所属专辑:From Nashville to Memphis: The Essential ’60s Masters
歌手: Elvis Presley
时长: 02:50
Elvis Presley Guitar Man[00:00:01]
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Well I quit my job down at the car wash [00:00:06]
哦,我辞掉了洗车工的工作[00:00:08]
Left my mama a goodbye note [00:00:08]
留给妈妈一张告别的字条[00:00:10]
By sundown I'd left Kingston [00:00:10]
傍晚时分,我将离开金斯敦[00:00:12]
With my guitar under my coat [00:00:12]
把吉他放在我的外套下[00:00:14]
I hitchhiked all the way down to Memphis [00:00:14]
我一路搭便车到达孟菲斯[00:00:16]
Got a room at the YMCA [00:00:16]
在基督教青年会找到了一间房子[00:00:19]
For the next three weeks I went huntin' them nights [00:00:19]
接下来的三周,我每晚都在外游荡[00:00:21]
Just lookin' for a place to play [00:00:21]
寻找一个可以演奏的地方[00:00:23]
Well I thought my pickin' would set 'em on fire [00:00:23]
哦,我以为我的演奏会让他们疯狂[00:00:25]
But nobody wanted to hire a guitar man [00:00:25]
但是没有人想雇佣一个吉他手[00:00:31]
Well I nearly 'bout starved to death down in Memphis [00:00:31]
哦,我差点饿死在了孟菲斯[00:00:33]
I run outta money and luck [00:00:33]
我身无分文,没有贵人相助[00:00:35]
So I bought me a ride down to Macon Georgia [00:00:35]
所以我雇人带我到梅肯,乔治利亚[00:00:37]
On a overloaded poultry truck [00:00:37]
坐在一辆满载家禽的卡车上[00:00:38]
I thumbed on down to Panama City [00:00:38]
我拦车带我到了巴拿马城[00:00:41]
Started pickin' out some o' them all night bars [00:00:41]
开始寻找整晚营业的酒吧[00:00:44]
Hopin' I could make myself a dollar [00:00:44]
希望可以找到自己的价值[00:00:46]
Makin' music on my guitar [00:00:46]
用我的吉他演奏音乐[00:00:48]
I got the same old story at them all night piers [00:00:48]
在那些夜晚演奏的台柱身上我听到了和我一样的故事[00:00:50]
There ain't no room around here for a guitar man[00:00:50]
这里没有吉他手的发展空间[00:00:53]
We don't need a guitar man son[00:00:53]
我们不需要吉他手,孩子[00:00:56]
So I slept in the hobo jungles [00:00:56]
我与流浪汉们睡在一起[00:00:57]
Roamed a thousand miles off track [00:00:57]
游荡了上千里[00:01:00]
Till I found myself in Mobile Alabama [00:01:00]
后来我发现自己到了莫比尔,阿拉巴马州[00:01:02]
At a club they call Big Jack's [00:01:02]
在一个名叫大杰克的俱乐部里[00:01:03]
A little four-piece band was jammin' [00:01:03]
一个小小的四人乐队就可以即兴演唱[00:01:06]
So I took my guitar and I sat in [00:01:06]
我拿出了自己的吉他,坐在那里[00:01:08]
I showed 'em what a band would sound like [00:01:08]
我要告诉他们什么是真正的乐队演唱[00:01:10]
With a swingin' little guitar man [00:01:10]
一个奔放的吉他手[00:01:12]
Show 'em son[00:01:12]
在为他们演唱[00:01:34]
If you ever take a trip down to the ocean [00:01:34]
如果你曾去过海边[00:01:37]
Find yourself down around Mobile [00:01:37]
发现自己来到了莫比尔[00:01:39]
Make it on out to a club called Jack's [00:01:39]
继续前行,到一个名叫杰克的俱乐部里去[00:01:41]
If you got a little time to kill [00:01:41]
如果你有闲暇的时间[00:01:43]
Just follow that crowd of people [00:01:43]
跟随着人群[00:01:45]
You'll wind up out on his dance floor [00:01:45]
你会来到它的舞池[00:01:47]
Diggin' the finest little five-piece group [00:01:47]
你会发现一个最棒的五人乐队[00:01:49]
Up and down the Gulf of Mexico [00:01:49]
在墨西哥湾演奏[00:01:51]
Guess who's leadin' that five-piece band [00:01:51]
知道是谁带领的这个乐队吗[00:01:54]
Well wouldn't ya know it's that swingin' little guitar man[00:01:54]
哦,就是那个奔放的吉他手[00:01:59]