Why I Sing The Blues - B.B. King (雷利·金) // Everybody wants to know 每个人都想知道 Why I sing the blues 我为什么唱蓝调 Yes, I say everybody wanna know 是的,我说,每个人都想知道 Why I sing the blues 我为什么唱蓝调 Well, I've been around a long time 呃,已经好长一段时间 I really have paid my dues 我得付清账单 When I first got the blues 刚开始唱歌时 They brought me over on a ship 他们把我带上一艘船 Men were standing over me 人们看着我 And a lot more with a whip 船舵边人更多 And everybody wanna know 每个人都想知道 Why I sing the blues 我为什么唱蓝调 Well, I've been around a long time 呃,已经好长一段时间 Mm, I've really paid my dues 呃,我得付清账单 I've laid in a ghetto flat 以前我住在贫民窟的公寓里 Cold and numb 那里的人冷漠又麻木 I heard the rats tell the bedbugs 我听见老鼠对臭虫说 To give the roaches some 也给蟑螂来点 Everybody wanna know 每个人都想知道 Why I'm singing the blues 我为什么唱着蓝调 Yes, I've been around a long time 是的,有好长一段时间 People, I've paid my dues 有人帮我付账单 I stood in line 我在市政厅前 Down at the County Hall 排队 I heard a man say, "We're gonna build 我听到有个男的说 Some new apartments for y'all" 我们要为你们建一些新公寓 And everybody wanna know 每个人都想知道 Yes, they wanna know 是的,每个人都想知道 Why I'm singing the blues 我为什么唱着蓝调 Yes, I've been around a long, long time 是的,已经过了好长,好长一段时间 Yes, I've really, really paid my dues 是的,我真的得付清账单 Now I'm gonna play Lucille. 现在,我要演唱Lucille My kid's gonna grow up 我的孩子就要长大 Gonna grow up to be a fool 长大后却愚昧无知 'Cause they ain't got no more room 因为他们的房子不够 No more room for him in school 孩子没地方上学 And everybody wanna know 每个人都想知道 Everybody wanna know 每个人都想知道 Why I'm singing the blues 我为什么唱着蓝调 I say I've been around a long time 我说,已经有好长一段时间 Yes, I've really paid some dues 是的,我真的得付清账单 Yeah, you know the company told me 耶,你明白,公司告诉我 Guess you're born to lose 你这个人,生来就是个废物 Everybody around me, people 我身边每个人 It seems like everybody got the blues 貌似每个人都有点忧郁 But I had 'em a long time 我已经忧郁了太长时间 I've really, really paid my dues 我真的,真的得付清账单 You know I ain't ashamed of it, people 你明白,我并不以此为耻 I just love to sing my blues 我只想唱我的蓝调 I walk through the cities, people 我穿过城市,人们 On my bare feet 我光着双脚 I had a fill of catfish and chitterlings 我有很多鲶鱼和猪肠 Up and down Beal Street 在比利街穿梭 You know I'm singing the blues 你明白,我唱着蓝调 Yes, I really 是的,我真的 I just have to sing my blues 我真的得唱蓝调 I've been around a long time 已经过了好长时间 People, I've really, really paid my dues 人们,我真的,真的得付清账单 Now Father Time is catching up with me 现在,时光老人抓住了我 Gone is my youth 我的青春逝去了 I look in the mirror everyday 我每天都照镜子 And let it tell me the truth 让它告诉我真相 I'm singing the blues 我唱着蓝调 Mm, I just have to sing the blues 呃,我得唱蓝调 I've been around a long time 已经过了好长时间 Yes, yes, I've really paid some dues 是的,是的,我真的得付清账单 Yeah, they told me everything 耶,他们告诉我 Would be better out in the country 离开这里,一切都会更好 Everything was fine 一切都还好 I caught me a bus uptown, baby 我在住宅区坐上了一辆公共汽车,宝贝 And every people, all the people