He’s got old time religion
他信仰陈年旧教条
Buries his cash in a coffee can
总把现金存在咖啡罐里
And he makes his decisions
他按着自己的直觉过活
Down on his knees yeah he’s a full grown man
屈膝在地，没错 他是个成熟的中年人
And he had a vision
他见到了一道异象
Of a fire it burned up all of the land
看到一把大火将大陆烧成平地

You could call it superstition
你大可称之为迷信
You could run just as fast as you can
你也可以信了，有多快跑多快
He took a beating
他被揍了一顿
His father screamed at the top of his lungs
他父亲暴躁如雷大肆咆哮
An Old Testament reading
《旧约》上明写着
If you spare the rod you spoil the son
你要闲了棍子，就是惯了孩子
He’s got scars for his bleeding
他流血的伤口结了疤
Fear of god fills everyone
对上帝的敬畏充满每个人
You can listen to him pleading
你能听他正在央求
Pleadings for the holy son (to)
为圣子辩护
Chorus:

Give me that old time religion
给我旧时的宗教信仰
Give me that old time religion
给我旧时的宗教信仰
Give me that old time religion
给我旧时的宗教信仰
It’s good enough for me
这样对我来说就足矣

(Instrumental break)


He’s got a King James edition
他有詹姆斯国王的译本【圣经中最难理解的英译版本】
With all of the words of Christ in red
里面全用红字记下基督的话语
And he reads the inscription
他时不时会翻翻碑铭
Every night when he goes to bed
在每个晚上临睡时读一下
And he goes fishing
钓鱼的时候看一下
For sin in men like Jesus said
就像耶稣口中的罪人那样
Got an old time conviction
秉持旧时的信念
Keeps the bodies in the shed
时刻保持清心少欲
He had a woman
他有一位妻子
Took her to church every Sunday morn
每个周日早上都带她去教会
He said submit to your husband
他说：你要顺从你的丈夫
Submit to me thus, sayeth the Lord
也就是要顺从我啦，主是这样讲的
Well he never saw it coming
好吧，他根本就没想到
When she tried to get away in his ‘34 Ford
——她会开着他的福特老车跑了路
Now a widower is strumming on a banjo with a missing cord
现在他这个鳏夫，像是少根弦的班卓琴【鳏夫 - 给妻子守寡的男人】
Chorus:

Give me that old time religion
给我旧时的宗教信仰
Give me that old time religion
给我旧时的宗教信仰
Give me that old time religion
给我旧时的宗教信仰
It’s good enough for me
这样对我来说就足矣
(Instrumental break)


Give me that old time religion
给我旧时的宗教信仰
Give me that old time religion
给我旧时的宗教信仰
Give me that old time religion
给我旧时的宗教信仰
It’s good enough
这样就足矣
It’s good enough
这样就足矣
It’s good enough for me
这样对我来说就足矣