(all along the) watchtower

'There must be some kind of way out of here,'
“這裡一定有什麼出路，”
Said the joker to the thief yeah
小丑對小偷這樣說
'There's too much confusion ,
“讓人困惑的事實在太多，
Mmm I can't get no relief
我一口氣也松不下來
Businessmen they drink my wine,
商人喝的是我的酒，
Plowmen dig my earth
農人掘的是我的地
None will level on the line,
可沒有一個人遵守規矩，
No one of it is worth'
沒有一個人知道這意義何在。”
Yeah
耶
I see jokers on my left, thieves upon my right
小丑在我左側，小丑在我右首
You'd find me in the middle if I picked a different life
如果我選擇了與眾不同的人生，請在兩者中間尋找我
Before my name started tripling in size
在我的名字響徹人世之前
But I'm still showing signs ...
我仍在嶄露頭角...
In the pitch black, it's too cold
這漆黑一片之中如此陰冷
I'm all alone take me back to the roads
我孑然一身，要回到那老路上
I had to rode to get here and I'll hitch back
騎行又搭車回到那裡
Get a cab to my mother's house
叫一輛出租車去看媽媽
See my old man and grab a six pack
拿上半打啤酒去看爸爸
Tell my brother I love him
告訴兄弟我有多在意他
And give him something that
給他拼過難關的
will see him through the hard times
人生訣竅
What's a brother for?
兄弟是用來做什麼的？
When I'm sick of this life I see
當我厭倦了我生命裡的所有
It has to be my family who lift me off the floor
必定是我的家人帶我出這深淵
Make sense of all the madness
想弄清瘋狂的一切
In a world full of money,full of sin,full of war
在這充滿銅臭、罪惡與爭戰的世界
I was a failed man and worse I couldn't give a ****
我是個失敗者，我甚至對一切都毫不在意
Save your wine for the entrepreneurs
還是留著你的酒，為膽創者慶功吧
All along the watchtower
在瞭望塔的方向
Princes kept the view
有王子凝視遠方
While all the women came and went
女人們來來往往
Barefoot servants too, yeah
還有赤腳的僕從
Outside in the cold distance
寒冷的遠方以外
A wildcat did growl
野貓在低聲咆哮
Two riders were approaching
兩名騎士在逼近
And the wind began to howl
狂風正開始怒號
'Cause your world is the same as mine
你我的世界毫無兩樣
Pour more blood in your cup
請在你的杯中斟滿鮮血
Take a sip full of sin and let your taste buds savour the buzz
飲下一口罪惡，讓味蕾品嚐轟響的興奮
The flavour of an ill-mannered nature
是兇惡天性的滋味
That lingers on as animals in all of us
這滋味拂之不去，只因人人都有野獸天性
Trying to fight for the right to live a life
我們奮力爭取自己生活的權利
But some will never win though
可有些人注定不會得勝
That's why they live a lie
所以那些人才活在謊言之中
I don't think I'll ever win
從沒想過我卻會贏
All of this is anything
這一切就是這一切
When I die I hope a brother's at my side
當我死去時只希望有個兄弟能在我身邊
There's no trap door, or get out clause
從沒有一扇活板門通向外界，從沒有什麼逃避條款
The world can be your oyster or a set of jail doors
這世界要么現出廣闊天地，要么只是重重牢獄
You've seen mine, I think it's time I see yours
見過了我的全部，我說現在該讓我看看你的一切
I bet you that we've been scarred by the same swords
敢說你一樣曾領受過這世界暴戾的傷害
Some are lost some are alive
有些人死了，有些人活著
Apart from the fact I live my life
我在聚光燈下過著自己的生活
in the light and now I'm trapped in it
如今我已深陷其間
The way I feel within a few years time
這樣走下去，我想也許幾年之後
I might have a couple kids
我會擁有自己的孩子
and just forget I ever wrote this
就這樣忘掉自己曾寫過這首歌
All along the watchtower
在瞭望塔的方向
Princes kept the view
有王子凝視遠方
While all the women came and went
女人們來來往往
Barefoot servants too, yeah
還有赤腳的僕從
Outside in thecold distance
寒冷的遠方以外
A wildcat did growl
野貓在低聲咆哮
Two riders were approaching
兩名騎士在逼近
And the wind began to howl
狂風正開始怒號
Take away the treasure of a man
奪走了一個男人珍視的一切
Convinced that he holds heaven in his hands
相信他手中一定還緊握天堂的鑰匙
Even though I ain't religious I'm a little superstitious
我不信神明卻也有些迷信
Maybe there is a promised land
也許真有那樣一個應許之地
But will I make it or not is a different matter
可我能否去往彼世實在要另當別論
I've been a joker, I've been a thief,
我也曾做過小丑，也曾做過竊賊
I've been a rapper
也曾做過說唱藝人
I've been the only enemy that I can never beat
我是我自己從不能擊敗的宿命仇敵
Give me a piece of mind upon a platinum platter
要用白金淺盤(雙關語義——唱片)為我呈上自己的思想
All along the watchtower
在瞭望塔的方向
Princes kept the view
有王子凝視遠方
While all the women came and went
女人們來來往往
Barefoot servants too, yeah
還有赤腳的僕從
Outside in the cold distance
寒冷的遠方以外
A wildcat did growl
野貓在低聲咆哮
Two riders were approaching
兩名騎士在逼近
And the wind began to howl
狂風正開始怒號