《To Beat The Devil》歌词

歌曲： To Beat The Devil

所属专辑：Hello， I’m Johnny Cash

歌手： Johnny Cash

时长： 04:18

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To Beat The Devil-Johnny Cash[00:00:01]

It was winter time in Nashville down on Music Row[00:00:11]

And I was lookin＇ for a place to get myself out of the cold[00:00:16]

To warm the frozen feelin＇ that was eatin＇ at my soul[00:00:21]

And keep the chilly wind off me and my guitar[00:00:26]

Well my thirsty wanted whiskey and my hungry needed beans[00:00:31]

But it had been a month of payday since I heard that eagle scream[00:00:36]

So with a stomach full of empty and a pocket full of dreams[00:00:41]

I left my pride and stepped inside a bar[00:00:46]

Actually I guess you＇d call it a tavern[00:00:53]

Cigarette smoke to the ceiling sawdust on the floor friendly shadows[00:00:56]

Well I saw that there was just an old man that was sittin＇ at the bar[00:01:04]

And in the mirror I could see him checkin＇ me and my guitar[00:01:09]

And he turned and he said come up here boy and show us what you are[00:01:14]

I said I＇m dry he bought me a beer[00:01:19]

Then he nodded at my guitar and he said it＇s a tough life ain＇t it[00:01:24]

I just looked at him and he said you ain＇t making any money are you[00:01:29]

I said you been readin＇ my mail[00:01:34]

He just smiled and said let me see that guitar[00:01:37]

I got somethin＇ you ought to hear then he laid it on my ear[00:01:40]

If you waste your time a talkin＇ to the people[00:01:45]

Who don＇t listen to the things that you are saying [00:01:49]

Who do you thinks gonna hear [00:01:52]

And if you should die explaining how the things that they complain about[00:01:55]

Or the things they could be changing who do you thinks gonna care[00:02:00]

There were other lonely singers and the world turned deaf and blind[00:02:06]

Who were crucified for what they tried to show[00:02:11]

And their voices have been scattered by the swirling winds of time[00:02:16]

For the truth remains that no one wants to know[00:02:21]

Well the old man was a stranger but I＇d have heard his song before[00:02:26]

Back when failure had me locked out on the wrong side of the door[00:02:31]

When no one stood behind me but my shadow on the floor[00:02:36]

And lonesome was more than a state of mind[00:02:42]

You see a devil haunts a hungry man[00:02:46]

And if you don＇t wanna join him well you gotta beat him[00:02:52]

I ain＇t sayin＇ I beat the devil but I drink his beer for nothin＇[00:02:56]

And then I stole his song[00:03:03]

And you still can hear me singin＇ to the people who don＇t listen[00:03:06]

To the things that I am sayin＇ prayin＇ someone＇s gonna hear[00:03:11]

And I guess I＇ll die explaining how the things that they complain about[00:03:15]

Are things they could be changing hoping someone＇s gonna care[00:03:21]

I was born a lonely singer and I＇m bound to die the same[00:03:26]

But I＇ve gotta feed the hunger in my soul[00:03:32]

And if I never have a nickel I won＇t ever die in shame[00:03:38]

＇Cause I don＇t believe that no one wants to know[00:03:42]