歌词
Men walkin' 'long the railroad tracks
男人们沿着铁轨走着
Goin' someplace and there's nowhere to go back
到了某个地方,却又无处可去
Highway patrol choppers comin' up over the ridge
公路巡逻直升机飞过山脊
Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge
桥下的篝火上正煮着热汤
Shelter line stretchin' round the corner
庇护线在拐角处伸展
Welcome to the new world order
欢迎来到新秩序的世界
Families sleepin' in their cars in the southwest
西南地区的人们正睡在他们的车里
No home no job no peace no rest
]没有家园,没有工作,没有安宁,没有休息
The highway is alive tonight
今晚的高速公路是活着的
Nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes
这并不是开玩笑,但没人知道它去向何处
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
我坐在灯光下的篝火旁
Waitin' on the ghost of Tom Joad
等待着汤姆乔德的鬼魂
Takes a prayer book out of his sleeping bag
我从睡袋里拿出一本祈祷书
Preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag
传教士向地上拽一拽并点燃了烟屁股
He waits for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last
他等待的终末或者就是开始
'neath a cardboard box in the underpass
在地下通道的一个纸板箱下面
You've got a one-way ticket to the promised land
你有一张去应许之地的单程票
You've got a hole in your belly and a gun in your hand
你肚子上有个洞,枪却在你的手中
Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock
我们睡在坚硬的岩石枕头上
Bathin' in the city aqueduct
在城市渡槽中沐浴
The highway is alive tonight
今晚的高速公路是活着的
But where it's headed everybody knows
这并不是开玩笑,但没人知道它去向何处
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
我坐在灯光下的篝火旁
Waitin' on the ghost of Tom Joad
等待着汤姆乔德的鬼魂
"Whenever there's a cop beatin' a guy
每当有警察殴打一个人时
Whenever a hungry newborn baby cries
每当饥饿的新生婴儿哭泣时
Where there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air
与空气中的血腥和仇恨作斗争的地方
Just look for me and I'll be there
如果你想找我,我就会在那里
Wherever there's somebody waitin' for a place to stand
那里终会有人在等待
Or a decent job or a helpin' hand
找寻一份体面的工作
Wherever there's somebody strugglin' to be free
那里总有人努力争取自由
Just look in their eyes and you'll see me"
只要看着他们的眼睛,你就会看到我
The highway is alive tonight
今晚的高速公路是活着的
Nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes
这并不是开玩笑,但没人知道它去向何处
I'm sittin' downhere in the campfire light
我坐在灯光下的篝火旁
Waitin' on the ghost of Tom Joad
等待着汤姆乔德的鬼魂
The highway is alive tonight
今晚的高速公路是活着的
Nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes
这并不是开玩笑,但没人知道它去向何处
I'm sittin' downhere in the campfire light
我坐在灯光下的篝火旁
With the ghost of old Tom Joad
和老汤姆乔德的鬼魂在一起
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