歌词
It was just a little while past the sunset strip,
刚经过日落大道的不远，
They found the girl's body in an open pit,
他们在敞开的深坑里发现了一名女子的尸体，
Her mouth was sewn shut, but her eyes were still wide,
她的双唇被紧紧缝在一起，但她的眼睛却睁得大大的，
Gazing through the fog to the other side,
凝视着茫茫大雾中的另一端，
They booked me on a whim and threw me deep in jail,
警察们潦草结案，归罪与我，将我扔进监狱，
With no bail, sitting silent on a rusty pail,
没有保释，我静静坐在生锈的桶旁边，
Just gazing at the marks on the opposite wall,
只能盯着对面墙上的涂鸦发呆，
Remembering the music of my lover's call,
回想着爱人的呼唤，
So you make no mistake,
所以你别搞错了，
I know just what it takes,
我只是知道，
To pull a man's soul back from heaven's gates,
为了从天堂门口拯救回一个人的灵魂需要付出些什么，
I've been wandering in the dark about as long as sin,
我一直徘徊在黑暗与罪孽之中，
But they say it's never too late to start again,
但人们都说什么时候重来都不晚，
Oh when, oh when,
噢，什么时候，
Will the spirit come a calling for my soul's sin,
什么时候圣灵会来召走我灵魂的罪恶？
Oh when, oh when,
噢，什么时候，
Will the keys to the kingdom be mine again?
什么时候我才能再次拥有通往王国的钥匙？
It was dark as the grave, it was just about three,
这里如坟墓般黑暗，但只要数到三，
When the warden with his key came to set me free,
监狱长就会带着钥匙来释放我，
They gave me five dollars and a secondhand suit,
他们给我五美元和一套二手西装，
A pistol and a hat and a worn out flute,
一把手枪，一顶帽子，一支破旧的长笛，
So I took a bus down to the Rio Grande,
我搭上巴士来到了格兰德河，
And I shot a man down on the edge of town,
在城镇边缘我射杀了一个人，
Then I stole me a horse and I rode it around,
我偷了他的马，骑着它四处逛，
Til the sheriff pulled me in and sat me down,
直到警长把我抓到，将我按住，
He said, you make no mistake,
他说，你别搞错了，
I know just what it takes,
我只是知道，
To pull a man's soul back from heaven's gates,
为了从天堂门口拯救回一个人的灵魂需要付出些什么，
I've been wandering in the dark about as long as sin,
我一直徘徊在黑暗与罪孽之中，
But they say it's never too late to start again,
但人们都说什么时候重来都不晚，
Oh when, oh when,
噢，什么时候，
Will the spirit come a calling for my soul to sin,
什么时候圣灵会来召走我灵魂的罪恶？
Oh when, oh when,
噢，什么时候，
Will the keys to the kingdom be mine again?
什么时候我才能再次拥有通往王国的钥匙？
Well the sheriff let me go with a knife and a song,
警长放我走了，给了我一把刀和一首歌，
So I took the first train up to Oregon,
所以我赶上了第一班通往俄勒冈州的火车，
And I killed the first man that I came upon,
杀了我遇到的第一个人，
Because the devil works quick, you know it don't take long,
因为恶魔总是速战速决，你知道这花不了什么时间，
Then I went to the river ford to take a swim,
然后我去了河滩边游泳，
You know that black river water is as black as sin,
你知道黑河的水如同罪恶一样乌黑肮脏，
And I washed myself clean as a newborn babe,
我把自己洗得干干净净，如同初生的婴儿，
And then I picked up a rock for to sharpen my blade,
又找了一块石头，来磨利我的刀片，
Oh when, oh when,
噢，什么时候，
Will the spirit come a calling for my soul's sin,
什么时候圣灵会来召走我灵魂的罪恶？
Oh when, oh when,
噢，什么时候，
Will the keys to the kingdom be mine again?
什么时候我才能再次拥有通往王国的钥匙？
Oh when, oh when,
噢，什么时候，
Will that black river water wash me clean again,
什么时候黑河水才能再次把我洗干净？
Oh when, oh when,
噢，什么时候，
Will thee keys to the kingdom be mine again,
什么时候我才能再次拥有通往王国的钥匙？
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