Lives in the Balance-Jackson Browne

[ti:Lives In The Balance] [ar:Jackson Browne] [al:The Very Best of Jackson Browne] [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 [00:06.96]Written by：Jackson Bro [00:13.93]I've been waiting for something to happen
我一直期待着奇迹发生 [00:16.12] [00:17.24]For a week or a month or a year
一周一个月或者一年 [00:19.44] [00:20.76]With the blood in the ink of the headlines
新闻头条上沾满鲜血 [00:23.28] [00:24.32]And the sound of the crowd in my ear
熙熙攘攘的人群在我耳边响起 [00:26.44] [00:27.62]You might ask what it takes to remember
你可能会问要怎样才能让我铭记于心 [00:29.94] [00:30.86]When you know that you've seen it before
当你知道你早有体会时 [00:33.50] [00:34.58]Where a government lies to a people
那里的政府欺骗人民 [00:37.02] [00:38.04]And a country is drifting to war
一个国家陷入鏖战 [00:40.46] [00:41.25]And there's a shadow on the faces
你的脸庞蒙上阴影 [00:44.27] [00:45.12]Of the men who send the guns
那些送枪的人 [00:47.71] [00:48.50]To the wars that are fought in places
在某些地方爆发战争 [00:51.20] [00:51.98]Where their business interest runs
他们的商业利益在哪里 [00:54.65] [00:55.47]On the radio talk shows and the TV
上电台上脱口秀上电视 [00:58.17] [00:58.81]You hear one thing again and again
你反复听到一句话 [01:01.18] [01:02.60]How the USA stands for freedom
美国是如何支持自由的 [01:04.98] [01:05.79]And we come to the aid of a friend
我们是来帮助朋友的 [01:08.43] [01:09.60]But who are the ones that we call our friends
但谁是我们称之为朋友的人 [01:12.89]These governments killing their own
这些政府自相残杀 [01:15.21] [01:16.28]Or the people who finally can't take any more
还是那些再也无法忍受的人 [01:19.82]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 [01:23.26]There are lives in the balance
有些人命悬一线 [01:25.04] [01:25.90]There are people under fire
有人饱受煎熬 [01:28.42] [01:29.34]There are children at the cannons
枪声响起孩子们蠢蠢欲动 [01:31.95] [01:32.90]There are
有 [01:33.77]And there is blood on the wire
到处都是鲜血 [01:35.80] [02:15.85]There's a shadow on the faces
脸庞蒙上阴影 [02:18.28] [02:19.13]Of the men who fan the flames
那些推波助澜的人 [02:21.90] [02:22.49]Of the wars that are fought in places
到处都是战火纷飞的地方 [02:25.06] [02:26.02]We can't even say the names
我们甚至说不出名字 [02:28.86] [02:29.92]They sell us the president the same way
他们以同样的方式向我们推销总统 [02:33.33]They sell us our clothes and our cars
他们把我们的衣服和汽车卖给我们 [02:35.32] [02:36.77]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 [02:39.61] [02:40.34]The same time they sell us our wars
与此同时他们向我们兜售战争 [02:42.60] [02:43.30]I want to know who the men in the shadows are
我想知道阴影中的人是谁 [02:46.16] [02:46.76]I want to hear somebody asking them why
我想听到有人问我为什么 [02:49.37] [02:50.12]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 [02:53.89]But they're never the ones to fight or to die
但他们从来都不是会战斗会死亡的人 [02:57.29]And there are lives in the balance
生命危在旦夕 [02:59.07] [02:59.88]There are people under fire
有人饱受煎熬 [03:02.46] [03:03.42]There are children at the cannons
枪声响起孩子们蠢蠢欲动 [03:05.96] [03:06.89]There are
有 [03:07.66]And there is blood on the wire
到处都是鲜血