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点击复制Why I Sing The Blues - B.B. King
Everybody wants to know
每个人都想知道
Why I sing the blues
我为什么唱蓝调
Yes, I say everybody wanna know
是的，我说，每个人都想知道
Why I sing the blues
我为什么唱蓝调
Well, I've been around a long time
呃，已经好长一段时间
I really have paid my dues
我得付清账单
When I first got the blues
刚开始唱歌时
They brought me over on a ship
他们把我带上一艘船
Men were standing over me
人们看着我
And a lot more with a whip
船舵边人更多
And everybody wanna know
每个人都想知道
Why I sing the blues
我为什么唱蓝调
Well, I've been around a long time
呃，已经好长一段时间
Mm, I've really paid my dues
呃，我得付清账单
I've laid in a ghetto flat
以前我住在贫民窟的公寓里
Cold and numb
那里的人冷漠又麻木
I heard the rats tell the bedbugs
我听见老鼠对臭虫说
To give the roaches some
也给蟑螂来点
Everybody wanna know
每个人都想知道
Why I'm singing the blues
我为什么唱着蓝调
Yes, I've been around a long time
是的，有好长一段时间
People, I've paid my dues
有人帮我付账单
I stood in line
我在市政厅前
Down at the County Hall
排队
I heard a man say,"We're gonna build
我听到有个男的说
Some new apartments for y'all"
我们要为你们建一些新公寓
And everybody wanna know
每个人都想知道
Yes, they wanna know
是的，每个人都想知道
Why I'm singing the blues
我为什么唱着蓝调
Yes, I've been around a long, long time
是的，已经过了好长，好长一段时间
Yes, I've really, really paid my dues
是的，我真的得付清账单
Now I'm gonna play Lucille.
现在，我要演唱Lucille
My kid's gonna grow up
我的孩子就要长大
Gonna grow up to be a fool
长大后却愚昧无知
'Cause they ain't got no more room
因为他们的房子不够
No more room for him in school
孩子没地方上学
And everybody wanna know
每个人都想知道
Everybody wanna know
每个人都想知道
Why I'm singing the blues
我为什么唱着蓝调
I say I've been around a long time
我说，已经有好长一段时间
Yes, I've really paid some dues
是的，我真的得付清账单
Yeah, you know the company told me
耶，你明白，公司告诉我
Guess you're born to lose
你这个人，生来就是个废物
Everybody around me, people
我身边每个人
It seems like everybody got the blues
貌似每个人都有点忧郁
But I had 'em a long time
我已经忧郁了太长时间
I've really, really paid my dues
我真的，真的得付清账单
You know I ain't ashamed of it, people
你明白，我并不以此为耻
I just love to sing my blues
我只想唱我的蓝调
I walk through the cities, people
我穿过城市，人们
On my bare feet
我光着双脚
I had a fill of catfish and chitterlings
我有很多鲶鱼和猪肠
Up and down Beal Street
在比利街穿梭
You know I'm singing the blues
你明白，我唱着蓝调
Yes, I really
是的，我真的
I just have to sing my blues
我真的得唱蓝调
I've been around a long time
已经过了好长时间
People, I've really, really paid my dues
人们，我真的，真的得付清账单
Now Father Time is catching up with me
现在，时光老人抓住了我
Gone is my youth
我的青春逝去了
I look in the mirror everyday
我每天都照镜子
And let it tell me the truth
让它告诉我真相
I'm singing the blues
我唱着蓝调
Mm, I just have to sing the blues
呃，我得唱蓝调
I've been around a long time
已经过了好长时间
Yes, yes, I've really paid some dues
是的，是的，我真的得付清账单
Yeah, they told me everything
耶，他们告诉我
Would be better out in the country
离开这里，一切都会更好
Everything was fine
一切都还好
I caught me a bus uptown, baby
我在住宅区坐上了一辆公共汽车，宝贝
And every people, all the people
每个人，所有人
Got the same trouble as mine
都有跟我一样的烦恼
I got the blues, huh huh
我有点忧伤，呃，呃
I say I've been around a long time
我说，已经有好长一段时间
I've really paid some dues
我真的得付清账单
One more time, fellows!
再来一次，伙伴们！
Blind man on the corner
角落里的瞎子乞讨着
Begging for a dime
希望能要来一毛钱
The rollers come and caught him
有人抓住他
And throw him in the jail for a crime
说他犯了罪，把他投入监狱
I got the blues
我有点忧伤
Mm, I'm singing my blues
呃，我唱着蓝调
I've been around a long time
已经过了好长时间
Mm, I've really paid some dues
呃，我真的得付清账单
Can we do just one more?
我们能再来一次吗？
Oh I thought I'd go down to the welfare
哦，我想我得去接受救济
To get myself some grits and stuff
请他们给我一点粗燕麦粉之类的东西
But a lady stand up and she said
但一位女士站在那里，她说道
"You haven't been around long enough"
你已经好久不来了
That's why I got the blues
所以我有点忧伤
Mm, the blues
呃，忧伤
I say, I've been around a long time
我说，已经好长一段时间了
I've really, really paid my dues
我真的，真的得付清账单
Fellows, tell them one more time.
伙伴们，告诉他们，再来一次