The Tea Leaf Prophecy (Lay Down Your Arms) - Herbie Hancock (赫比·汉考克)/Joni Mitchell (琼尼·米契儿)

Written by：Larry Klein/Joni Mitchell

Newsreels rattle the nazi dread

新闻报道让人们看到纳粹的可怕

The able bodied have shipped away

所有健全的人都已经撤离

Molly McGee gets her tea-leaves read

莫莉·麦吉利用叶子预言

You'll be married in a month they say

你会在一个月之内嫁出去

These leaves are crazy

这些叶子很神奇

Just look at this town there's no men left

这个镇子里没有年轻力壮的男人

Just frail old boys and babies

只有老弱病残

Talking to teacher in the treble clef

听老师高声诉说

She plants her garden in the spring

她春天在花园里播种

She does the winter shovelling

冬天在花园里收割

Tokyo roses talking on the radio

从收音机里传来温柔的话语

She says I'm leavin' here

她说我要离开这里

But she don't go

但是她没有

Out of the blue just passin' thru

穿梭在蓝天上的

A young flight sergeant

年轻的飞行员

On two weeks leave

已经离开了两周

Says Molly McGee no one else will do

除了莫莉·麦吉 没有人会这么做

And seals the tea-leaf prophecy

预言被封存

Oh these nights are strong and soft

那些夜晚浓重又温柔

Private passions and secret storms

虽然内心如暴风雨 暗自翻涌

Nothin' about him ticks her off

他也从来没想过把她从自己的生活中剔除

And he looks so cute in his uniform

穿着制服他看起来真帅

She plants her garden in the spring

她春天在花园里播种

He does the winter shovelling

他负责在冬天里收割

But summer's just a sneeze

但夏天稍纵即逝

In a long long bad winter cold

寒冬漫漫无尽头

Soon she says I'm leavin' here

不久她说 我要离开这里

But she don't go

但是她没有

Sleep little darlin'

睡吧小宝贝

This is your happy home

这里就是你的家

Hiroshima cannot be pardoned

广岛事件无法释怀

Don't have kids when you get grown

但不要让仇恨波及你的孩子

This world is shattered

这个世界在分裂消亡

The wise are mourning

聪明人在哀悼

The fools are joking

愚昧的人在开玩笑

Oh what does it matter

无所谓了

The wash needs ironing

衣服需要熨烫才能平整

And the fire needs stoking

烈火需要火引才能燃烧

She plants her garden in the spring

她春天在花园里播种

He does the winter shovelling

他负责在冬天里收割

The three of 'em laughing 'round the radio

三个人围着收音机大笑

She says I'm leavin' here but she don't go

她说她要离开 但是她没有

She plants her garden in the spring

她春天在花园里播种

They do the winter shovelling

他们负责在冬天里收割

They sit up late and watch the

他们熬夜收看

Johnny Carson show

约翰尼·卡森的节目

She says I'm leavin' here but she don't go

她说我要离开 但是她没有