Bird on the Wire
Like a bird on the wire,
like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free.
Like a worm on a hook,
like a knight from some old fashioned book
I have saved all my ribbons for thee.
If I, if I have been unkind,
I hope that you can just let it go by.
If I, if I have been untrue
I hope you know it was never to you.

Like a baby, stillborn,
like a beast with his horn
I have torn everyone who reached out for me.
But I swear by this song
and by all that I have done wrong
I will make it all up to thee.
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch,
he said to me, "You must not ask for so much."
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door,
she cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?"

Oh like a bird on the wire,
like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free.

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Jak ptak
Na drucie
Jak pijak
W nocnym chórze
Próbowaîem
Na swój sposób
Byê wolny

Jak robak
Na wëdce
Jak rycerz
W jakiejô starej ksiëdze
Zachowaîem dla ciebie
Swe chorâgwie

Jeôli bywaîem niemiîy
Mam nadziejë ûe juû wybaczyîaô
Jeôli nawet kîamaîem
Wiesz, ûe ciebie oszukaê nie chciaîem

Jak martwy
Noworodek
Jak bestia
Ostrym rogiem
Rozdzieraîem kaûdego
Kto sië zbliûaî

Lecz przysiëgam
Na të pieôï
I na wszystko
Co czyniîem úle
Ûe dla ciebie
Te grzechy naprawië

Zobaczyîem ûebraka
Wspartego na drewnianej kuli
Rzekî do mnie
 - Nigdy nie ûâdaj za wiele
A piëkna dziewczyna
W drzwiach ciemnych stojâca
Zawoîaîa
 - Hej dlaczego nie prosisz o wiëcej?

Jak ptak
Na drucie
Jak pijak
W nocnym chórze
Próbowaîem
Na swój sposób
Byê wolny

Ain't No Cure For Love
I loved you for a long, long time
I know this love is real
It don't matter how it all went wrong
That don't change the way I feel
And I can't believe that time's
Gonna heal this wound I'm speaking of
There ain't no cure,
There ain't no cure,
There ain't no cure for love

I'm aching for you baby
I can't pretend I'm not
I need to see you naked
In your body and your thought
I've got you like a habit
And I'll never get enough
There ain't no cure,
There ain't no cure,
There ain't no cure for love

There ain't no cure for love
There ain't no cure for love
All the rocket ships are climbing through the sky
The holy books are open wide
The doctors working day and night
But they'll never ever find that cure for love
There ain't no drink no drug
(Ah tell them, angels)
There's nothing pure enough to be a cure for love

I see you in the subway and I see you on the bus
I see you lying down with me, I see you waking up
I see your hand, I see your hair
Your bracelets and your brush
And I call to you, I call to you
But I don't call soft enough
There ain't no cure,
There ain't no cure,
There ain't no cure for love

I walked into this empty church I had no place else to go
When the sweetest voice I ever heard, whispered to my soul
I don't need to be forgiven for loving you so much
It's written in the scriptures
It's written there in blood
I even heard the angels declare it from above
There ain't no cure,
There ain't no cure,
There ain't no cure for love

There ain't no cure for love
There ain't no cure for love
All the rocket ships are climbing through the sky
The holy books are open wide
The doctors working day and night
But they'll never ever find that cure,
That cure for love

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Kochaîem cië tak dîugo, ûe
To jest na pewno miîoôê
Nie ma znaczenia, dlaczego
To wszystko sië popsuîo
I nie wierzë, by czas uleczyê mógî
Të ranë na którâ sië skarûë
Na miîoôê nie ma, na miîoôê nie ma
Na miîoôê nie ma lekarstwa

Tësknië za tobâ aû do bólu
Nie bëdë udawaî, ûe nie
I chcë oglâdaê nago
Ciaîo i myôli twe
Weszîaô mi w zwyczaj i nigdy
Przenigdy mi ciebie nie starczy
Na miîoôê nie ma, na miîoôê nie ma
Na miîoôê nie ma lekarstwa

Na miîoôê nie ma lekarstwa
Na miîoôê nie ma lekarstwa
Rakiety w niebo wciâû sië pnâ
Szeleszczâ karty ôwiëtych ksiâg
Doktorzy ôlëczâ dzieï i noc
Lecz nie znajdâ nigdy go
Tego lekarstwa
Nie ma napoju ani proszku
Nic tak czystego sië nie znajdzie
Ûeby byê mogîo tym lekarstwem

Ja widzë ciebie w metrze
I widzë w autobusie
Widzë, jak leûysz przy mnie
I widzë, jak sië budzisz
Widzë twâ dîoï i wîosy
Szczotkë i bransoletki
I woîam cië, lecz chyba
Nie dosyê delikatnie
Na miîoôê nie ma, na miîoôê nie ma
Na miîoôê nie ma lekarstwa

