To Beat The Devil

《To Beat The Devil》是Johnny Cash演唱的歌曲，收錄於專輯《Hello, I'm Johnny Cash》。

基本介紹

• 外文名：To Beat The Devil
• 所屬專輯：Hello, I'm Johnny Cash
• 歌曲原唱：Johnny Cash
• 發行日期：1970年1月19日

歌曲歌詞

It was winter time in Nashville down on Music Row

And I was lookin＇ for a place to get myself out of the cold

To warm the frozen feelin＇ that was eatin＇ at my soul

And keep the chilly wind off me and my guitar

Well my thirsty wanted whiskey and my hungry needed beans

But it had been a month of payday since I heard that eagle scream

So with a stomach full of empty and a pocket full of dreams

I left my pride and stepped inside a bar

Actually I guess you＇d call it a tavern

Cigarette smoke to the ceiling sawdust on the floor friendly shadows

Well I saw that there was just an old man that was sittin＇ at the bar

And in the mirror I could see him checkin＇ me and my guitar

And he turned and he said come up here boy and show us what you are

I said I＇m dry he bought me a beer

Then he nodded at my guitar and he said it＇s a tough life ain＇t it

I just looked at him and he said you ain＇t making any money are you

I said you been readin＇ my mail

He just smiled and said let me see that guitar

I got somethin＇ you ought to hear then he laid it on my ear

If you waste your time a talkin＇ to the people

Who don＇t listen to the things that you are saying

Who do you thinks gonna hear

And if you should die explaining how the things that they complain about

Or the things they could be changing who do you thinks gonna care

There were other lonely singers and the world turned deaf and blind

Who were crucified for what they tried to show

And their voices have been scattered by the swirling winds of time

For the truth remains that no one wants to know

Well the old man was a stranger but I＇d have heard his song before

Back when failure had me locked out on the wrong side of the door

When no one stood behind me but my shadow on the floor

And lonesome was more than a state of mind

You see a devil haunts a hungry man

And if you don＇t wanna join him well you gotta beat him

I ain＇t sayin＇ I beat the devil but I drink his beer for nothin＇

And then I stole his song

And you still can hear me singin＇ to the people who don＇t listen

To the things that I am sayin＇ prayin＇ someone＇s gonna hear

And I guess I＇ll die explaining how the things that they complain about

Are things they could be changing hoping someone＇s gonna care

I was born a lonely singer and I＇m bound to die the same

But I＇ve gotta feed the hunger in my soul

And if I never have a nickel I won＇t ever die in shame

＇Cause I don＇t believe that no one wants to know