Cathy Jerry的碎碎唸

" Europe "的歌當中最喜歡的就是這首。
這是" Europe "為了印第安人所創作的歌曲，
敘述1830年印第安人遷移法案(Indian Removal Act)通過，
原本居住在美國東南部的印第安族，
不得已跟聯邦政府簽下搬遷條約，
全體遷往千里之外的奧克拉荷馬州。
在遷徙的過程中，
聯邦政府派出七千名政府軍隊" 協助 "限時驅離，
抵達奧克拉荷馬州時，
Cherokee人只剩下出發時的四分之三，
大約有超過四千人死於途中。
值得深思的是，
開明的專制與腐敗的民主孰優孰劣...??
在我看來所有的制度皆由人所創，
因此，
任何政黨只要獨大，
就會開始傲慢，
沒有一個例外⋯

Cherokee / Europe

They lived in peace, not long ago
A mighty Indian tribe
But the winds of change,
Made them realize, that the promises were lies.

The white man's greed, in search of gold
Made the nation bleed
They lost their faith
And now they hade to learn
There was no place to return
Nowhere they could turn.

Cherokee - marching on the trail of tears.

They were driven hard, across the plains
And walked for many moons
Cause the winds of change,
Had made them realize, that the promises were lies.

So much to bear, all that pain
Left them in despair
They lost their faith
And now they hade to learn
There was no place to return
Nowhere they could turn.

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