To Beat The Devil-Johnny Cash

[ti:To Beat The Devil] [ar:Johnny Cash] [al:16 Biggest Hits Volume II] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]To Beat The Devil - Johnny Cash (约翰尼·卡什) [00:11.56]It was winter time in Nashville down on Music Row [00:16.98]And I was lookin＇ for a place to get myself out of the cold [00:21.73]To warm the frozen feelin＇ that was eatin＇ at my soul [00:26.68]And keep the chilly wind off me and my guitar [00:31.39]Well my thirsty wanted whiskey and my hungry needed beans [00:36.43]But it had been a month of payday since I heard that eagle scream [00:41.43]So with a stomach full of empty and a pocket full of dreams [00:46.50]I left my pride and stepped inside a bar [00:53.30]Actually I guess you＇d call it a tavern [00:56.36]Cigarette smoke to the ceiling sawdust on the floor friendly shadows [01:04.04]Well I saw that there was just an old man that was sittin＇ at the bar [01:09.78]And in the mirror I could see him checkin＇ me and my guitar [01:14.09]And he turned and he said come up here boy and show us what you are [01:19.21]I said I＇m dry he bought me a beer [01:24.08]Then he nodded at my guitar and he said it＇s a tough life ain＇t it [01:29.51]I just looked at him and he said you ain＇t making any money are you [01:34.49]I said you been readin＇ my mail [01:37.11]He just smiled and said let me see that guitar [01:40.44]I got somethin＇ you ought to hear then he laid it on my ear [01:45.13]If you waste your time a talkin＇ to the people [01:49.00]Who don＇t listen to the things that you are saying [01:52.69]Who do you thinks gonna hear [01:55.24]And if you should die explaining how the things that they complain about [02:00.54]Or the things they could be changing who do you thinks gonna care [02:06.67]There were other lonely singers and the world turned deaf and blind [02:11.97]Who were crucified for what they tried to show [02:16.71]And their voices have been scattered by the swirling winds of time [02:21.88]For the truth remains that no one wants to know [02:26.88]Well the old man was a stranger but I＇d have heard his song before [02:31.74]Back when failure had me locked out on the wrong side of the door [02:36.86]When no one stood behind me but my shadow on the floor [02:42.10]And lonesome was more than a state of mind [02:46.91]You see a devil haunts a hungry man [02:52.03]And if you don＇t wanna join him well you gotta beat him [02:56.77]I ain＇t sayin＇ I beat the devil but I drink his beer for nothin＇ [03:03.64]And then I stole his song [03:06.50]And you still can hear me singin＇ to the people who don＇t listen [03:11.50]To the things that I am sayin＇ prayin＇ someone＇s gonna hear [03:15.86]And I guess I＇ll die explaining how the things that they complain about [03:21.99]Are things they could be changing hoping someone＇s gonna care [03:26.43]I was born a lonely singer and I＇m bound to die the same [03:32.24]But I＇ve gotta feed the hunger in my soul [03:38.11]And if I never have a nickel I won＇t ever die in shame [03:42.97]＇Cause I don＇t believe that no one wants to know