Bang A Drum

I went to see the preacher
I went to see the preacher
To teach me how to pray
To teach me how to pray
He looked at me and smiled
He looked at me and smiled
Then the preacher turned away
過去我去拜訪牧師
He said if you want to tell him something
讓他教我如何祈禱
You ain't gotta fold your hands
他親切地向我微笑
Say it with your heart
然後轉過身去
Your soul and believe it
他說如果你想傾訴
And i'd say amen
你不需要雙手合十

用心說出來
Bang a drum for the sinners
相信你的靈魂
Bang a drum for the sins
詠“阿門”
Bang a drum for the losers
為了過錯者而鳴
And those who win
為了罪惡而鳴
Bang a drum bang it loudly
為了失敗者而鳴
Or as soft as you need
還有為了勝利者而鳴
Bang a drum for yourself son
猛烈地敲鳴
And a drum for me
溫柔地擊打

為了主的兒女而鳴
I called upon my brother just the
還有為我而鳴
Other day, he said: john i'm gonna
過去我探望兄弟
Die if i don't start to live again
第二天他說：喬
I work each day and night like clockwork
如果我不改變現狀，我跟死亡沒有區別
Just trying to make ends meet
我無日無夜地工作
I could kick this bad world's ass
只是為了與死亡相遇
If i could just get on my feet
我可以踏遍整個世界

只靠我的雙腿
I'd bang a drum for the dying
我為了行屍走肉者而鳴
Bang a drum for the truth
為了真理而鳴
Bang a drum for the innocence
為了無辜者而鳴
Lost in our youth
卻迷失在青春中
Bang a drum bang it loudly
猛烈地敲鳴
Or as soft as you need
溫柔地擊打
Bang a drum for you brother
為了兄弟而鳴
And a drum for me
還有為了我而鳴

我不知道江河最終流向哪裡
I don't know where all the rivers run
我不知道我是怎麼來到世上的，我也不知道我會怎樣離開世間
I don't know how far, i don't know how come
但我知道我終將會走向死亡
But i'm gonna die believin'
我走的每一步
Each step that i take
大地沒有告訴值得與否
Ain't worth the ground that
我不斷前進
I walk on
如果我們
If we don't walk it our
不走屬於自己的路
Own way
我不敢自稱智人

詩人或聖人
No i don't claim to be a wiseman
我只是一個不斷追尋的普通人
A poet or a saint
為了更好的生活
I'm just another man who's searching
但是我心如驚雷
For a better way
因為我相信
But my heart beats loud as thunder
有時我想逃避
For the things that i believe
有時我想尖叫
Sometimes i wanna run for cover
為了明天而鳴
Sometimes i want to scream
為了過去而鳴

為了英雄而鳴
Bang a drum for tomorrow
他們不會復活
Bang a drum for the past
為了承諾而鳴
Bang a drum for the heroes
為了謊言而鳴
That won't come back
為了愛侶而鳴
Bang a drum for the promise
還有為了他們哭喊中的眼淚而鳴
Bang a drum for the lies
猛烈地敲鳴
Bang a drum for the lovers
溫柔地擊打
And the tears they've cried
只要我的心繼續躍動
Bang a drum bang it loudly
相信永不止息
Or as soft as you need
But as long as my heart keeps on bangin'
I got a reason to believe