Wszedîem do pustego koôcioîa
Nie miaîem dokâd pójôê
Najsîodszy gîos wyszeptaî tam
Mej duszy kilka sîów
Nie potrzebujë wybaczenia
Ûe cië tak kocham wciâû
Jest zapisane w ksiëgach
Jest zapisane krwiâ
I nawet anioîowie
Stwierdzili to wyraúnie
Na miîoôê nie ma na miîoôê nie ma
Na miîoôê nie ma lekarstwa

Na miîoôê nie ma lekarstwa
Na miîoôê nie ma lekarstwa
Rakiety w niebo wciâû sië pnâ
Szeleszczâ karty ôwiëtych ksiâg
Doktorzy ôlëczâ dzieï i noc
Lecz nie znajdâ nigdy go
Tego lekarstwa
Nie ma napoju ani proszku
Nic tak czystego sië nie znajdzie
Ûeby byê mogîo tym lekarstwem

Everybody Knows
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows that the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows

Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows that the captain lied
Everybody got this broken feeling
Like their father or their dog just died

Everybody talking to their pockets
Everybody wants a box of chocolates
And a long stem rose
Everybody knows

Everybody knows that you love me baby
Everybody knows that you really do
Everybody knows that you've been faithful
Ah give or take a night or two
Everybody knows you've been discreet
But there were so many people you just had to meet
Without your clothes
And everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows

And everybody knows that it's now or never
Everybody knows that it's me or you
And everybody knows that you live forever
Ah when you've done a line or two
Everybody knows the deal is rotten
Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton
For your ribbons and bows
And everybody knows

And everybody knows that the Plague is coming
Everybody knows that it's moving fast
Everybody knows that the naked man and woman
Are just a shining artifact of the past
Everybody knows the scene is dead
But there's gonna be a meter on your bed
That will disclose
What everybody knows

And everybody knows that you're in trouble
Everybody knows what you've been through
From the bloody cross on top of Calvary
To the beach of Malibu
Everybody knows it's coming apart
Take one last look at this Sacred Heart
Before it blows
And everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows

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Kaûdy wie, ûe koôci sâ faîszywe
Kaûdy jednak rzuca, chcâc nie chcâc
Kaûdy wie, ûe wojna sië skoïczyîa
Kaûdy wie, ûe zwyciëûyîo zîo
W ustalonym z góry rezultacie
Biedak traci, bogacz sië bogaci
Tak to juû jest. Kaûdy o tym wie.

Kaûdy wie, ûe nasza îódú przecieka
Kaûdy wie, ûe pan kapitan îûe
Kaûdy czuje sië tak podle, jakby
Umarî ojciec mu, lub pies

Kaûdy na tym ôwiecie daje w îapë
Kaûdy chce pudeîko czekoladek
Dîugâ róûë teû. Kaûdy o tym wie.

Kaûdy wie, ûe kochasz mnie, maleïka
Kaûdy wie, ûe tak naprawdë jest
Byîaô wierna, dajâc albo biorâc
Jednâ noc, czy moûe dwie
Kaûdy wie, ûe nic by sië nie staîo
Lecz zbyt wielu ludzi rozebranâ
Oglâdaîo cië. I kaûdy o tym wie.

I kaûdy wie, ûe teraz albo nigdy
Kaûdy wie, ûe jak nie ty to ja
Kaûdy wie, ûe zyska nieômiertelnoôê
Piszâc jeden wiersz, lub dwa
Kaûdy wie, ûe ukîad ômierdzi wszëdzie
Czarny Joe wciâû musi rwaê baweînë
Na wstâûki twe. I kaûdy o tym wie.

Kaûdy wie, ûe zbliûa sië Zaraza
Kaûdy wie, ûe coraz szybciej gna
Nagi mëûczyzna i kobieta
To tylko przeszîoôci lôniâcy znak
Kaûdy wie, ûe scena jest juû martwa
Lecz nad twoim îóûkiem licznik warczy
I ujawni to, o czym kaûdy wie

I kaûdy wie, ûe same masz kîopoty
Kaûdy wie, ûe wiele trzeba przejôê
Od krwawego krzyûa na Kalwarii
Aû do plaûy Malibu
Wszystko juû rozpada sië w strzëpy
Spójrz ostatni raz na Ôwiëte Serce,
Które pëknie wnet. I kaûdy o tym wie.

[Pierwszy tekst, "Bird On The Wire", pochodzi z pîyty "Songs from a room", dwa pozostaîe - "Ain't No Cure For Love" i "Everybody Knows" - z pîyty "I'm Your Man". Tîumaczenia wszystkie Macieja Zembatego. Serdeczne podziëkowania dla Marka Ksiëûyckiego (mksiez@felix.univ.szczecin.pl) za przysîanie polskich tîumaczeï do tekstów z "I'm Your Man". Wklepaî: Jubal]