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