Good evening Mr.Waldheim 晚上好Mr.Waldheim

And Pontiff how are you? 与教宗你怎么样？

You have so much in common 你有如此多的共同之处

In the things you do 在你做的事情

   

And here comes Jesse Jackson 在这里，来自杰西·杰克逊

He talks of Common Ground 他谈到共同点

Does that Common Ground include me 这是否共同点，包括我

Or is it just a sound? 或者是它只是一个声音？

   

A sound that shakes 那摇一条声

Oh Jesse, you must watch the sounds you make 哦，杰西，你必须看你发出的声音

A sound that quakes 在地震健全的

There are fears that still reverberate 人们担心，仍然回荡

   

Jesse you say Common Ground 杰西你说共同点

Does that include the PLO? 这是否包括巴解组织？

What about people right here right now 怎么样的人就在这里，现在

Who fought for you not so long ago? 谁打你不是很久以前？

   

The words that flow so freely 这使自由流动的话

falling dancing from your lips 从你的嘴唇落下跳舞

I hope that you don't cheapen them 我希望你不要贬低他们

with a racist slip 与种族主义滑

   

Oh Common Ground 哦共同点

Is Common Ground a word or just a sound? 共同点的词或只是一个声音？

Common Ground 共同点

Remember those civil rights workers buried in the ground 记住埋在地下的民权工作者

   

If I ran for President 如果我竞选总统

And once was a member of the Klan 而曾经是三K党成员

Wouldn't you call me on it 难道你不叫我就可以了

The way I call you on Farrakhan 我叫你上法拉坎方式

   

And Pontiff, pretty Pontiff 和教皇，教皇漂亮

Can anyone shake your hand? 任何人都不能动摇你的手？

Or is it just that you like uniforms 或只是你喜欢制服

And someone kissing your hand 有人吻你的手

   

Or is it true 或者是真的

The Common Ground for me includes you too? 共同点为我，包括你吗？

Oh, oh, is it true 哦，哦，是真的

The Common Ground for me includes you too? 共同点为我，包括你吗？

   

Good evening Mr.Waldheim 晚上好Mr.Waldheim

Pontiff how are you? 教宗你怎么样？

As you both stroll through the woods at night 当你俩穿过树林，晚上逛

I'm thinking thoughts of you 我想对你的思念

   

And Jesse you're inside my thoughts 耶西你在我的思念

As the rhythmic words subside 随着有节奏的话消退

My Common Ground invites you in 我的共同基础诚邀您的

Or do you prefer to wait outside 还是你更喜欢在外面等着

   

Or is it true 或者是真的

The Common Ground for me is without you 对我来说，共同点是没有你

Or is it true 或者是真的

The Common Ground for me is without you 对我来说，共同点是没有你

Oh is it true 呵呵，这是真的

There's no Ground Common enough for me and you 有没有接地常见足以让我和你