選自堪薩斯合唱團的《 Leftoverture 》專輯,1976 年
 

Carry on wayward son
            Kansas

*Carry on, my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more

Once I rose above the noise and confusion
Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion
I was soaring ever higher
But I flew too high

Though my eyes could see, I still was a blind man
Though my mind could think, I still was a madman
I hear the voices when I'm dreaming
I can hear them say.... (*)

Masquerading as a man with a reason
My charade is the event of the season
And if I claim to be a wise man
It surely means that I don't know

On a stormy sea of moving emotion
Tossed about I'm like a ship on the ocean
I set a course for winds of fortune
But I hear the voices say (*)

Carry on, you will always remember
Carry on, nothing equals the splendor
Now your life's no longer empty
Surely heaven waits for you (*)
堅持下去,任性的兒子
          堪薩斯合唱團

堅持下去,我任性的兒子
當你完成時,會感到一絲平靜
讓你疲憊的腦袋靠著歇息
別再流淚了

一旦我擺脫了喧囂與混亂
只為一瞥幻象以外之境
我翱翔,越飛越高
但飛過了頭

縱使我的眼睛能看見,我依然是個盲人
即便我的心智能思考,我依然是個狂人
入夢時我聽見了聲音
聽到了他們說......

假裝自己是個理直氣壯的人
我的偽裝是本季一大盛事
倘若我聲稱自己是位智者
實際上意味著我知之甚微

在風高浪急的情緒之海中
我像一艘在海洋中顛簸的船
我為命運之風設定了航向
但我卻聽到有聲音在說......

堅持下去,你將會永遠記得
堅持下去,沒有什麼比得上輝煌
如今,你的人生不再空茫
天堂必定在等著你

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