Black Cross-Bob Dylan

[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [by:时间戳工具V2.0_20200810] [offset:0] [00:05.85]This is the story of Hezekiah Jones [00:07.14]Hezekiah Jones lived in a place [00:14.10]In Arkansas [00:14.46]He never had too much except he had some land [00:25.02]An' he had a couple of hogs and things like that [00:37.83]He never had much money [00:38.97]But he'd spend what he did make as fast as he made it [00:46.32]So it never really mattered that he had much money [00:50.82]But in a cupboard there he kept in the cupboard [00:56.88]He kept in the cupboard books [00:57.87]He called the books his rainy season [00:59.49]The white folks around the county there talked about Hezekiah [01:11.34]They [01:15.72]Said Well [01:20.37]Old Hezekiah he's harmless enough [01:22.95]But the way I see it he better put down them goddam books [01:32.70]Readin' ain't no good for n***a is n***a [01:42.57]One day the white man's preacher came around [01:50.46]Knockin' on doors knockin' on all the doors in the county [01:53.55]He knocked on Hezekiah's door [01:56.76]He says Hezekiah you believe in the Lord [02:00.21]Hezekiah says Well I don't know I never really SEEN the Lord [02:03.84]I can't say yes I do [02:09.21]He says Hezekiah you believe in the Church [02:15.57]Hezekiah says Well the Church is divided ain't they [02:20.85]And [02:23.91]They can't make up their minds [02:26.37]I'm just like them I can't make up mine either [02:31.26]He says Hezekiah you believe that if a man is good Heaven is his last reward [02:36.57]Hezekiah says I'm good [02:43.17]Good as my neighbor [02:45.36]You don't believe in nothin' said the white man's preacher [02:51.00]You don't believe in nothin' [02:54.87]Oh yes I do says Hezekiah [03:01.68]I believe that a man should be indebted to his neighbors [03:15.09]Not for the reward of a Heaven or fear of hellfire [03:23.07]But you don't understand said the white man's preacher [03:25.41]There's a lot of good ways for a man to be wicked [03:30.48]Then they hung Hezekiah high as a pigeon [03:48.51]White folks around there said Well [03:56.01]He had it comin' [04:00.45]'Cause the son of a b***h never had no religion