What Is Truth-Johnny Cash

[00:00.000] 作曲 : J.R. Cash [00:09.68]The old man turned off the radio [00:12.35]Said, "Where did all of the old songs go [00:15.49]Kids sure play funny music these days [00:18.47]They play it in the strangest ways" [00:21.25]Said, "it looks to me like they've all gone wild [00:24.00]It was peaceful back when I was a child" [00:26.67]Well, man, could it be that the girls and boys [00:29.02]Are trying to be heard above your noise? [00:31.88]And the lonely voice of youth cries "What is truth?" [00:35.00]"What is truth?" [00:40.69]A little boy of three sittin' on the floor [00:43.22]Looks up and says, "Daddy, what is war?" [00:45.65]"son, that's when people fight and die" [00:48.69]The little boy of three says "Daddy, why?" [00:51.55]A young man of seventeen in Sunday school [00:54.40]Being taught the golden rule [00:56.85]And by the time another year has gone around [00:59.44]It may be his turn to lay his life down [01:02.68]Can you blame the voice of youth for asking [01:06.18]"What is truth?" [01:17.58]A young man sittin' on the witness stand [01:20.97]The man with the book says "Raise your hand" [01:24.32]"Repeat after me, I solemnly swear" [01:26.85]The man looked down at his long hair [01:29.43]And although the young man solemnly swore [01:32.03]Nobody seems to hear anymore [01:34.84]And it didn't really matter if the truth was there [01:37.35]It was the cut of his clothes and the length of his hair [01:40.26]And the lonely voice of youth cries [01:44.00]"What is truth?" [01:53.95]The young girl dancing to the latest beat [01:56.96]Has found new ways to move her feet [01:59.65]The young man speaking in the city square [02:02.37]Is trying to tell somebody that he cares [02:05.11]Yeah, the ones that you're calling wild [02:08.02]Are going to be the leaders in a little while [02:10.46]This old world's wakin' to a new born day [02:13.25]And I solemnly swear that it'll be their way [02:18.46]You better help the voice of youth find [02:21.94]"What is truth?"