Lives In The Balance-Jackson Browne

[ti:Lives In The Balance] [ar:Jackson Browne] [al:Solo Acoustic Vol. 1] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Lives In The Balance - Jackson Browne (杰克逊·布朗)
以下歌词翻译由微信翻译提供 [00:07.47]Ive been waiting for something to happen
我一直期待着奇迹发生 [00:09.47] [00:10.90]For a week or a month or a year
一周一个月或者一年 [00:13.02] [00:14.40]With the blood in the ink of the headlines
新闻头条上沾满鲜血 [00:16.82] [00:18.01]And the sound of the crowd in my ear
熙熙攘攘的人群在我耳边响起 [00:20.20] [00:21.19]You might ask what it takes to remember
你可能会问要怎样才能让我铭记于心 [00:23.44] [00:24.63]When you know that youve seen it before
当你知道你早有体会时 [00:26.81] [00:28.56]Where a government lies to a people
那里的政府欺骗人民 [00:30.50] [00:32.05]And a country is drifting to war
一个国家陷入鏖战 [00:33.80] [00:35.61]And theres a shadow on the faces
脸庞蒙上阴影 [00:38.11] [00:38.98]Of the men who send the guns
那些送枪的人 [00:41.48] [00:42.47]To the wars that are fought in places
在某些地方爆发战争 [00:45.06] [00:45.94]Where their business interest runs
他们的商业利益在哪里 [00:48.06] [00:49.49]On the radio talk shows and the tv
上电台上脱口秀上电视 [00:51.99] [00:52.67]You hear one thing again and again
你反复听到一句话 [00:54.80] [00:56.56]How the usa stands for freedom
美国如何支持自由 [00:58.88] [00:59.96]And we come to the aid of a friend
我们是来帮助朋友的 [01:02.62] [01:03.75]But who are the ones that we call our friends
但谁是我们称之为朋友的人 [01:06.99]These governments killing their own
这些政府自相残杀 [01:09.42] [01:10.48]Or the people who finally cant take any more
还是那些再也无法忍受的人 [01:13.35] [01:14.28]And they pick up a gun or a brick or a stone
他们拿起一把枪或者一块砖头或者石头 [01:17.53]There are lives in the balance
有些人命悬一线 [01:19.15] [01:20.15]There are people under fire
有人饱受煎熬 [01:22.34] [01:23.64]There are children at the cannons
枪声响起孩子们蠢蠢欲动 [01:25.89] [01:28.08]And there is blood on the wire
到处都是鲜血 [01:30.51] [01:49.86]Theres a shadow on the faces
脸庞蒙上阴影 [01:52.17] [01:53.42]Of the men who fan the flames
那些推波助澜的人 [01:55.92] [01:56.86]Of the wars that are fought in places
到处都是战火纷飞的地方 [01:59.48] [02:00.47]Where we cant even say the names
我们甚至不能说出他们的名字 [02:02.54] [02:03.97]They sell us the president the same way
他们以同样的方式向我们推销总统 [02:06.90] [02:07.52]They sell us our clothes and our cars
他们把我们的衣服和汽车卖给我们 [02:10.14] [02:11.02]They sell us every thing from youth to religion
他们向我们兜售各种东西从年轻人到宗教信仰 [02:13.46] [02:14.33]The same time they sell us our wars
与此同时他们向我们兜售战争 [02:16.32] [02:17.45]I want to know who the men in the shadows are
我想知道阴影中的人是谁 [02:20.19] [02:20.76]I want to hear somebody asking them why
我想听到有人问我为什么 [02:23.13] [02:24.37]They can be counted on to tell us who our enemies are
他们会告诉我们谁是我们的敌人 [02:27.99]But theyre never the ones to fight or to die
但他们从来都不是会战斗会死亡的人 [02:31.43]And there are lives in the balance
生命危在旦夕 [02:33.98]There are people under fire
有人饱受煎熬 [02:36.29] [02:37.66]There are children at the cannons
枪声响起孩子们蠢蠢欲动 [02:39.91] [02:42.29]And there is blood on the wire
到处都是鲜血