Narrow Way
I’m gonna walk across the desert ’til I’m in my right mind
I won’t even think about what I left behind
Nothin’ back there anyway I can call my own
Go back home, leave me alone
It’s a long road, it’s a long and narrow way
If I can’t work up to you
You’ll have to work down to me someday
Ever since the British burned the white house down
There’s a bleeding wound in the heart of town
I saw you drinking from an empty cup
I saw you buried and I saw you dug up
It’s a long road, it’s a long and narrow way
If I can’t work up to you
You’ll have to work down to me someday
Look down angel, from the skies
Help my weary soul to rise
I kissed your cheek, I dragged your plow
You broke my heart, I was your friend ’til now
It’s a long road, it’s a long and narrow way
If I can’t work up to you
You’ll have to work down to me someday
In the courtyard of the golden sun
You stand and fight or you break and run
You went and lost your lovely head
For a drink of wine and a crust of bread
It’s a long road, it’s a long and narrow way
If I can’t work up to you
You’ll have to work down to me someday
We looted and we plundered on distant shores
Why is my share not equal to yours?
Your father left you, your mother too
Even death has washed his hands of you
It’s a long road, it’s a long and narrow way
If I can’t work up to you
You’ll have to work down to me someday
This is hard country to stay alive in
Blades are everywhere and they’re breaking my skin
I’m armed to the hilt and I’m struggling hard
You won’t get out of here unscarred
It’s a long road, it’s a long and narrow way
If I can’t work up to you
You’ll have to work down to me someday
You got too many lovers waiting at the wall
If I had a thousand tongues I couldn’t count them all
Yesterday I could have thrown them all in the sea
Today, even one may be too much for me
It’s a long road, it’s a long and narrow way
If I can’t work up to you
You’ll have to work down to me someday
Cake walking baby, you can do no wrong
Put your arms around me where they belong
I want to take you on a roller coaster ride
Lay my hands all over you, tie you to my side
It’s a long road, it’s a long and narrow way
If I can’t work up to you
You’ll have to work down to me someday
I got a heavy stacked woman with a smile on her face
And she has crowned my soul with grace
I’m still hurting from an arrow that pierced my chest
I’m gonna have to take my head and bury it between your breasts
It’s a long road, it’s a long and narrow way
If I can’t work up to you
You’ll have to work down to me someday
Been dark all night, but now it’s dawn
The moving finger is moving on
You can guard me while I sleep
Kiss away the tears I weep
It’s a long road, it’s a long and narrow way
If I can’t work up to you
You’ll have to work down to me someday
I love women and she loves men
We’ve been to the West and we going back again
I heard a voice at the dusk of day
Saying, “Be gentle brother, be gentle and pray”
It’s a long road, it’s a long and narrow way
If I can’t work up to you
You’ll have to work down to me someday
窄路
[美]鲍勃·迪伦
李皖 译
我要走穿沙漠直到头脑清醒
甚至不在意忘带了什么
反正那儿也没什么属于我
回家去吧，就我一个
这是一段长旅，一条长长的窄路
如果我不能慢慢靠近你
有一天你要渐渐放缓让我趋近
自从英国人烧掉了白宫
市中心便有一道流血的伤痕
我见你从空杯啜饮
我见你被埋葬又见你被挖出
这是一段长旅，一条长长的窄路
如果我不能慢慢靠近你
有一天你要渐渐放缓让我趋近
看下面啊天使，从天空看下去
请帮我疲惫的灵魂上升
我吻你的颊，拉你的犁
你伤我的心，此前我一直是你的友人
这是一段长旅，一条长长的窄路
如果我不能慢慢靠近你
有一天你要渐渐放缓让我趋近
在这金色阳光的庭院
你挺身战斗或者转身逃离
你走了，弄丢了可爱的头颅
为了一口酒和一片面包皮
这是一段长旅，一条长长的窄路
如果我不能慢慢靠近你
有一天你要渐渐放缓让我趋近
我们在遥远的海洋对岸疯狂劫掠
为什么我那一份不与你的一样多？
你父亲离开你，你母亲离开你
就连死神也对你洗手不顾
这是一段长旅，一条长长的窄路
如果我不能慢慢靠近你
有一天你要渐渐放缓让我趋近
这是个难以让人活下去的国度
遍地是刀口，划伤我的肌肤
我全副武装苦苦挣扎
无法毫发无伤地走出
这是一段长旅，一条长长的窄路
如果我不能慢慢靠近你
有一天你要渐渐放缓让我趋近
你有太多情人等在大墙下
我纵有一千根舌头也无法数清楚
昨天我真该把他们都扔进海
今天，就算是一个对我也嫌多余
这是一段长旅，一条长长的窄路
如果我不能慢慢靠近你
有一天你要渐渐放缓让我趋近
走蛋糕步的宝贝，你从不会出错
将双臂搂着我，那是它们该待的地方
我想带你坐过山车
双手游遍你全身，把你拴在我身上
这是一段长旅，一条长长的窄路
如果我不能慢慢靠近你
有一天你要渐渐放缓让我趋近
我找了个笑意盈盈的大块儿头女人
她以优雅冠冕了我的灵魂
那支刺穿我胸膛的箭仍让我痛苦
我得把头深埋进你的胸脯
这是段长旅，一条长长的窄路
如果我不能慢慢靠近你
有一天你要渐渐放缓让我趋近
一整夜的黑暗，但现在黎明来了
移动的手指继续移动着
等我睡去你可以守护我
吻去我流出的眼泪
这是一段长旅，一条长长的窄路
如果我不能慢慢靠近你
有一天你要渐渐放缓让我趋近
我爱女人，她爱男人
我们去了西部又折回
黄昏时我听见一个声音
说“兄弟请轻轻，轻轻地祷告”
这是一段长旅，一条长长的窄路
如果我不能慢慢靠近你
有一天你要渐渐放缓让我趋近
注：《新约·马太福音》7:14：“引到永生，那门是窄的，路是小的，找着的人也少。”
出自专辑《暴风雨》
发行于2012年
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