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To Beat the Devil - Kris Kristofferson
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It was winter time in Nashville
那是纳什维尔的冬天
Down on music city row
来到音乐之城
And I was looking for a place to
我在寻找一个地方
Get myself out of the cold to warm
让自己摆脱寒冷走向温暖
The frozen feeling that was eating at my soul
冰封的感觉吞噬着我的灵魂
And keep the chilly
保持瑟瑟发抖
Wind off my guitar my thirsty wanted whiskey
放下吉他我如饥似渴想要喝威士忌
My hungry needed
我如饥似渴
Beans but it'd been a month of pay days
钞票源源不断可这是一个月的发薪日
Since I'd heard that eagle
自从我听到那雄鹰的歌声
Scream so with a stomach full of empty and
心里空落落的大声呐喊
Pocket full of dreams
口袋里装满梦想
I left my pride and stepped inside a bar
我放下自尊走进一家酒吧
Actually I guess you'd
事实上我觉得你会
Call it a tavern cigarette smoke to
称之为酒馆抽烟
The ceiling and sawdust on the
天花板上落满了木屑
Floor
地面
Friendly shadows
友好的影子
I saw that there was just one old man sitting
我看见只有一位老人坐在那里
At the bar and in the mirror
在酒吧对着镜子
I could see him checking me with my
我看见他用我的眼睛打量我
Guitar he turned and said
他转过身对我说
Come up here boy and show us what you
到这里来小子让我们看看你的能耐
Are
是
I said I'm dry
我说我很饥渴
And he bought me a beer
他给我买了一瓶啤酒
He nodded at my
他朝我的
Guitar and said
一边弹吉他一边说
It's a tough life ain't it
人生不易不是吗
I just looked at him
我只是看着他
And he said you ain't making any money are you
他说你没有挣到钱对吧
I said you've
我说你
Been reading my mail he just smiled and said
他一直在看我的邮件他微笑着说
Let me see that
让我看看
Guitar I got something you ought to hear
吉他我有些歌你应该听听
Then he laid
然后躺在床上
It on me
都怪我
If you waste your time a talking to the people
如果你浪费时间与人们交谈
Who don't listen
谁不听
To the things that you are saying
你说的那些话
Who do you think's going to hear
你觉得谁会听到
And if you should die explaining
如果你死了还要解释
How the things that they complain about
他们抱怨的那些事情
Are things they could be changing
一切都可能改变
Who d'you think's goin' to care
你觉得谁会在乎
There were other lonely singers
还有其他孤独的歌手
In a world turned deaf and blind who
在这个充耳不闻盲目无知的世界里
Were crucified for what they tried to show
因为他们想要展示的东西被钉在十字架上
And their voices have been scattered
他们的声音都消失了
By the swirling winds of time
被时间的风吹拂
'Cause the truth remains that no one wants to know
因为事实上没人想知道
Well the old man was a stranger
那个老头是个陌生人
But I'd heard his song before
但我以前听过他的歌
Back when failure had me locked out
以前失败让我寸步难行
On the wrong side of the door when
在门的另一边
No thing stood behind me but my shadow
我的身后空无一物只有我的影子
On the floor and lonesome was more
蜷缩在地板上更加孤独
Than a state of mind you see
而不是一种精神状态
The devil haunts a hungry man if you
恶魔纠缠着饥饿的人如果你
Don't want to join him you've got to beat him
不想加入他你必须打败他
I ain't sayin' I beat the
我不是说我打败了
Devil but I drank his beer for nothing
恶魔但我白喝了他的啤酒
And then I stole his song
然后我偷走了他的歌
And you still can hear me singing to the people
你依然可以听到我对着人们歌唱
Who don't listen
谁不听
To the things that I am saying
我说的那些话
Praying someone's going to hear
祈祷有人能听到
And I guess I'll die explaining
我想我会以死来解释
How the things that they complain about
他们抱怨的那些事情
Are things they could be changing
一切都可能改变
Hoping someone's goin' to care
希望有人会关心我
I was born a lonesome singer and I'm bound to die the same
我生来是孤独的歌手但我注定还是孤独地死去
But I've got to feed the hunger in my soul
但我必须满足内心的渴望
And if I never have a nickel I won't ever die of shame
就算我身无分文我也不会羞愧而死
'Cause I don't believe that no one wants to know
因为我不相信没有人想知道
'Cause I be long before
因为我很久以前
