Man you should have seen me way back then 男人，你应该已经看到我回来的路上再

I could tell a tale, I could make a spin 我可以讲一个故事，我可以做一个旋

I could tell you black was white I could tell you day was night 我可以告诉你是黑白色的，我可以告诉你，那天晚上

Not only that I could tell you why 不仅如此，我可以告诉你为什么

Back then I could really tel a lie 当时我真的电话骗人的

   

Well I'd hire a kid to say he was lame 嗯，我想聘请一个孩子，说他是个瘸子

Then I'd touch him and make him walk again 然后我碰他，让他重新走路

Then I'd pull some magic trick I'd pretend to heal the sick 然后，我会拉一些魔术我假装治病

I was takin' everything they had to give 我被羚牛的一切，他们不得不放弃

It wasn't all that bad a way to live 这不是那么糟糕的方式生活

   

Well I'm in this desert town and it's hot as hell 嗯，我在这个沙漠小镇，它是热得像地狱

But no one's buyin' what I got to sell 但是，没有一个人买入我该怎么卖

I make my lame kid walk I make a dumb guy talk 我把我的跛脚的孩子走我做了愚蠢的家伙谈话

I'm preachin' up a storm both night and day 我preachin着一场暴风雨都晚一天

But everyone just turns and walks away 但是，大家也都轮流地走开

   

Well I can see that I'm only wasting time 好吧，我可以看到，我只是在浪费时间

So I head across the road to drink some wine 所以，我把头马路对面喝了点酒

This old man comes up to me He says I seen you on the street 这个老头过来给我他说我看到你在大街上

You're pretty good if I do say myself 你是相当不错的，如果我说我自己

But the guy that come thru here last month he was somethin' else 但来到这里直通的家伙上个月他事端其他

   

Instead of callin' out for fire from above 而不是呼唤出来的火从上面的

He just gets real quiet and talks about love 他刚刚获得真正的宁静和对爱情的会谈

And I'll tell you somethin' funny He didn't want nobody's money 我会告诉你事端来好笑，他不希望任何人的钱

Now I'm not exactly sure what this all means 现在，我不是很确定这就是想尽一切办法

But it's the damndest thing I swear I've ever seen 但它是我见过的damndest的事情我发誓

   

Well since that time every town is the same 嗯，因为那个时候每一个城市都是一样的

I can't make a dime, I don't know why I came 我不能让一毛钱，我不知道我为什么来

I decide I'll go and find him And find out who's behind him 我决定，我会去找他，并找出谁是他背后

He has everyone convinced that he's for real 他有大家相信，他是真正的

Well I figure we can work us out a deal 好吧，我图中我们可以工作我们洽谈生意

   

So he offers me a job and I say fine 于是，他为我提供了一份工作，我说罚款

He says I'll get paid off on down the line 他说，我去上了线见成效

Well I guess I'll string along Don't see how too much can go wrong 嗯，我想我会沿着字符串怎么看不到太多可能出错

As long as he pays my way I guess I'll follow 只要他支付我的方式，我想我会跟着

We're headed for Jerusalem tomorrow 我们走向明天的耶路撒冷