歌手: B.B. King
时长: 08:38
Why I Sing The Blues - B.B. King (雷利·金)[00:00:00]
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Written by:Unknown[00:00:00]
每个人都想知道[00:00:25]
Everybody wants to know[00:00:25]
我为什么唱蓝调[00:00:29]
Why I sing the blues[00:00:29]
是的,我说,每个人都想知道[00:00:33]
Yes I say everybody wanna know[00:00:33]
我为什么唱蓝调[00:00:37]
Why I sing the blues[00:00:37]
呃,已经好长一段时间[00:00:42]
Well I've been around a long time[00:00:42]
我得付清账单[00:00:45]
I really have paid my dues[00:00:45]
刚开始唱歌时[00:00:50]
When I first got the blues[00:00:50]
他们把我带上一艘船[00:00:52]
They brought me over on a ship[00:00:52]
人们看着我[00:00:55]
Men were standing over me[00:00:55]
船舵边人更多[00:00:57]
And a lot more with a whip[00:00:57]
每个人都想知道[00:00:58]
And everybody wanna know[00:00:58]
我为什么唱蓝调[00:01:01]
Why I sing the blues[00:01:01]
呃,已经好长一段时间[00:01:06]
Well I've been around a long time[00:01:06]
呃,我得付清账单[00:01:09]
Mm I've really paid my dues[00:01:09]
以前我住在贫民窟的公寓里[00:01:15]
I've laid in a ghetto flat[00:01:15]
那里的人冷漠又麻木[00:01:17]
Cold and numb[00:01:17]
我听见老鼠对臭虫说[00:01:19]
I heard the rats tell the bedbugs[00:01:19]
也给蟑螂来点[00:01:22]
To give the roaches some[00:01:22]
每个人都想知道[00:01:24]
Everybody wanna know[00:01:24]
我为什么唱着蓝调[00:01:27]
Why I'm singing the blues[00:01:27]
是的,有好长一段时间[00:01:31]
Yes I've been around a long time[00:01:31]
有人帮我付账单[00:01:34]
People I've paid my dues[00:01:34]
我在市政厅前[00:01:39]
I stood in line[00:01:39]
排队[00:01:42]
Down at the county hall[00:01:42]
我听到有个男的说[00:01:44]
I heard a man say we're gonna build[00:01:44]
我们要为你们建一些新公寓[00:01:46]
Some new apartments for y'all[00:01:46]
每个人都想知道[00:01:48]
And everybody wanna know[00:01:48]
是的,每个人都想知道[00:01:51]
Yes they wanna know[00:01:51]
我为什么唱着蓝调[00:01:52]
Why I'm singing the blues[00:01:52]
是的,已经过了好长,好长一段时间[00:01:56]
Yes I've been around a long long time[00:01:56]
是的,我真的得付清账单[00:01:59]
Yes I've really really paid my dues[00:01:59]
现在,我要演唱Lucille[00:02:01]
I'm gonna play Lucille[00:02:01]
我的孩子就要长大[00:02:29]
My kid's gonna grow up[00:02:29]
长大后却愚昧无知[00:02:31]
Gonna grow up to be a fool[00:02:31]
因为他们的房子不够[00:02:32]
'Cause they ain't got no more room[00:02:32]
孩子没地方上学[00:02:35]
No more room for him in school[00:02:35]
每个人都想知道[00:02:37]
And everybody wanna know[00:02:37]
每个人都想知道[00:02:39]
Everybody wanna know[00:02:39]
我为什么唱着蓝调[00:02:40]
Why I'm singing the blues[00:02:40]
我说,已经有好长一段时间[00:02:44]
I say I've been around a long time[00:02:44]
是的,我真的得付清账单[00:02:47]
Yes I've really paid some dues[00:02:47]
耶,你明白,公司告诉我[00:02:51]
Yeah you know the company told me[00:02:51]
你这个人,生来就是个废物[00:02:55]
Guess you're born to lose[00:02:55]
我身边每个人[00:02:57]
Everybody around me people[00:02:57]
貌似每个人都有点忧郁[00:02:59]
It seems like everybody got the blues[00:02:59]
我已经忧郁了太长时间[00:03:01]
But I had them a long time[00:03:01]
