Black Cross-Bob Dylan

[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [by:时间戳工具V2.0_20200810] [offset:0] [00:05.37]This is the story of Hezekiah Jones [00:06.63]Hezekiah Jones lived in a place [00:13.05]In Arkansas [00:13.89]He never had too much except he had some land [00:24.39]An' he had a couple of hogs and things like that [00:37.14]He never had much money [00:38.28]But he'd spend what he did make as fast as he made it [00:45.45]So it never really mattered that he had much money [00:50.04]But in a cupboard there he kept in the cupboard [00:56.07]He kept in the cupboard books [00:57.06]He called the books his rainy season [00:58.62]The white folks around the county there talked about Hezekiah [01:10.47]They [01:10.59]Said Well [01:19.41]Old Hezekiah he's harmless enough [01:21.96]But the way I see it he better put down them goddam books [01:31.65]Readin' ain't no good for n***a is n***a [01:41.43]One day the white man's preacher came around [01:49.23]Knockin' on doors knockin' on all the doors in the county [01:52.29]He knocked on Hezekiah's door [01:55.47]He says Hezekiah you believe in the Lord [01:58.92]Hezekiah says Well I don't know I never really SEEN the Lord [02:02.49]I can't say yes I do [02:07.77]He says Hezekiah you believe in the Church [02:14.07]Hezekiah says Well the Church is divided ain't they [02:22.17]And [02:22.32]They can't make up their minds [02:24.78]I'm just like them I can't make up mine either [02:29.61]He says Hezekiah you believe that if a man is good Heaven is his last reward [02:34.83]Hezekiah says I'm good [02:41.37]Good as my neighbor [02:43.50]You don't believe in nothin' said the white man's preacher [02:49.26]You don't believe in nothin' [02:52.89]Oh yes I do says Hezekiah [02:59.64]I believe that a man should be indebted to his neighbors [03:12.90]Not for the reward of a Heaven or fear of hellfire [03:20.76]But you don't understand said the white man's preacher [03:23.10]There's a lot of good ways for a man to be wicked [03:28.11]Then they hung Hezekiah high as a pigeon [03:45.93]White folks around there said Well [03:53.34]He had it comin' [03:57.75]'Cause the son of a b***h never had no religion