John and Elvis are dead

Close friend of mine as a child
我親密的朋友就像小孩一般
Fell into a slumber
沉沉入睡
No sign of life since seventy-five
直到75歲都沒有生命跡象
Then one day he just what do you know
然後有一天你知道什麼
I guess God just called his number
我猜是上帝叫了他的號碼
We called me up he called me up and said
我們呼喚我他呼喚我然後說
Ive been awake about a week
我大概已經醒來一周了
Im thinking about asking the doctor
我在想要不要問醫生
If he could put me back to sleep
看他是否能讓我重新入睡
Then he laughed and said
然後他大笑著說道
Hey all the girls they look the same
嘿所有的女孩看起來都差不多
Dont they know just what their mothers
難道他們不知道他們的母親
Paid in blood and tears to change
用鮮血和淚水換來了什麼嗎
But the words that made me cry
但是這些話讓我流淚了
The thing he softly said
他溫柔地說的那些話
It stayed with me it keeps messing with my head
停留在我腦海中讓我混亂了
He said If Jesus Christ is alive and well
他說如果耶穌依然存在
Then how come John and Elvis are dead
那麼約翰和埃爾維斯為什麼會死呢
Youth beautiful youth
青春美麗的青春
We walked through the walls until we found the truth
我們翻越城牆直到找到真相
And said Change it
改變它
Its ugly just change it
它很醜改變它吧
Everyone we used to know
我們曾認識的每一個人
Must have given up so long ago
肯定在很早之前就已經放棄
You can see it
你可以看到
Its written on their faces
那都寫在他們臉上
And the inside of their clothes
和他們衣服裡面了
But the words that made me cry
但是這些話讓我流淚了
Cos I knew just what they meant
因為我知道他們在表達什麼
He turned to me and said
他轉向我說
Hey boy if Jesus Christ is alive and well
嘿男孩如果耶穌依然存在
Then how come John and Elvis are dead
那麼約翰和埃爾維斯為什麼會死呢
Tell me if Jesus Christ is alive and well
告訴我如果耶穌依然存在
Then how come Marvin and Elvis are dead
那麼約翰和埃爾維斯為什麼會死呢
I said If Jesus Christ is going to save us from ourselves
我說假如耶穌將把我們從自我中解救出來
How come peace love and Elvis are dead
那麼為什麼和平之愛和埃爾維斯會死呢