'em sayin' 每当我听到他们在说

That there's no way to delay 那有没有办法拖延

That trouble comin' every day 麻烦科曼“，每天

No way to delay 没办法拖延

That trouble comin' every day 麻烦科曼“，每天

   

Wednesday I watched the riot . . . 周三，我观看了骚乱。 。 。

Seen the cops out on the street 看到警察在街上

Watched 'em throwin' rocks and stuff 看着时间肆意石头之类的东西

And chokin' in the heat 和在热chokin

Listened to reports 听取报告

About the whisky passin' 'round 关于威士忌passin 轮

Seen the smoke and fire 看到烟火

And the market burnin' down 与市场燃尽的下降

Watched while everybody 注视着每一个人

On his street would take a turn 在他的街头会转一转

To stomp and smash and bash and crash 要跺脚，粉碎和bash和崩溃

And slash and bust and burn 和斜线和萧条和烧伤

   

And I'm watchin' and I'm waitin' 而我在看着和我等着

Hopin' for the best 河滨最好

Even think I'll go to prayin' 甚至认为我会去祈祷

Every time I hear 'em sayin' 每当我听到他们在说

That there's no way to delay 那有没有办法拖延

That trouble comin' every day 麻烦科曼“，每天

No way to delay 没办法拖延

That trouble comin' every day 麻烦科曼“，每天

   

Well, you can cool it, 嗯，你可以爽了，

You can heat it . . . 您可以加热。 。 。

'Cause, baby, I don't need it . . . 因为，宝贝，我并不需要它。 。 。

Take your TV tube and eat it 把你的电视机显像管和熊掌兼得

'N all that phony stuff on sports N体育所有假的东西

'N all the unconfirmed reports N所有未经证实的报道

You know I watched that rotten box 你知道我看到那烂箱

Until my head begin to hurt 直到我的头开始疼

From checkin' out the way 从签出路

The newsman say they get the dirt 对新闻记者说，他们得到的污垢

Before the guys on channel so-and-so 在通道的家伙某某左右才

   

And further they assert 进一步，他们主张

That any show they'll interrupt 任何节目，他们将中断

To bring you news if it comes up 给您带来的消息，如果它来了

They say that if the place blows up 他们说，如果这个地方炸毁

They will be the first to tell, 他们将是第一个告诉，

Because the boys they got downtown 因为男孩，他们闹了

Are workin' hard and doin' swell, 正在日夜不停的努力，干什么膨胀，

And if anybody gets the news 如果有人得到消息

Before it hits the street, 之前，它击中街道，

They say that no one blabs it faster 他们说，没有人blabs更快

Their coverage can't be beat 其覆盖面不能被打败

   

And if another woman driver 如果另外一个女人的驱动程序

Gets machine-gunned from her seat 被机枪扫射从她的座位

They'll send some joker with a brownie 他们会送一些小丑与布朗尼

And you'll see it all complete 你会看到这一切完成

   

So I'm watchin' and I'm waitin' 所以，我在看着和我等着

Hopin' for the best 河滨最好

Even think I'll go to prayin' 甚至认为我会去祈祷

Every time I hear 'em sayin' 每当我听到他们在说

That there's no way to delay 那有没有办法拖延

That trouble comin' every day 麻烦科曼“，每天

No way to delay 没办法拖延

That trouble comin' every day 麻烦科曼“，每天

   

Hey, you know something people? 嘿，你知道什么人？

I'm not black 我不黑

But there's a whole lots a times 但有一个整体地段一倍

I wish I could say I'm not white 我希望我能说我不是白

   

Well, I seen the fires burnin' 嗯，我看到了大火燃尽“

And the local people turnin' 和当地人撇开“

On the merchants and the shops 在商人和商店

Who used to sell their brooms and mops 谁用过出售自己的扫帚和拖把

And every other household item 和所有其他家用物品

Watched the mob just turn and bite 'em 看着暴徒只是把咬时间

And they say it served 'em right 他们说，它曾扑克权

Because a few of them are white, 因为他们几个都是白色的，

And it's the same across the nation 而且它在全国同

Black and white discrimination 黑与白的歧视

Yellin' "You can't understand me!" 喊“ ”你可以不理解我！ “

'N all that other jazz they hand me “ N所有其他的爵士，他们递给我

In the papers and TV and 在报纸和电视

All that mass stupidity 所有这些愚蠢的质量

That seems to grow more every day 这似乎每天都在变得更加

Each time you hear some nitwit say 每次听到一些傻子说的时候

He wants to go and do you in 他想在去和你

Because the color of your skin 因为你的肤色

Just don't appeal to him 只是不吸引他

(No matter if it's black or white) （不管它是黑色或白色）

Because he's out for blood tonight 因为他是出了血，今晚

   

You know we got to sit around at home 你知道，我们得坐下来家里

And watch this thing begin ，看着这个东西开始

But I bet there won't be many live 但我敢打赌，不会有很多活

To see it really end 看到它真正结束

'Cause the fire in the street “火灾原因在大街上

Ain't like the fire in the heart 是不是像火在心脏

And in the eyes of all these people 而在这些人的眼中

Don't you know that this could start 难道你不知道，这可能开始

On any street in any town 在任何城镇街道上

In any state if any clown 如果任何小丑任何国家

Decides that now's the time to fight 决定现在是拼的时候

For some ideal he thinks is right 对于一些理想，他认为是对的

And if a million more agree 如果一百万以上同意

There ain't no Great Society 不过是没有大社会

As it applies to you and me 因为它适用于你和我

Our country isn't free 我们的国家是不是免费的

And the law refuses to see 和法律拒绝见

If all that you can ever be 如果这一切你都不能成为

Is just a lousy janitor 仅仅是一个糟糕的看门人

Unless your uncle owns a store 除非你的叔叔拥有一家商店

You know that five in every four 你知道，在每一个五四

Just won't amount to nothin' more 只是不等于什么也没多

Gonna watch the rats go across the floor 会看老鼠走在地板上

And make up songs about being poor 并作出了关于歌曲贫穷

   

Blow your harmonica, son! 吹你的口琴，儿子！