《To Beat The Devil》歌词

[00:00:01] To Beat The Devil-Johnny Cash

[00:00:11] It was winter time in Nashville down on Music Row

[00:00:16] And I was lookin＇ for a place to get myself out of the cold

[00:00:21] To warm the frozen feelin＇ that was eatin＇ at my soul

[00:00:26] And keep the chilly wind off me and my guitar

[00:00:31] Well my thirsty wanted whiskey and my hungry needed beans

[00:00:36] But it had been a month of payday since I heard that eagle scream

[00:00:41] So with a stomach full of empty and a pocket full of dreams

[00:00:46] I left my pride and stepped inside a bar

[00:00:53] Actually I guess you＇d call it a tavern

[00:00:56] Cigarette smoke to the ceiling sawdust on the floor friendly shadows

[00:01:04] Well I saw that there was just an old man that was sittin＇ at the bar

[00:01:09] And in the mirror I could see him checkin＇ me and my guitar

[00:01:14] And he turned and he said come up here boy and show us what you are

[00:01:19] I said I＇m dry he bought me a beer

[00:01:24] Then he nodded at my guitar and he said it＇s a tough life ain＇t it

[00:01:29] I just looked at him and he said you ain＇t making any money are you

[00:01:34] I said you been readin＇ my mail

[00:01:37] He just smiled and said let me see that guitar

[00:01:40] I got somethin＇ you ought to hear then he laid it on my ear

[00:01:45] If you waste your time a talkin＇ to the people

[00:01:49] Who don＇t listen to the things that you are saying

[00:01:52] Who do you thinks gonna hear

[00:01:55] And if you should die explaining how the things that they complain about

[00:02:00] Or the things they could be changing who do you thinks gonna care

[00:02:06] There were other lonely singers and the world turned deaf and blind

[00:02:11] Who were crucified for what they tried to show

[00:02:16] And their voices have been scattered by the swirling winds of time

[00:02:21] For the truth remains that no one wants to know

[00:02:26] Well the old man was a stranger but I＇d have heard his song before

[00:02:31] Back when failure had me locked out on the wrong side of the door

[00:02:36] When no one stood behind me but my shadow on the floor

[00:02:42] And lonesome was more than a state of mind

[00:02:46] You see a devil haunts a hungry man

[00:02:52] And if you don＇t wanna join him well you gotta beat him

[00:02:56] I ain＇t sayin＇ I beat the devil but I drink his beer for nothin＇

[00:03:03] And then I stole his song

[00:03:06] And you still can hear me singin＇ to the people who don＇t listen

[00:03:11] To the things that I am sayin＇ prayin＇ someone＇s gonna hear

[00:03:15] And I guess I＇ll die explaining how the things that they complain about

[00:03:21] Are things they could be changing hoping someone＇s gonna care

[00:03:26] I was born a lonely singer and I＇m bound to die the same

[00:03:32] But I＇ve gotta feed the hunger in my soul

[00:03:38] And if I never have a nickel I won＇t ever die in shame

[00:03:42] ＇Cause I don＇t believe that no one wants to know