Country Blues - The Chieftains
Come all you good kind people
来吧 善良的人们
While I've got money to spend
在我富足的时候
Tomorrow might be Monday
明天将是星期一
And I'll neither have a dollar nor a friend
我既没有财富也没有朋友
When I've got plenty of money good people
当我腰缠万贯的时候 所谓的好人们
My friends are all standing around
我的朋友都围着我转
Just as soon as my pocketbook is empty
一旦我的口袋空空如也
Not a friend on this earth can be found
身边就没有一个朋友了
The last time I seen that dear woman
最后一次见到那个美丽的女人
Good people
好人
She had a wine glass in her hand
她的手里端着一杯红酒
She's a-drinking down her troubles
她一饮而尽
With a lowdown sorry no good man
如同喝下的是她的烦恼 抱歉 这儿没有好人
My daddy told me a plenty good people
我父亲告诉我世上有很多好人
And my momma she told me more
我的母亲也这样认为
Said son if you don't quit your rowdy ways
她说 儿子 如果你不与人交往
You'll have trouble at your door
你将会面临许多麻烦
All around this old jailhouse this evening
这个晚上 在这个如同监狱的房子里
Good people
所谓的好人
Forty dollars will pay my fine
四十美元就可以买到他们的友谊
Corn whiskey has surrounded my body
食物与酒水围绕着我
Poor boy
可怜的孩子
Pretty women look trump in my mind
窈窕的淑女萦绕在我的脑海
If I'd a-listened to my momma
如果我听了母亲的教诲
Good people
所谓的好人
I would not be here today
我今天就不会再这里
But a-drinking and a-shooting and a-gambling
但是在家里饮酒作乐
At home I cannot stay
我再也不能忍受了
Go dig a hole in the meadow
在地上挖个洞
Good people
所谓的好人
Make it deep in that cold
挖一个深深的洞
Cold ground
在寒冷的地下
Come gather around all you kind friends
来吧 和你善良的朋友一起来吧
And see this poor rounder go down
看人间世态炎凉