It was winter time in Nashville 那是冬天的时候在纳什维尔

Down on Music City Row 倒在音乐城行

I was lookin' for a place to get 我追寻的一个地方得到

Myself out of the cold 我自己出的冷

To warm the frozen feelin' 地暖冻感觉

That was eatin' at my soul 这是eatin 在我的灵魂

And keep the chilly winds off my guitar. 并保持在寒冷的风把我的吉他。

   

My thirsty wanted whiskey 我渴了想要的威士忌

And my hunger needed beans 而我的饥饿需要的豆

But I guess it'd been a month of payday 但我想它会在一个月发薪日以来

Since I heard that eagle scream 因为我听说鹰尖叫

So with a stomach full of empty 因此，一个完整的空腹

And a pocket full of dreams 和一个充满梦想的口袋

I left my pride and stepped inside a bar 我离开了我的骄傲，走到里面一间酒吧

Actually I guess you'd call it a tavern 其实我猜你会称之为一个小酒馆

Cigarette smoke to the ceiling 香烟烟雾天花板

Sawdust on the floor friendly shadows. 木屑的地板上友好的阴影。

   

I saw that there was just 我看到，有刚

An old man sittin' at the bar 一位老人正坐在酒吧

In the mirror I could see him 在镜子里看到他

Checkin' me and my guitar 签我和我的吉他

He said come up here boy 他说，这里的孩子想出

Show us what you are 告诉我们你是什么

I said I'm dry, he bought me a beer 我说我干的，他给我买了啤酒

He nodded at my guitar. 他在我的吉他点了点头。

   

Said it's a tough life ain't it 说，这是一个艰难的生活是不是

I just looked at him 我只是看着他

And he said you ain't 他说你是不是

Makin' any money are you 金钱是你

I said you been readin' my mail 我说你一直在看书我的信箱

He just smiled and said let me see that guitar 他只是笑笑，说让我看看那把吉他

I got somethin' you oughta hear 我得到了事端，你现在应该听

Then he laid it on me. 然后，他把它放在我的。

   

If you waste your time a talkin' 如果你浪费你的时间说话“

To the people who don't listen 为了谁不听的人

To the things that you are sayin' 为了您在说的事情

Who do you thinks gonna hear 谁做你认为将会听到

And if you should die explainin' 如果你死了地介绍一下“

How the thing they complain about 他们怎么抱怨的事

Or the things they could be changing 或事情，他们可能会改变

Who do you thinks gonna care. 谁做你认为会照顾。

   

There were lots of other singers 有很多其他歌手的

In the world turned deaf and blind 在世界上变成聋子和瞎子

Who were crucified for what they tried to show 谁被钉在十字架上为他们试图表明

Now their voices have been scattered 现在，他们的声音已散

By the swirling winds of time 通过时间的漩风

And the truth remains that no one wants to know. 而事实仍然是，没有人愿意知道。

   

Well, the old man was a stranger 好了，老头是个陌生人

But I'd've heard his song before 但Idve之前听过他的歌

Back when failure had me locked out 回来的时候失败了我锁定

On the wrong side of the door 在门上的错误的一边

No one stood behind me but my shadow on the floor 没有人站在我，但我的影子在地上的背后

And lonesome was more than a state of mind 寂寞是多一种心态

   

You see the devil haunts a hungry man 你看到魔鬼纠缠着一个饥饿的人

And if you don't wanna join him 如果你不想和他一起

Well, he's gotta figure out someway to beat him 那么，他的得弄明白好歹打他

And I ain't sayin' I beat the devil 我是不是在说我打败魔鬼

But I drink his beer for nothin' 但我喝他的啤酒没什么

And then I stole his song 然后，我偷了他的歌

   

You can still hear me singin' 你仍然可以听到我唱

To the people who don't listen 为了谁不听的人

To the things that I am sayin' 要，我说的事情

Prayin' someone's gonna hear 祈祷“谁家将会听到

And I guess I'll die explaining 我想我会死的解释

How the things that they complain about 如何，他们抱怨的东西

Are things they could be changin' 有些事情可以把它们起了变化“

Hopin' someone's gonna care. 河滨谁家要去照顾。

   

I was born to be a singer 我是天生的歌手

And I'm bound to die the same 而且我会消亡一样

But I've got to feed this hunger in my soul 不过，我得养活这个饥饿在我的灵魂

If I never have a nickel 如果我从来没有镍

I won't even die in shame 我什至不会死在耻辱

'Cause I don't believe that no one wants to know... 因为我不相信没有人想知道...