That Old King James

Preacher gave it to him when he was eight
傳教士在他八歲的時候把它給了他
That Sunday morning he got saved in that little church
那個星期天的早晨，他在那個小教堂裡得救了
Grandaddy totted it to Bible school
爺爺把它蹣跚著帶到了神學院
I bet back then it looked brand new, not a faded word
我敢打賭那時候它看起來是全新的，而不是一個褪色的
Now the cover's torn and the leather's worn... on that Old King James
現在封面破了，皮也破了...就如同那個老國王詹姆斯
He took it with him overseas, England, France and Germany
他把它帶到了海外，英國，法國和德國
Right there in the middle of hell
帶到了罪惡的中央
Said he read it every night, he swore that it'd saved his life
他說他每天晚上都讀這本書，他發誓說這本書救了他的命
His only hope when there was no hope left
當沒有希望的時候，他唯一的希望
Was in that Old King James
就在那本褪色的書裡

在他去世的那天他把它傳給了媽媽
Passed it down to Momma on the day he died
我坐在那裡很長時間，想著塵歸塵土歸土
Sat there for the longest time just gathering the dust
當生活時不時出現不如意的時候
But when life would take a sharp turn every now and then
她會開始想念他，我會看到她把它拿起來
And she would just start missing him, I'd see her pick it up
現在封面破了，皮也破了...就如同那個老國王詹姆斯
Now the cover's torn and the leather's worn.... on that Old King James
你會發現每隔一頁都有黃線或淚滴的痕跡
You'll find on every other page, yellow lines or tear drop stains
在那本好書的每一章
Every chapter of that good book
經歷了癌症、戰爭和瘋狂的孩子，所有我做過的蠢事
Been through cancer, war and crazy kids, all the stupids things I did
可能永遠都不會知道我付出了多少代價...她和那本褪色的書
I may never know the toll I took... on her and that Old King James
現在我才是現在擁有它的人

她說當你情緒低落的時候就讀一下，我說好的，女士
Yeah I'm the one who's got it now
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