歌词与中文翻译
Across the border they turn
穿越边界他们把
Water into wine
水变成美酒
Some say it's the devil's blood
有人说那些美酒
They're squeezing from the vine
是他们从葡萄挤出的恶魔之血
Some say it's a saviour
有人却说
In these hard and desperate times
这是艰困时期的拯救者
For me it helps me to forget
对我而言它可以让我暂时忘记
That we're just born to die
我们是为了死亡而出生的
I came here like so many did
我像多数人一样
To find the better life
为了找寻更好的生活而来到这里
To find my piece of easy street
寻找富裕街道中属于我的角落
To finally be alive
让我能感受到自己还活着
And I know nothing good comes easy
我知道所有美好的事物得来不易
And all good things take some time
且美好的事物需要一些时间来得到
I made my bed I'll lie in it
在自己的床安祥
To die in it's the crime
死去是一件憾事
You can't help but prosper
你不用贡献一己之力此地照样繁荣
Where the streets are paved with gold
这里的街道由黄金铺成
They say the oil wells ran deeper here
他们说这里的油井比
than anybody's known
其他人想象的还要深
I packed up on my wife and kid
我把妻子、孩子送回家
And left them back at home
之后就回到这里
Now there's nothing in this paydirt
现在这里什么也没有
The ghosts are all I know
只有许多我熟识的鬼魂
Now the oil's gone
油已经被开采光了
The money's gone
钱也没了
And the jobs are gone
连工作也没有了
Still we're hangin'on
却只剩下我们还苦撑在
Down in dry county
这干旱之郡
They're swimming in the sand
人们在沙漠中泅泳
Praying for some holy water
祈祷天降神圣之雨
To wash the sins from off our hand
以洗涤我们的罪
Here in dry county
这干旱之郡
The promise has run dry
所有的希望随之风干
Where nobody cries
在这里没有人哭泣
And no one's getting out of here alive
而且没有人能活着离开这里
In the blessed name of Jesus
「奉主耶稣之圣名」
I heard a preacher say
我听见牧师说
That we are God's children
我们是神的子民
And He'd be back someday
总有一天祂会回来拯救我们
And I hoped that he knew
我希望牧师知道某些事情
Something as he drank his cup of wine
就像他懂得喝酒一样
I didn't have too good of a feeling
晚上外出时
As I head out to the night
我的心情并没有太好
I cursed the sky to open
我咒骂天空希望它能打开
I begged the clouds for rain
还向云朵祈求雨水
I prayed to God for water
我的血管像被火烧一样的难过
For this burning in my veins
因此我向神祈雨
It was like my soul's on fire
那感觉就像灵魂在燃烧
And I had to watch the flames
但我却只能眼睁睁地看着火舌将我吞噬
All my dreams went up in ashes
我所有的梦想被焚毁成为灰烬
And my future blew away
我的未来已被扼杀