Текст песни: I Ought to Know + перевод

I ought to know more than I know

I ought to know where this road goes

I ought to know great literature by heart

The history of art

This I ought to know

I ought to know more than 1492

I ought to know what the Buffalo Bills do

I ought to know more than the quarterback’s wounded knee

What happened at Sand Creek

This I ought to know

But I don’t

I ought to know about the sacrifices made

I ought to know ration stamps, air raids

I ought to know more than George C. Scott

And John Wayne get shot

This I ought to know

I ought to know what the drinking gourd means

I ought to know more than «I have a dream»

I ought to know about the back of the bus

And the crack of billy clubs

This I ought to know

But I don’t

I don’t know nothing about nothing

But I’m proud to stand upright

I don’t know nothing about nothing

But my future looks so bright

Illumined by the light

Laugh-tracks, soundbites

And a replay to get it right

I ought to know

I ought to know the songs of Joe Hill

I ought to know Trotsky, Marx and Hagel

I ought to know about the Haymarket hangings

And the H.U.A.C

This I ought to know

I ought to know about Oliver Cromwell

I ought to know about the Gnostics and St. Paul

I ought to know what Jesus really said

And who the preacher takes to bed

This I ought to know

But I don’t

I ought to know what’s buried in the landfill

I ought to know about the clear-cutting bills

I ought to know about pipelines and schemes

What extinction really means

This I ought to know

I ought to know for whom the bell tolls

I ought to know the pride and prejudice of polls

I ought to know if the grapes of wrath are union

Picked by Victor Jara’s hands

This I ought to know

But I don’t

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