Seen the arrow on the door post saying This land is condemned 我看见门柱上的箭头上面写着这片土地被诅咒了 All the way from New Orleans to Jerusalem 一路从新奥尔良到耶路撒冷 I traveled through East Texas where many martyrs fell 我穿过德克萨斯州东部许多烈士倒下了 And I know one thing nobody can sing them blues like Blind Willie McTell 我知道一件事没有人能像盲人WillieMcTell一样唱布鲁斯 Well I heard the hoot owl singing as they were taking down the tents 我听到猫头鹰在歌唱他们在拆帐篷 The stars above all the barren trees were his only audience 他唯一的听众就是光秃秃的树木上的星辰 Yeah them charcoal gypsy maidens can strut their feathers well 那些浑身漆黑的吉普赛姑娘可以趾高气昂地炫耀自己的财富 And I know one thing nobody can sing them blues like Blind Willie McTell 我知道一件事没有人能像盲人WillieMcTell一样唱布鲁斯 See them big plantations a burning can't you hear the cracking of the whips 看着那些大种植园一片狼藉你是否听到了枪声 Smell that sweet magnolia blossom blooming see the ghosts of the slavery ships 闻到木兰花绽放的香气看见奴隶船的残骸 Well I can hear them tribes a moanin' I can hear the undertaker's bell 我可以听见他们部落的呻吟我可以听到殡仪馆的钟声 And I know one thing nobody can sing them blues like Blind Willie McTell 我知道一件事没有人能像盲人WillieMcTell一样唱布鲁斯 There's a woman she's standing by the river she is with some fine young handsome man 有个女人站在河边她和一个年轻英俊的男人在一起 See he's all dressed just like a squire he's got bootleg whiskey in his hand 你看他打扮得就像个绅士手里拿着走私的威士忌酒 Yeah there's a chain gang out on the highway and I can hear them rebels yell 高速路上有一帮人带着金链子我听到他们的呐喊 And I know one thing nobody can sing them blues like Blind Willie McTell 我知道一件事没有人能像盲人WillieMcTell一样唱布鲁斯 God oh God is in Heaven and we all want what is His 上帝啊上帝在天堂我们都渴望得到上帝的东西 But the power and greed the corruptible seed seems to be all that there is 但权力和贪婪似乎就是一切腐朽的种子 Hey hey I'm a gazing out the window of the St James Hotel 我凝视着圣詹姆斯酒店的窗外 And I know one thing nobody can sing them blues like Blind Willie McTell 我知道一件事没有人能像盲人WillieMcTell一样唱布鲁斯 Hey hey I know one thing nobody can sing them blues like Blind Willie McTell 我知道一件事没有人能像盲人WillieMcTell一样唱布鲁斯