Jeremiah Blues (Part 1) - Sting

It was midnight midnight at noon
那是午夜 正午的午夜
Everyone talked in rhyme
每个人都用韵律交谈
Everyone saw the big clock ticking
每个人都看到大钟在滴答作响
Nobody knew nobody knew the time
却无人知晓 无人知晓时间
Elegant debutantes smiled
优雅的社交名媛微笑着
Everyone fought for dimes
每个人都为小钱而争斗
Newspapers screamed for blood
报纸在叫嚣着要见血
It was the best of times
那是最美好的时代
Every place around the world it seemed the same
世界各地的每个角落似乎都如出一辙
Can't hear the rhythm for the drums
无法在鼓声中听到节奏
Everybody wants to look the other way
每个人都选择视而不见
When something wicked this way comes
当邪恶悄然降临
Sometimes they tie a thief to the tree
有时他们将小偷绑在树上
Sometimes I stare
有时我凝视
Sometimes it's me
有时那是我
Everyone told the truth
每个人都说了真话
All that we heard were lies
但我们听到的却都是谎言
A pope claimed that he'd been wrong in the past
一位教皇承认他过去错了
This was a big surprise
这真是个大惊喜
Everyone fell in love
每个人都坠入了爱河
A cardinal's wife was jailed
一位红衣主教的妻子被关进了监狱
The government saved a dying planet
政府拯救了一个垂死的星球
When popular icons failed
当流行偶像们失败时
Every place around the world it seemed the same
世界各地的每个角落似乎都如出一辙
Can't hear the rhythm for the drums
无法在鼓声中听到节奏
Everybody wants to look the other way
每个人都选择视而不见
When something wicked this way comes
当邪恶悄然降临
Sometimes they tie a thief to the tree
有时他们将小偷绑在树上
Sometimes I stare
有时我凝视
Sometimes it's me
有时那是我
Sometimes I stare
有时我凝视
Sometimes it's me
有时那是我