Walking down death row 走死囚

I sang for three men destined for the chair 我唱了三个人往椅子

Walking down death row 走死囚

I sang of lives and loves in other years 我唱的生命和爱在其他年份

Walking down death row 走死囚

I sang of hopes that used to be 我歌唱希望，曾经是

Through the bars 通过酒吧

Into each separate cell 在每个独立的单元格

I sang for one and two and three 我唱一和二，三

"If you'd only only stuck together “如果你只只粘在一起

You'd not be here 你会不会在这里

If you could've loved each other's lives 如果你能曾经深爱彼此的生活

You'd not be sitting here 你会不会坐在这里

And if only this you could believe 如果只有这一点，你可以相信

You still might, you might still be reprieved" 你还可能，你可能还在缓刑“

   

Walking down death row 走死囚

I turned the corner and found to my surprise 我转过拐角，发现让我吃惊

There were women there as well 有女有作为

With babies in their arms before my eyes 随着在我眼前的婴儿在他们的武器

Walking down death row 走死囚

I tried once more to sing of hopes that used to be 我试过一次唱的希望，曾经是

But the thought of that contraption down the hall 但是，这玩意儿在大厅的思想

Waiting for whole families 等待全家

One dozen, two, or three 一打，两个或三个

"If you'd only stuck together “如果你只粘在一起

You'd not be here 你会不会在这里

If you could've loved another's child as well as yours 如果你能一直爱别人的孩子，以及你

You'd not be sitting here 你会不会坐在这里

And if only this you could believe 如果只有这一点，你可以相信

You still might, you might still be reprieved" 你还可能，你可能还在缓刑“

   

Walking down death row 走死囚

I concentrated, singing to the young 我专注，唱歌的年轻

I sang of hopes that flickered still 我歌唱希望，依然闪烁的

I tried to mouth their many separate tongues 我试图口的许多单独的舌头

Walking down death row 走死囚

I sang of life and love that still might be 我唱的生活和爱情仍可能

Singing, singing down death row 唱歌，唱下来死囚

To each separate human cell 每一个独立的人的细胞

One billion, two, or three 一十亿，两个或三个

"If we'd only stick together “如果我们只想要黏在一起

We'd not be here 我们会不会在这里

If we could learn to love each other's lives 如果我们能学会爱彼此的生活

We'd not be sitting here 我们会不会坐在这里

And if only this you would believe 如果只有这一点，你会相信

We still might, we might still be reprieved" 我们仍然可能，我们可能仍缓刑“