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A couple of years back, I come across a great and wasted friend of mine in the hallway of a recording studio; and while he was reciting some poetry to me that he'd written, I saw that he was about a step away from dyin' and I couldn't help but wonder why. And the lines of this song occurred to me. I'm happy to say he's no longer wasted and he's got him a good woman. And I'd like to dedicate this to John and June, who helped show me how to beat the devil. 几年前，我遇到地雷在录音室的走廊里的一大浪费的朋友;而当他背诵一些诗歌，我认为他写的，我看到他正一步之遥快要枯萎，我不禁想知道为什么。而这首歌的线路发生在我身上。我很高兴地说，他不再浪费，他有他的好女人。我想献给约翰和六月，谁帮我看看如何击败魔鬼。

   

It was winter time in Nashville, down on music city row. 那是冬天的时候在纳什维尔，倒在音乐城行。

And I was lookin' for a place to get myself out of the cold. 而我追寻的一个地方让自己走出寒冷。

To warm the frozen feelin' that was eatin' at my soul. 地暖冻感觉这是eatin 在我的灵魂。

Keep the chilly wind off my guitar. 保持阴风从我的吉他。

   

My thirsty wanted whisky; my hungry needed beans, 我渴了想威士忌;我饿了需要的豆子，

But it'd been of month of paydays since I'd heard that eagle scream. 但它会一直月份发薪日的，因为我听说老鹰尖叫。

So with a stomach full of empty and a pocket full of dreams, 所以有满肚子空和充满梦想的口袋里，

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 could call it a Tavern: 其实，我想你会可以把它称为一个小酒馆：

Cigarette smoke to the ceiling and sawdust on the floor; 香烟的烟雾对地板上的天花板和木屑;

Friendly shadows. 友情阴影。

   

I saw that there was just one old man sittin' at the bar. 我看到有一只老头正坐在酒吧。

And in the mirror I could see him checkin' me and my guitar. 并在镜子看到他签我和我的吉他。

An' he turned and said: "Come up here boy, and show us what you are." 一个“他转过身来，说：”来了这里的孩子，并告诉我们你是什么“

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 and said: "It's a tough life, ain't it?" 他点点头，在我的吉他，说：“这是一个艰难的生活，是不是”

I just looked at him. He said: "You ain't makin' any money, are you?" 我只是看着他。他说：“你是不是金什么钱，是吗？”

I said: "You've been readin' my mail." 我说： “你一直在看书我的邮件。 ”

He just smiled and said: "Let me see that guitar. 他只是笑着说： “让我看看那把吉他。

"I've got something you oughta hear." “我已经得到的东西，你现在应该听的。 ”

Then he laid it on me: 然后，他把它放在我：

   

[Sung:] [宋： ]

"If you waste your time a-talkin' to the people who don't listen, “如果你浪费你的时间 - 谈到谁不听话的人，

"To the things that you are sayin', who do you think's gonna hear. “要，你是在说的事情，你认为谁的会听到。

"And if you should die explainin' how the things that they complain about, “如果你死了地介绍一下”如何，他们抱怨的事情，

"Are things they could be changin', who do you think's gonna care?" “是的东西，他们可能会起了变化” ，你认为谁的会照顾？ “

   

There were other lonely singers in a world turned deaf and blind, 还有其他的寂寞歌手的世界变成聋子和瞎子，

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

And their voices have been scattered by the swirling winds of time. 而他们的声音被分散了时间的旋涡风。

'Cos the truth remains that no-one wants to know. “就算是事实仍然是，没有人想知道。

   

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Well, the old man was a stranger, but I'd heard his song before, 好了，老头是个陌生人，但我以前也听过他的歌，

Back when failure had me locked out on the wrong side of the door. 回来的时候失败了我锁定在门上的错误的一边。

When no-one stood behind me but my shadow on the floor, 当没有人站在我，但我的影子后面的地板上，

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，魔鬼纠缠着一个饥饿的人，

If you don't wanna join him, you got to beat him. 如果你不想和他一起，你必须打败他。

I ain't sayin' I beat the devil, but I drank his beer for nothing. 我是不是在说我打败魔鬼，但我喝他的啤酒白白。

Then I stole his song. 然后，我偷了他的歌。

   

[Sung:] [宋： ]

And you still can hear me singin' to the people who don't listen, 而且你还可以听到我唱到谁不听话的人，

To the things that I am sayin', prayin' someone's gonna hear. 为此，我在说的事“ ，祈祷”谁家将会听到。

And I guess I'll die explaining how the things that they complain about, 我想我会死的，解释如何的事情，他们抱怨，

Are things they could be changin', hopin' someone's gonna care. 有些事情可以把它们起了变化“ ，河滨谁家会照顾。

   

I was born a lonely singer, and I'm bound to die the same, 我出生在一个寂寞的歌手，我会消亡一样，

But I've got to feed the hunger in my soul. 不过，我得养活饥饿的我的灵魂。

And if I never have a nickel, I won't ever die ashamed. 如果我从来没有镍，我永远不会死感到羞愧。

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