The Late Great Johnny Ace - Paul Simon (保罗·西蒙)
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I was reading a magazine
我正翻阅着杂志
And thinking of a rock and roll song
脑海里回响着摇滚旋律
The year was 1954
那是在1954年
And I hadh't been playing that long
我初涉音乐不久时
When a man came on the radio
电台突然传来播报声
And this is what he said
主持人沉痛地说道
He said I hate to break it
他说我不得不宣布
To his fans
致他的歌迷们
But Johnny Ace is dead
但强尼·艾斯已离世
Well I really wasn't
其实我算不上
Such a Johnny Ace fan
他的忠实粉丝
But I felt bad all the same
却同样感到悲伤
So I sent away for his photograph
于是我写信索要他的照片
And I waited till it came
静静等待它寄来
It came all the way from Texas
它从遥远的德克萨斯州
With a sad and simple face
带着悲伤而朴素的面容
And they signed it on the bottom
他们在底部签下名字
From the Late Great Johnny Ace
来自已故的伟大Johnny Ace
It was the year of The Beatles
那是披头士的年份
It was the year of The Stones
那是滚石的年份
It was 1964
那是1964年
I was living in London
我正住在伦敦
With the girl from the summer before
与去年夏天的那个女孩一起
It was the year of The Beatles
那是披头士的年份
It was the year of The Stones
那是滚石的年份
A year after J F K
肯尼迪遇刺后的那一年
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
音乐在流淌
Amazing
如此美妙
And blowing my way
随风飘散
On a cold December evening
在那个寒冷的十二月夜晚
I was walking through the Christmas tide
我漫步在圣诞节的街头
When a stranger came up and asked me
一个陌生人突然上前问我
If I'd heard John Lennon had died
可曾听闻列侬已逝的消息
And the two of us
我们两人
Went to this bar
走进一家酒吧
And we stayed to close the place
待到打烊时分
And every song we played
我们演奏的每首歌曲
Was for The Late Great Johnny Ace
都献给已故的伟大强尼·艾斯