Man In A Long Black Coat

Crickets are chirpin', the water is high
蟋蟀正在鳴叫，水位高漲
There's a soft cotton dress on the line hangin' dry
有一件軟柔的棉料衣服正掛在繩子上晾乾
Window wide open, African trees
窗戶打開著，非洲的樹叢
Bent over backwards from a hurricane breeze
抵抗著暴風的吹拂
Not a word of goodbye, not even a note
沒有一句告別的話語，甚至是一張便條
She gone with the man
她和那個男人離開了
In the long black coat
那個穿著黑色長大衣的男人

Somebody seen him hanging around
有人看見他四處遊蕩
At the old dance hall on the outskirts of town
在城鎮郊區的一個老舊舞廳
He looked into her eyes when she stopped him to ask
他望著她的眼睛，當她停下來向他詢問
If he wanted to dance, he had a face like a mask
如果他想要跳舞，他有一張像面具的臉
Somebody said from the Bible he'd quote
有人說他引述的話出自於聖經
There was dust on the man
灰塵佈滿在那個男人身上
In the long black coat
那個穿著黑色長大衣的男人

Preacher was a talkin', there's a sermon he gave
傳道者是種言論，他曾在此佈道
He said every man's conscience is vile and depraved
他說每個人的良知都是卑劣且墮落的
You cannot depend on it to be your guide
你不能依靠它，將它當作你的指引
When it's you who must keep it satisfied
當它成為那個必須一直維持滿足的你時
It ain't easy to swallow, it sticks in the throat
這並不容易吞嚥，它會黏在喉嚨上
She gave her heart to the man
她把她的心給了那個男人
In the long black coat
那個穿著黑色長大衣的男人

There are no mistakes in life some people say
生活之中不會有失誤，有些人這樣說
It is true sometimes you can see it that way
有時候這是真的，你會這樣發現
But people don't live or die, people just float
但人們不會活著或死亡，人們只是漂浮著
She went with the man
她和那個男人同行
In the long black coat
那個穿著黑色長大衣的男人

There's smoke on the water, it's been there since June
水面上起了煙霧，從六月開始它就一直在那
Tree trunks uprooted, 'neath the high crescent moon
樹幹被連根拔起，在高掛的新月之下
Feel the pulse and vibration and the rumbling force
感受那脈搏和顫動，以及隆隆作響的力量
Somebody is out there beating a dead horse
某個人在那兒捶打著死馬
She never said nothing, there was nothing she wrote
她從未說過什麼，她也沒有寫下什麼
She gone with the man
她和那個男人離開了
In the long black coat
那個穿著黑色長大衣的男人