I went to see the preacher to teach me how to pray 我去见牧师教我如何祷告

He looked at me and smiled 他看着我，笑了

Then that preacher turned away 那么传道人拒之门外

He said if you want to tell him something 他说，如果你想告诉他什么

You ain't gotta fold your hands 你是不是得折叠你的手

Say it with your heart, your soul and believe it 说出来你的心脏，你的灵魂，并相信它

And I'd say amen 然后我说阿门

   

Bang a drum for the sinners 砰的一鼓的罪人

Bang a drum for the sins 砰的一鼓的罪

Bang a drum for the losers 砰的一鼓的失败者

And those who win 和那些谁赢

Bang a drum, bang it loudly 的一声鼓，大声砰它

Or as soft as you need 或柔软如您需要

Bang a drum for yourself son 的一声鼓为自己的儿子

And a drum for me 和鼓为我

Ooh, let me hear you say yeah (yeah), hallelujah, amen 哦，让我听到你说的是啊（是啊） ，哈利路亚，阿门

   

I called upon my brother just the other day 我曾呼吁我的弟弟就在几天前

He said: John I'm gonna die if I don't start to live again 他说：约翰我，如果我不开始重新生活会死

I work each day and night like clockwork 我每天白天和晚上发条一样工作

Just trying to make ends meet 只是想糊口

I could kick this bad world's ass 我可以踢这个坏世界的屁股

If I could just get on my feet 如果我能得到我的脚

   

I'd bang a drum for the dying 我砰的一鼓奄奄一息

Bang a drum for the truth 的一声鼓真相

Bang a drum for the innocence lost in our youth 砰的一鼓的纯真在我们失去的青春

Bang a drum, bang it loudly 的一声鼓，大声砰它

Or as soft as you need 或柔软如您需要

Bang a drum for you brother 砰的一鼓的，你的兄弟

And a drum for me 和鼓为我

   

I don't know where all the rivers run 我不知道，所有的江河

I don't know how far, I don't know how come 我不知道有多远，我不知道怎么来的

Well I'm gonna die believin' each step that I take 嗯，我会死believin “我走的每一步

Ain't worth the ground that I walk on 是不值得的，我走在地面上

If we don't walk it our way 如果我们不走它的路

   

[Guitar solo] (ooh...) [吉他独奏] （哦...... ）

   

No I don't claim to be a wiseman, a poet or a saint 不，我不算得上是智者，诗人或一个圣人

I'm just another man who's searching for a better way 我只是一个人谁是寻找一种更好的方式

But my heart beats loud as thunder 但我的心脏跳动大声如雷霆

For the things that I believe 对于那些相信的事情

Sometimes I wanna run for cover 有时我想运行的封面

Sometimes I want to scream 有时候，我想尖叫

   

Bang a drum for tomorrow 的一声鼓明天

Bang a drum for the past 的一声鼓过去

Bang a drum for the heroes that won't come back 砰的一鼓的，不会回来的英雄们

Bang a drum for the promise 砰的一鼓的承诺

Bang a drum for the lies 砰的一鼓的谎言

Bang a drum for the lovers and the tears they've cried 砰的一鼓的爱好者，他们哭了，眼泪

Bang a drum, bang it loudly 的一声鼓，大声砰它

Or as soft as you need 或柔软如您需要

But as long as my heart keeps on bangin' 但只要在bangin我的心脏保持

I got a reason to believe (I got a reason to believe) 我有一个理由去相信（我有一个理由去相信）

   

(Yeah, yeah, oh yeah, yeah, hallelujah, amen) （是啊，是啊，噢，对了，哈利路亚，阿门）

Let me hear you say yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) oh yeah 让我听到你说的是啊（是啊）是啊（是啊）哦耶

Let me hear you say yeah (yeah) hallelujah, amen 让我听到你说的是啊（是啊）哈利路亚，阿们！

Come on now (yeah) yeah (yeah) oh yeah 现在来吧（是啊）是啊（是啊）哦耶

Let me hear you say yeah (yeah) hallelujah, amen 让我听到你说的是啊（是啊）哈利路亚，阿们！

All right girls (yeah) brother (yeah) yeah (yeah) oh yeah 好的女孩（是啊）兄弟（耶）是啊（是啊）哦耶

Let me hear you say yeah (yeah) hallelujah, amen 让我听到你说的是啊（是啊）哈利路亚，阿们！