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To Beat The Devil (击败魔鬼) - Kris Kristofferson (克里斯·克里斯托佛森)[00:00:00]
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Voice: It was winter time in Nashville down on music city row[00:00:26]
这是纳什维尔的冬天 沿着这音乐之乡漫步[00:00:52]
And I was looking for a place to get myself out of the cold to warm[00:00:52]
我在寻找一个温暖的地方 想暖暖身子[00:00:57]
The frozen feeling that was eating at my soul and keep the chilly[00:00:57]
严寒不断侵袭着我的灵魂 我浑身发抖[00:01:04]
Wind off my guitar; my thirsty wanted whiskey my hungry needed[00:01:04]
风拂过我的吉他 我口渴了想喝威士忌 我饿了[00:01:10]
Beans; but it'd been a month of pay days since I'd heard that eagle[00:01:10]
想吃黄豆 但是离发薪日已一个月了 自我听到鹰的呼啸算起[00:01:17]
Scream; so with a stomach full of empty and pocket full of dreams[00:01:17]
满肚子的空虚 满口袋的梦想[00:01:23]
I left my pride and stepped inside a bar actually I guess you'd[00:01:23]
我丢开我的自尊 我走进一个酒吧[00:01:28]
Call it a tavern Cigarette smoke to the ceiling and sawdust on the[00:01:28]
我猜你会叫酒馆 烟尘弥漫到了天花板 木屑洒落[00:01:33]
Floor [00:01:33]
在地上[00:01:36]
Friendly shadows I saw that there was just one old man sitting[00:01:36]
亲切的影子 我看见一个老人[00:01:45]
At the bar; and in the mirror I could see him checking me with my[00:01:45]
坐在酒吧里 通过镜子 我可以看见 他正打量着我的[00:01:50]
Guitar; he turned and said "come up here boy and show us what you[00:01:50]
吉他 他转过身说 过来吧 小伙子 给我们看看你有什么[00:01:56]
Are" I said "I'm dry" and he bought me a beer He nodded at my[00:01:56]
我说 我快干死了 他为我买了一瓶啤酒 他打量着我的吉他[00:02:03]
Guitar and said "It's a tough life ain't it " I just looked at him[00:02:03]
说 生活很艰辛吧 我只是看着他[00:02:09]
And he said "You ain't making any money are you " I said "You've[00:02:09]
他说 你没赚多少钱 是吧 我说[00:02:14]
Been reading my mail" He just smiled and said "Let me see that[00:02:14]
你已经知道我的情况 他只是笑笑 说 让我看看那把吉他[00:02:17]
Guitar: I got something you ought to hear" Then he laid[00:02:17]
我知道一些你该听听的事[00:02:21]
It on me [00:02:21]
然后他对我说[00:02:22]
If you waste your time a-talking to the people who don't listen[00:02:22]
如果你浪费你的时间 跟那些根本不听你说的人谈论[00:02:28]
To the things that you are saying who do you think's going to hear [00:02:28]
你认为谁会听呢[00:02:34]
And if you should die explaining how the things that they complain about[00:02:34]
如果你要死去 解释着他们抱怨的一切都是怎么回事[00:02:39]
Are things they could be changing who d'you think's goin' to care [00:02:39]
一切都会变 你认为谁会在乎[00:02:45]
There were other lonely singers in a world turned deaf and blind who[00:02:45]
世界上也有其他又聋又瞎的孤独歌手[00:02:51]
Were crucified for what they tried to show [00:02:51]
因为一些他们努力展示的东西而被钉在十字架上[00:02:55]
And their voices have been scattered by the swirling winds of time [00:02:55]
他们的声音已随着时间慢慢消散[00:03:00]
'Cause the truth remains that no-one wants to know [00:03:00]
因为留下了没人想知道的事实[00:03:08]
Voice: Well the old man was a stranger but I'd heard his song before;[00:03:08]
这个老人是个陌生人 但是我曾听过他的歌[00:03:13]
Back when failure had me locked out on the wrong side of the door; when[00:03:13]
失败曾把我带入歧途[00:03:19]
No-one stood behind me but my shadow on the floor and lonesome was more[00:03:19]
没人在我身后支持我 只有那寂寞的影子陪伴[00:03:24]
Than a state of mind You see the devil haunts a hungry man; if you[00:03:24]
寂寞不仅仅是一种心态 魔鬼也在寻找着内心饥渴的人[00:03:33]
Don't want to join him you've got to beat him I ain't sayin' I beat the[00:03:33]
如果你不想像他 那就必须打败他 我不是说我要打败魔鬼[00:03:40]
Devil but I drank his beer for nothing and then I stole his song [00:03:40]
但是 我喝了他的啤酒 然后偷了他的歌曲[00:03:51]
And you still can hear me singing to the people who don't listen[00:03:51]
你仍然能听到我在唱歌给那些不愿听的人[00:03:56]
To the things that I am saying praying someone's going to hear;[00:03:56]
祈祷有人会真正用心听[00:04:02]
And I guess I'll die explaining how the things that they complain about[00:04:02]
我想我会死去 我会解释他们所抱怨的一切是怎么回事[00:04:07]
Are things they could be changing hoping someone's goin' to care [00:04:07]
一切都会变 我希望有人会在乎[00:04:12]
I was born a lonely singer and I'm bound to die the same[00:04:12]
我生来就是一个孤独的歌手 我也会孤独地死去[00:04:16]
But I've got to feed the hunger in my soul;[00:04:16]
但是 我不会让我的灵魂挨饿[00:04:23]
And if I never have a nickel I won't ever die of shame[00:04:23]
如果我身无分文 我不会羞愧[00:04:27]
'Cause I don't believe that no-one wants to know[00:04:27]
因为 我相信根本没人关心这个[00:04:32]