Sidewalk Hobo - Hans Theessink/Gerry Lockran
以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
Written by:Tony Joe White
His footsteps echoed softly
他的脚步声轻轻回荡
Through the early morning hour
在清晨的时光里
The slowness of his move should be a warning
他缓慢的动作仿佛是一种警示
From the trash he digs a pair of socks
他从垃圾中翻出一双袜子
And yesterday's flowers
和昨日凋零的花
What a way to start
这是多么特别的开始
A monday morning
一个周一的早晨
He might have been a carpenter
他或许曾是个木匠
At one time in his life
曾经在他的人生中
Built a lot of homes an never had one
建过许多房子,却从未拥有一个
Or he might have been a poet
或许他曾是个诗人
Who'd come upon some hard times
却遭遇了艰难时光
And all that he had lived
他所经历的一切
Was just them sad poems
只剩那些悲伤的诗句
He might have been a singer
他也可能是个歌手
Whit a lot of promise
怀揣着许多希望
Cigarettes and whisky ruined his throat
香烟和威士忌毁了他的嗓子
And it's hard to remember
他很难再记起
Even a simple tune
哪怕是一首简单的旋律
Or the words to the songs
或是他曾经写下的歌词
That he had wrote
那些他创作的歌曲
Take me back to memphis
带我回到孟菲斯吧
I've got to do some things
我还有些事情要做
I've been in this city way too long
我在这座城市停留得太久
And it lays heavy on my mind
它沉重地压在我的心头
When I see another man
当我看到另一个人
Having to make the sidewalk
不得不将人行道
Having to make the sidewalk his home
不得不将人行道当作他的家