Ordinary Joe

And for my opening line
我的開場白
I'm not trying to indicate my state of mind.
不是為了表明我的心態
I turn you on,
是為了激起你的興趣
I tell you that I'm laughing just to keep from crying
我想告訴你，我大笑只是為了遠離哭泣
And bringing music when you hear it,
而且帶來音樂，當你聽到它時
Keep on trying to get near it.
繼續試著接近它吧
A little rhythm for your spirit
如你靈魂般的小小旋律
Oh but that's what it's for
對，這就是它的意義
Come on in, here's the door
進來吧，入口就在這裡
And I've seen a sparrow get high
我看見一隻歡快的麻雀
Wasting time in the sky
在空中消磨時光
He thinks it's easy to fly
他自認為能輕鬆自在的翱翔
He's just a little bit freer than I
他也不過是比我稍稍自由罷了
Down here on the ground
就坐在這裡吧
When you find folks are giving you the runaround
當你發現人們在搪塞你
Get your game uptight
封緊你的遊戲
And if you must just take your secrets underground
如果你必須死守你的秘密
Politicians are trying to speech you
政治家會試圖說服你
Mad colour watchers are trying to teach you
瘋狂的察言觀色者會試圖教導你
Very few will really try to reach you
但幾乎沒人會試圖去靠近你
If you're lost in a stack
如果你在生活中迷失了自己
That's OK, come on back
沒關係，回來吧
Now I'd be the last to deny
現在，我會是最後一個否認：
That I'm just an average guy
“我只是個普通人”
Each little bird in the sky
天空中的每隻小鳥
Is just a little bit freer than I
不過是比我稍稍自由罷了
Say, ordinary Joe
和我一起說，平凡的Joe
Although they say you're just a lazy so-and-so
也許他們說，你不過是個懶惰的某某人
What they think is real
但他們眼裡的真實
Is nothing but an animated puppet show
不過就是一場木偶秀而已
So don't let time and space confuse you
所以不要讓時間和空間迷惑你
And don't let name and form abuse you
也不要讓名譽和形式傷害你
Well let Big Joe Williams blues you
讓偉大的Joe Williams為你唱Blues
In the light of the sun you can see how they run
在這陽光裡，你能看到他們奔跑的姿態
Oh I've seen a sparrow get high
我看見一隻歡快的麻雀
Wasting time in the sky
在空中消磨時光
He thinks it's easy to fly
他自認為能輕鬆自在的翱翔
He's just a little bit freer than I
他也不過是比我稍稍自由罷了