Will I see him on the TV preachin' 'bout the promised land 我会看到他在电视preachin 回合的应许之地

He tells me to believe in Jesus 他告诉我信耶稣

And steals the money from my hand 和抢断的钱从我手里

Some say he was a good man 有人说他是个好人

But Lord I think he sinned, yeah 但是，主啊，我觉得他犯了罪，是

   

Twenty-two years of mental tears 二十二年的精神眼泪

Cries a suicidal Vietnam vet 哭自杀越战老兵

Who fought a losing war on a foreign shore 谁打了一场战争失去对外国岸

To find his country didn't want him back 为了找到他的国家不希望他回来

   

Their bullets took his best friend in Saigon 他们的子弹把他最好的朋友在西贡

Our lawyers took his wife and kids, no regrets 我们的律师把他的妻子和孩子，无怨无悔

In a time I don't remember, in a war he can't forget 在一段时间我不记得了，在战争中，他不能忘记

He cried "Forgive me for what I've done there 他大声说“请原谅我我做了什么有

Cause I never meant the things I did" 因为我从未想过的事情，我做了“

   

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And give me something to believe in if there's a Lord above 给我的东西去相信，如果有一个以上的主

And give me something to believe in Oh, Lord arise 并给我一些相信哦，上帝出现

   

My best friend died a lonely man 我最好的朋友死了一个孤独的人

In some Palm Springs hotel room 在一些棕榈泉酒店房间

I got the call last Christmas Eve 我接到电话去年圣诞节前夕

And they told me the news 他们告诉我这个消息

   

I tried all night not to break down and cry 我试过整晚不崩溃而哭泣

As the tears rolled down my face 当眼泪滑过我的脸颊

I felt so cold and empty 我觉得那么冷空

Like a lost soul out of place 就像丢了魂出位

And the mirror mirror on the wall sees my smile it fades again 而墙上的镜子镜子看到我的笑容再次消失

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

   

Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now 有时候，我想上帝，我不知道现在

The things I didn't know then road you gotta take me home 这个事情我不知道那道你得带我回家

   

I drive by the homeless sleeping on a cold dark street 我开车的流浪汉睡在一个寒冷黑暗的街道

Like bodies in an open grave 像敞开的坟墓尸体

Underneath the broken old neon sign 下面的碎旧霓虹灯

That used to read JESUS SAVES 这用来读取耶稣拯救

   

A mile away live the rich folks 一英里之外的生活丰富的人

And I see how they're living it up 我看他们是如何活起来

While the poor they eat from hand to mouth 而穷人，他们吃了从手到口

The rich is drinkin' from a golden cup 有钱人是从金杯喝了

   

And it just makes me wonder why so many lose, so few win 它只是让我不知道为什么有那么多失去，所以很少赢

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

   

You take the high road and I'll take the low road 你走高端路线，我会走低价路线

   

Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now 有时候，我想上帝，我不知道现在

The things I didn't know then 的事情，我当时不知道

And give me something to believe in 给我的东西去相信