Apa misteri mengalir melalui darah orang kulit putih ini?
What secrets do they hide within?
Rahasia apa yang mereka sembunyikan?
What sickbed words pass across their lips?
Kata-kata sakit apa yang lewat di bibir mereka?
And what passions lie beneath their skin?
Dan gairah apa yang ada di balik kulit mereka?
Are their fortunes made in their pool halls?
Apakah kekayaan mereka dibuat di ruang kolam mereka?
And there lives played out like children's games?
Dan di sana kehidupan dimainkan seperti permainan anak-anak?
Under the summer sun with a knife and a gun
Di bawah matahari musim panas dengan pisau dan pistol
A Festered wound never heals
Luka bernanah tidak pernah sembuh
On the back porch, in the pawn shops
Di teras belakang, di toko gadai
Dusting off their fathers' guns
Dusting dari ayah mereka ‘senjata
Words like worms crawl through their brains
Kata-kata seperti cacing merangkak menembus otak mereka
Sermons fly from the preacher's mouth
Khotbah terbang dari mulut sang pendeta
But the auction block still remains
Tapi blok pelelangan masih ada
Gagged and tied to a tree trunk
Gagal dan diikat ke batang pohon
After a fox hunt chase with dogs and chains
Setelah berburu rubah mengejar anjing dan rantai
In a field of white in the broad daylight
Di lapangan putih di siang bolong
The earth is black, black with blood
Bumi hitam, hitam dengan darah
They were friends and they were brothers
Mereka berteman dan mereka bersaudara
Life goes on across the railroad tracks
Hidup terus melintasi rel kereta api
A flood of tears has come and gone
Banjir air mata telah datang dan pergi
Autumn comes, white folks settle down and the preacher quotes from Luke and John ,
Musim gugur tiba, orang-orang kulit putih menetap dan pengkhotbah mengutip dari Lukas dan Yohanes,
And there is peace and plenty in the country
Dan ada kedamaian dan banyak hal di negara ini
And the way we are, we will remain
Dan cara kita, kita akan tetap tinggal
The world keeps spinning round and around
Dunia terus berputar berputar-putar
Just keep spinning around and around and around
Terus berputar-putar dan berputar-putar
Everything is still the same
Semuanya masih sama
Life goes on
Hidup terus berlalu
Like before, on the streets
Seperti sebelumnya, di jalanan
On the porches in our homes in our towns
Di beranda rumah kami di kota kami
What we see all around us.
Apa yang kita lihat di sekitar kita.
Life goes on
Hidup terus berlalu
Like before while we sit by the doorway
Seperti dulu saat kita duduk di dekat pintu
All around
Semuanya
All our lives
Sepanjang hidup kita
All we do
Semua kita lakukan
No surprises
Tidak ada kejutan