Long Shadow - Joe Strummer

Long Shadow - Joe Strummer

Well I'll tell you one thing that I know
我会告诉你一件你知道的事
You don't face you demons down
你不会面对你的恶魔
You got to grab em jack 'em and pin 'em to the ground
在大地上你必须抓住
The devil may care maybe god he won't
魔鬼可能会关心，可上帝不会
Better you make sure you check on the do's and don'ts
最好你要确保你会核实自己该做的和不该做的
Crawl up the mountain to reach where the eagles fly
爬上山那边，在鹰飞的地方
Sure you can't glimpse from the mountain top
当然,你不能从山顶看到
Where the soul of the muse might rise
上升的灵魂可能在哪里
And if you put it all together you won't have to look around
如果你把它放在一起，你就不会四处张望
You know you cast a long shadow on the ground
你知道你在地上投下了长长的影子
Then one day I could tell my tracks
然后有一天，我可以告诉我自己
By the holes in the soles of my shoes
我的鞋底有个洞
And that's the day I said I'm gonna make the news
就是那天，我要去制造新闻
And falling back in the garden of days so long ago
很久以前，在花园里的日子
Somewhere in the memory the sun shines on you boy
在记忆的某个地方，太阳照耀着你，男孩
Playing in the arroyos but they the american rivers flows
在河里玩耍，但河水还在流淌
From the appalachians down to the delta roads
从阿帕拉契山脉到三角洲公路
A man can thinks so long his brain could well explode
一个人思考这么长时间，他的大脑很可能爆炸
There's trains runnin through the junctions
通过连接火车，然后逃跑
And king cottons down the road
去棉花国度的路上
And if you put it all together you won't have to look around
如果你把它放在一起，你就不会四处张望
You know you cast a long shadow on the ground
你知道你在地上投下了长长的影子
Listen to the country the night jar and the bell
听听那个城市夜晚的喧嚣声
Listen to the the night streamliner
听着夜里的流线型火车声
Sounding like the wolves of hell
听起来像来自地狱的狼
Head for the water the waters of the cleansing spell
水龙头的水很干净
It was always our destination on the express of the ner do wells
它是我想去的终极目的地
And we rock through madison city
我们通过麦迪逊市
Man we didn't even know she was there
我们甚至不知道她人在那里
When we hit the baffles in memphis
当我们在孟菲斯撞到挡板
And beale street didn't have no prayer
这个街道上没有祈祷的人
I hear punks talk of anarchy I hear hobos on the railroads
我听说了无政府状态，我看到了铁路上的流浪汉
I hear mutterings on the chain gangs
我听到那些团伙在抱怨
It's those men who build the roads
就是那些人修建的道路
And if you put it all together you didn't even once relent
如果你把它放在一起，你就不会变得温和
You cast a long shadow and that is your testament
你的影子,是你的证明
Somewhere in my soul there's always rock 'n' roll yeah
我的灵魂总在摇滚