The Ghost Of Tom Joad

Men walkin long the railroad tracks
沿著鐵軌徒步旅行的人們
Goin someplace theres no goin back
義無反顧地朝著某地進發

Highway patrol choppers comin up over the ridge
山脊之上公路巡邏機映入眼簾

Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge
大橋之下篝火裊裊熱湯鼎沸

Shelter line stretchin round the corner
防護線遍布附近各個角落

Welcome to the new world order
歡迎來到世界新秩序營地

Families sleepin in their cars in the Southwest
西南部那些蜷睡在汽車中的家庭

No home no job no peace no rest
他們沒有家沒有工作沒有和平連休息也異常奢侈

The highway is alive tonight
今夜這條路上生機盎然

But nobodys kiddin nobody about where it goes
但沒人會拿何去何從挖苦打趣

Im sittin down here in the campfire light
我圍著篝火坐了下來

Searchin for the ghost of Tom Joad
搜尋著湯姆·約德的幽靈

He pulls a prayer book out of his sleeping bag
他從睡袋中抽出一本祈禱書

Preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag
傳教士點燃一隻煙屁股猛吸一口

Waitin for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last
等待後來居上的時刻

In a cardboard box neath the underpass
在地下走廊的一個紙箱中

Got a one-way ticket to the promised land
找出一張單程票去那應許之地

You got a hole in your belly and gun in your hand
即便你肚子上開了個窟窿槍仍然攥在手中

Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock
以磐石為枕躺下入睡

Bathin in the city aqueduct
在城鎮公共溝道中洗澡

The highway is alive tonight
今夜這條路上生機盎然

Where its headed everybody knows
引領著眾人去那眾所周知的地方

Im sittin down here in the campfire light
我圍著篝火坐了下來

Waitin on the ghost of TomJoad
搜尋著湯姆·約德的幽靈

Now Tom said 'Mom, wherever theres a cop beatin a guy
現在湯姆說“媽媽無論在哪都有警察痛打良民

Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries
無論在哪都有新生兒嗷嗷待哺

Where theres a fight gainst the blood and hatred in the air
哪兒會有起義反抗所謂的血腥和仇恨呢

Look for me Mom Ill be there
為我找找啊媽媽我要去那個地方

Wherever theres somebody fightin for a place to stand
無論在哪都有人民為地方獨立揭竿而起

Or decent job or a helpin hand
抑或為了一份體面的工作或尋求一絲援助

Wherever somebodys strugglin to be free
無論在哪都有人為自由而戰

Look in their eyes Mom youll see me.'
望著他們的目光媽媽你會明白我說的”

Well the highway is alive tonight
好吧今夜這條路上生機盎然

But nobodys kiddin nobody about where it goes
但沒人會拿何去何從挖苦打趣

Im sittin down here in the campfire light
我圍著篝火坐了下來

With the ghost of old Tom Joad
搜尋著湯姆·約德的幽靈