歌词
Johnny wanna be a big star
Johnny想当大明星
Get on stage and play the guitar
在台上表演弹吉他
Make a little money, buy a fancy car
赚点钱，买一辆漂亮的车
Big old house and an alligator
大房子和鳄鱼
Just to match with them alligator shoes
为了让它们和我的鳄鱼皮鞋相配
He's a rich man so he's no longer singing the blues
他是有钱人了，再也不唱布鲁斯
He's singing songs about material things
他开始为物质而唱歌
And platinum rings and watches that go bling
一闪一闪的手表和戒指
But, diamonds don't bling in the dark
但是，钻石并不会在黑暗中发光
He a star now, but he ain't singing from the heart
他是明星了现在，但他的歌儿并不是发自内心
Sooner or later he's just gonna fall apart
或早或晚他终究会不那么红
Coz his fans can't relate to his new found art
Coz的粉丝们很难将他和他的新艺术形式联系起来
He ain't doing what he did from the start
他不再做开始的时候做的那些了
And thats putting in some feeling and thought
曾经的音乐有他自己的感受和思想
He decided to live his life shallow
他曾决定为自己而活
Passion is love for material
激情是对物质的热爱的时候
And its gone... gone... going...
已经过去
Gone... everything gone... give a damn...
过去了，都不再重要
Gone be the birds when they don't want to sing...
被迫像鸟一般唱歌的日子已经过去
Gone people... up awkward with their things... gone.
所有的一切都会过去
You see yourself in the mirror
你在镜子里看看自己
And you feel safe coz it looks familiar
你感觉安全，Coz还是那么地熟悉
But you afraid to open up your soul
但是你害怕打开自己的灵魂
Coz you don't really know, don't really know
Coz你并不知道，你不知道
Who is, the person that's deep within
你到底是谁
Coz you are content with just being the nieve brown man
Coz你却对成为这个无知的人而满意
And you fail to see that its trivial
而你没有看到他的本质
Insignificant, you addicted to material
不重要，你已利欲熏心
I've seen your kind before
我曾看到你的美好
Your the type that thinks souls is sold in a store
你将灵魂拿到商店里变卖
Packaged up with inscent sticks
换取谋生的火柴
With them vegetarian meals
和美味佳肴
To you that's righteous
对你的公正
You're fiction like books
你像一本虚构的书
You need to go out to life and look
你应该跳出生活，去看一看
Coz... what happens when they take your material
Coz，当他们取走的一切你会怎样
You already sold your soul
你已经出卖了灵魂
And its gone... gone... going...
已经过去
Gone... everything gone... give a damn...
过去了，都不再重要
Gone be the birds when they don't want to sing...
被迫像鸟一样歌唱的日子也会过去
Gone people... up awkward with their things... gone.
所有的一切都终将逝去
You say that time is money and money is time
你说时间就是金钱，金钱就是时间
So you got mind in your money and your money on your mind
所以你把金钱放在心上，把心放在了钱上
但是你为钱所犯的罪恶该怎么算呢
But what about... that crime that you did to get paid
还有你违背良心的出价
And what about... that bid, you can't take it to your brain
你为什么要穿今天的这双鞋
Why you on about those shoes you'll wear today
它们并不会对你将来的路有任何好处
They'll do no good on the bridges you've walked along the way
你挣得钱会用光
你的摇滚乐器会坏掉
All that money that you got gonna be gone
你在山庄的房子会被卖掉
That gear that you rock gonna be gone
你烤盘的的镀金也会消失
The house up on the hill gonna be gone
你手腕上的冰也会消失
The gold -- on your grill gonna be gone
美丽的小姐会离你而去
The ice on your wrist gonna be gone
驱动你前进的鞭子会消失
That nice little Miss gonna be gone
最可悲的是你的灵魂也会消失
That whip that you roll gonna be gone
所有都会过去
And what's worst is your soul will be gone
不再那么重要
And its gone... gone... going...
被迫像鸟一样歌唱的日子也会过去
Gone... everything gone... give a damn...
所有的一切都终将逝去
Gone be the birds when they don't want to sing...
Gone people... up awkward with their things... gone.
专辑信息
1.Free
3.Imagine
10.Breakdown
11.Rodeo Clowms
12.Home
14.Rainbow
15.IBD Medley
18.The Cove
23.Butter Nut
24.Moonshine