我真的,真的得付清账单[00:03:04]
I've really really paid my dues[00:03:04]
你明白,我并不以此为耻[00:03:08]
You know I ain't ashamed of it people[00:03:08]
我只想唱我的蓝调[00:03:11]
I just love to sing my blues[00:03:11]
我穿过城市,人们[00:03:41]
I walk through the cities people[00:03:41]
我光着双脚[00:03:43]
On my bare feet[00:03:43]
我有很多鲶鱼和猪肠[00:03:45]
I had a fill of catfish and chitterlings[00:03:45]
在比利街穿梭[00:03:48]
Up and down Beal Street[00:03:48]
你明白,我唱着蓝调[00:03:49]
You know I'm singing the blues[00:03:49]
是的,我真的[00:03:53]
Yes I really[00:03:53]
我真的得唱蓝调[00:03:54]
I just have to sing my blues[00:03:54]
已经过了好长时间[00:03:58]
I've been around a long time[00:03:58]
人们,我真的,真的得付清账单[00:04:00]
People I've really really paid my dues[00:04:00]
现在,时光老人抓住了我[00:04:05]
Now father time is catching up with me[00:04:05]
我的青春逝去了[00:04:08]
Gone is my youth[00:04:08]
我每天都照镜子[00:04:09]
I look in the mirror everyday[00:04:09]
让它告诉我真相[00:04:12]
And let it tell me the truth[00:04:12]
我唱着蓝调[00:04:14]
I'm singing the blues[00:04:14]
呃,我得唱蓝调[00:04:17]
Mm I just have to sing the blues[00:04:17]
已经过了好长时间[00:04:21]
I've been around a long time[00:04:21]
是的,是的,我真的得付清账单[00:04:24]
Yes yes I've really paid some dues[00:04:24]
耶,他们告诉我[00:04:53]
Yeah they told me everything[00:04:53]
离开这里,一切都会更好[00:04:55]
Would be better out in the country[00:04:55]
一切都还好[00:04:57]
Everything was fine[00:04:57]
我在住宅区坐上了一辆公共汽车,宝贝[00:04:59]
I caught me a bus uptown baby[00:04:59]
每个人,所有人[00:05:02]
And every people all the people[00:05:02]
都有跟我一样的烦恼[00:05:04]
Got the same trouble as mine[00:05:04]
我有点忧伤,呃,呃[00:05:06]
I got the blues huh huh[00:05:06]
我说,已经有好长一段时间[00:05:10]
I say I've been around a long time[00:05:10]
我真的得付清账单[00:05:14]
I've really paid some dues[00:05:14]
再来一次,伙伴们![00:05:16]
One more time fellows[00:05:16]
角落里的瞎子乞讨着[00:05:18]
Blind man on the corner[00:05:18]
希望能要来一毛钱[00:05:21]
Begging for a dime[00:05:21]
有人抓住他[00:05:22]
The rollers come and caught him[00:05:22]
说他犯了罪,把他投入监狱[00:05:24]
And throw him in the jail for a crime[00:05:24]
我有点忧伤[00:05:28]
I got the blues[00:05:28]
呃,我唱着蓝调[00:05:30]
Mm I'm singing my blues[00:05:30]
已经过了好长时间[00:05:34]
I've been around a long time[00:05:34]
呃,我真的得付清账单[00:05:37]
Mm I've really paid some dues[00:05:37]
我们能再来一次吗?[00:05:39]
Can we do just one more[00:05:39]
哦,我想我得去接受救济[00:05:42]
Oh I thought I'd go down to the welfare[00:05:42]
请他们给我一点粗燕麦粉之类的东西[00:05:44]
To get myself some grits and stuff[00:05:44]
但一位女士站在那里,她说道[00:05:47]
But a lady stand up and she said[00:05:47]
你已经好久不来了[00:05:49]
You haven't been around long enough[00:05:49]
所以我有点忧伤[00:05:51]
That's why I got the blues[00:05:51]
呃,忧伤[00:05:54]
Mm the blues[00:05:54]
我说,已经好长一段时间了[00:05:58]
I say I've been around a long time[00:05:58]
我真的,真的得付清账单[00:06:01]
I've really really paid my dues[00:06:01]
伙伴们,告诉他们,再来一次[00:06:06]
伙[00:06:06]