The Late Great Johnny Ace (Original Acoustic Demo) - Paul Simon
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Written by:Paul Simon
I was reading a magazine
我正翻阅着一本杂志
And thinking of a rock and roll song
脑海里回响着摇滚旋律
The year was 1956
那是在1956年
And I hadn't been playing that long
我刚开始接触音乐不久
When a man came on the radio
电台突然传来播音员的声音
And this is what he said
他沉重地宣布
He said I hate to break it to his fans
说实在不忍告诉乐迷们
But johnny ace is dead yeah yeah yeah
强尼·艾斯已永远离去 唉 唉 唉
Well I really wasn't
其实我并不是
Such a johnny ace fan
Johnny Ace的狂热粉丝
But I felt bad ali the same
但同样感到难过
So I sent away for his photograph
于是我寄信索要他的照片
And I waited till it came
静静等待它到来
It came all the way from texas
它从遥远的德克萨斯寄来
With a sad and sim-ple face
带着忧郁朴实的容颜
And they signed it on the bottom
照片底部还有签名
From the late great johnny ace yeah yeah yeah
来自伟大的约翰尼·艾斯 耶 耶 耶
It was the year of the beatles
那是披头士之年
It was the year of the stones
那是滚石之年
It was nineteen sixtyfour
那是一九六四年
I was living in london
我正住在伦敦
With the girl from the summer be-fore
与去年夏天的女孩同住
It was the year of the beatles
那是披头士之年
It was the year of the stones
那是滚石之年
A year after j f k
肯尼迪遇刺一年后
We were staying up all night
我们彻夜不眠
And giving the days away
任时光悄然流逝
And the music was flowing amazing
音乐如泉涌般美妙
And blowing my way
直击我心扉
On a cold december evening
在那个寒冷的十二月夜晚
I was walking through the christmas tide
我漫步在圣诞季街头
When a stranger came up and asked me
这时一位陌生人上前问我
If I'd heard john lennon had died
若我听闻列侬离世的消息
And the two of us went to this bar
我们二人便走进这间酒吧
And we stayed to close the place
驻留至打烊时分
And every song we played
每首响起的旋律
Was for the late great johnny ace yeah yeah yeah
都献给已故的强尼·艾斯 耶 耶 耶