Back On My Feet (Album Version) - Al Kooper
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Written by:Al Kooper
Now I've had a hard life
我曾历经艰辛
I been through two wives
两段婚姻皆以失败告终
And I've lived where the rats run wild
曾生活在老鼠横行的环境中
But now I'm much better and I'm writing this letter
但如今我已好转,正写这封信
Just to tell you bout your baby child
只为告诉你关于你孩子的近况
So ma I been busy and I know you've missed me
妈妈,我一直很忙,我知道你想念我
So I'm writing this letter to you
所以我写这封信给你
I knows its been ten years but save up those sad tears
虽然已经十年,但请收起那些悲伤的泪水
Mama let me tell ya whets new
妈妈 让我告诉你我的近况
Look at me I'm back on my feet
看看我 我重新站起来了
Pulled myself right outa the street
我把自己从街头拉了出来
So glad to be back on my feet right now
很高兴现在能重新站起来
I'm getting smiles from the people I meet
我遇到的每个人都对我微笑
Wontcha tell me bout dad now
告诉我爸爸现在怎么样了
Is he still doing bad now
他还在过得不顺吗
Working in the same drugstore
还在那家药店工作吗
Looking for praise now
如今寻求赞美
Did he ever get that raise now
他是否已经得到加薪
Hes been waiting twenty years for
他为此等待了二十年
And poor brother billy is he still so silly
可怜的比利兄弟,他是否依然那么天真
Living with that girl crosstown
和那个女孩住在城对面
Living off her job
靠她的工作生活
I still love that poor slob
我依然爱着那个可怜的家伙
Tell him someday I'll be round
告诉他总有一天我会回来
Look at me I'm back on my feet
看看我 我重新站起来了
Pulled myself right outa the street
我把自己从街头拉了出来
So glad to be back on my feet right now
很高兴现在能重新站起来
I'm getting smiles from the people I meet
我遇到的每个人都对我微笑
So glad to be back on my feet
很高兴能够重新站起来
Well I married this girl she was a rich girl
我娶了一个富家女孩
Took her checkbook and a fountain pen
拿起她的支票簿和钢笔
Wrote my name so fast now
飞快地写下我的名字
Knew my luck couldn't last now
知道我的好运不会长久
I wrote myself three years in the pen
我为自己写下了三年的牢狱之灾
So I prayed to the saviour
于是我向救世主祈祷
Got a year off for good behavior
因表现良好减刑一年
Read the bible so I'd understand
阅读圣经以理解其中的深意
Now I'm working steady and I'm married to Betty
现在我工作稳定,和贝蒂结了婚
Doing my best to be her good loving man
尽我所能成为她深爱的好丈夫
Mama so long now I know I was wrong now
妈妈,这么久了我终于明白我错了
Not to write in such a long long while
这么久没有给你写信
But ill save some money and you won't think its funny
但我会攒些钱,你不会觉得好笑
If I put you and dad up in style
如果我把你和爸爸接到这里享受生活
Look at me I'm back on my feet
看看我 我重新站起来了
Pulled myself right outa the street
我把自己从街头拉了出来
So glad to be back on my feet right now
很高兴现在能重新站起来
I'm getting smiles from the people I meet
我遇到的每个人都对我微笑
Don't have to worry bout nothing to eat
再也不用为温饱而担忧
Now doncha think its kinda neat
你不觉得这很棒吗
Ya know I pulled myself right up by the seat
你知道我是靠自己的努力
Of my pants
重新振作起来的
Look at me I'm back on my feet
看看我 我重新站起来了