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 为什么我要唱蓝调 Yes, I say everybody wanna know 是的 我说每个人都想知道 Why I sing the blues 为什么我要唱蓝调 Well, I've been around a long time 我曾经走遍了各地 I really have paid my dues 我曾付出了很大代价 When I first got the blues 当我第一次接触蓝调时 They brought me over on a ship 它们像是把我带到了船上 Men were standing over me 人们都在监督着我 And a lot more with a whip 很多人还手里拿着鞭子 And everybody wanna know 每个人都想知道 Why I sing the blues 为什么我要唱蓝调 Well, I've been around a long time 我曾经走遍了各地 Mm, I've really paid my dues 我曾付出了很大代价 I've laid in a ghetto flat 我曾住在贫民区 Cold and numb 那里又冷又麻木 I heard the rats tell the bedbugs 我听见老鼠对臭虫说 To give the roaches some 给蟑螂点东西 Everybody wanna know 每个人都想知道 Why I'm singing the blues 为什么我要唱蓝调 Yes, I've been around a long time 我曾经走遍了各地 People, I've paid my dues 我曾付出了很大代价 I stood in line 我站在队伍里 Down at the County Hall 在政府大厅前 I heard a man say 我听见有人说 We're gonna build 我们将要建造 Some new apartments for y'all 一些新公寓给所有人 And everybody wanna know 是的 每个人都想知道 Yes, they wanna know 是啊 他们想知道 Why I'm singing the blues 为什么我要唱蓝调 Yes, I've been around a long, long time 我曾经走遍了各地 Yes, I've really, really paid my dues 我曾付出了很大代价 Now I'm gonna play Lucille 现在我要演奏一曲Lucille My kid's gonna grow up 我的孩子快长大成人 Gonna grow up to be a fool 长成一个傻瓜 'Cause they ain't got no more room 因为他们没有房间住 No more room for him in school 学校里没他的位置 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 为什么我要唱蓝调 I say I've been around a long time 我曾经走遍了各地 Yes, I've really paid some dues 是的 我曾付出了很大代价 Yeah, you know the company told me 你知道 公司告诉我 Guess you're born to lose 你生来就是个失败者 Everybody around me, people 我身边的所有人 It seems like everybody got the blues 看起来每个人都郁郁不乐 But I had em a long time 但我烦扰的时间更长 I've really, really paid my dues 我真的付出了很多 You know I ain't ashamed of it, people 你看我并不羞愧 I just love to sing my blues 我只是喜欢唱自己的蓝调 I walk through the cities, people 我穿过城市 On my bare feet 光着脚 I had a fill of catfish and chitterlings 我带着鲶鱼和猪肠 Up in Downbill Street 来到Downbill街道 You know I'm singing the blues 你知道我在唱蓝调 Yes, I really 是的 我真的 I just have to sing my blues 我只是不得不唱出我的忧郁 I've been around a long time 我曾经走遍了各地 People, I've really 人们啊 我真的 Really paid my dues 付出了很多 Now Father Time is catching up with me 现在时间老人找上了我 Gone is my youth 我青春不再了 I look in the mirror everyday 我每天看着镜子 And let it tell me the truth 让它告诉我真相 I'm singing the blues 我在唱着蓝调 Mm, I just have to sing the blues 我只是不得不唱出我的忧郁 I've been around a long time 我曾经走遍了各地 Yes, yes, I've really paid some dues 是的 我曾付出了很大代价 Yeah, they told me everything 他们告诉我所有事 Would be better out in the country 最好离开这个国家 Everything was fine 每件事都很好 I caught me a bus uptown, baby 我坐着公交离开 宝贝 And every people 每个人 All the people 所有人 Got the same trouble as mine 都有和我一样的问题 I got the blues, huh huh 我很忧郁 I say I've been around a long time 我曾经走遍了各地 I've really paid some dues 我曾付出了很大代价