City of New Orleans - Willie Nelson (威利·纳尔逊)

Ridin' on the City of New Orleans

穿行在新奥尔良的城中

Illinois Central Monday morning rail

伊利诺斯州中部星期一早上的铁轨上

Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders

十五辆车 十五个烦躁不安的驾驶员

Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail

三个售票员 以及二十五袋邮件

All along the southbound odyssey

火车离开坎卡基

The train pulls out of Kankakee

向南行驶 开始新的旅程

And rolls along past houses farms and fields

火车不断向前 路过农场 穿过田野

Passing trains that have no name

经过的火车没有名字

And graveyards full of old black men

墓地到处都是年老的黑人

And graveyards full of rusted automobiles

墓地旁到处都是生锈的车辆

Good morning America how are you Say

早上好美国 你好吗

Don't you know me I'm your native son

难道你不认识我吗 我就是这里土生土长的人

I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans

我在火车上 人们都在呼喊新奥尔良城

And I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done

当天黑时 我就会在千里之外了

Dealin' cards with an old man in the club car

我在娱乐车厢跟一个老人玩纸牌游戏

Penny a point ain't no one keepin' score

赢一分就得一便士 没有人计分吗

Pass that paper bag that holds the bottle

把那个装着瓶子的纸袋子递过来

And feel the wheels a rumbling neath the floor

感觉车轮在地板下隆隆作响

And the sons of poor men porters and the sons of engineers

贫穷搬运工的儿子以及工程师的儿子

Ride their father's magic carpet made of steel

都乘着他们父亲的魔毯

Mothers with their babes asleep rockin' to that gentle beat

母亲们都轻轻拍打着孩子 哄他们睡觉

And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel

他们所能感觉到的只有铁轨上的旋律

Good morning America how are you Say don't you know me I'm your native son And I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done

早安 美国 你好吗 难道你不认识我吗 我是这里土生土长的人 天黑时 我就在千里之外了

Night time on the City of New Orleans

新奥尔良的夜晚

Changing cars in Memphis Tennessee

列车已到达田纳西 孟菲斯

Half way home we'll be there by morning

已经在半路上了 天亮前我们就会到家

Through the Mississippi darkness rolling down to the sea

穿过密西西比黑暗笼罩了海平面

And all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream

所有的小镇 所有人 似乎都随着噩梦渐渐消失

And the steel rails still ain't heard the news

铁轨却没听到这个消息

The conductor sings his songs again

售票员又开始唱歌了

The passengers will please refrain This train has got the disappearing railroad blues

乘客们会很满意 火车已经消失在忧郁的轨道上

Good morning America how are you Say don't you know me I'm your native son

早安 美国 你怎么样 难道你不知道我是本土人吗

I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans And I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done

我正在火车上 天黑之后 我就会在千里之外