Hello, Mr. DJ(Old Record Speaks) - Sonny Martin
以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
Written by:S. Martin
A country DJ was at the station
一位乡村音乐DJ正在电台里
Taken out all the records he was gonna play
整理着准备播放的所有唱片
He was going over the top40 list
他仔细核对着热门榜单
All the big hits of the day
那些当红的热门金曲
A voice seemed to slip into his mind
有个声音悄然浮现在他脑海
Its tone was soft and sad
那语调温柔又忧伤
And he found himself listening closer
他不由自主地侧耳倾听
To the words that it said
那声音诉说着的话语
Hi Mr. DJ remember me
DJ先生 还记得我吗
Now please don't be afraid
请别害怕
I'm just an old country record
我只是张老旧的乡村唱片
The kind that you every seldom played
那种你很少播放的旋律
Why I know you have your playlist
我知道你有专属歌单
With your top40 songs
排满热门金曲四十首
I guess I'm out of step
或许我已不合时宜
And somehow I don't belong
总觉得格格不入
You may think that I'm old fashioned
你或许觉得我太过老派
With my simple melody
只有简单的旋律相伴
But the roots of country music began with sounds like me
但乡村音乐的根脉 正是由我这样的声音开端
Now don't misunderstand
请别误会我的本意
Please don't get me wrong
也莫要错解衷肠
Why I'm proud of today is country
我以今日乡村为傲
And in many places it's gone
尽管它已改变模样
They are played in New York City and even in Japan
从纽约到东京的电台 都回荡着新声悠扬
Why who would it thought that you would go to Tokyo
谁能想到你会远赴东京
And hear the sound of a country band
却听见乡村乐队的悠扬琴声
Yeah we don't want you to forget us
是啊 请别将我们遗忘
We've been around a long long time
我们已传唱漫长岁月
Why not give us a spin once in a while
何不时常重温这些旋律
Just for all rings' end
只为纪念所有的缘起缘灭
Country music is big now getting bigger every day
乡村音乐如今声势浩大 日盛一日
But its records like me and the folks that cut us
但正是我们这些老唱片和创作者们
Open doors and help pave the way
敞开大门 为后人铺路
Why some of today's stars travel on their airplanes
为何如今明星们乘着私人飞机巡演
And write in air conditioned limousines
在空调豪华轿车里创作
But in my time they wrote in old cars
而我们那个年代 他们窝在旧车里写歌
And made their meals on hotdogs and beans
靠热狗和豆子果腹
There're still some old timer around
仍有几位老前辈健在
But their records seldom got played in the air
但他们的唱片已很少在电台响起
Why if you ask somebody youngster on the top now
若问当今当红的年轻歌手
They say that it was the old hands that help put them there
人们说正是那些老前辈 铺就了今日的辉煌
And Mr. DJ there're still a lot of folks relying on my simple country sounds
DJ先生 仍有许多人依赖着我质朴的乡村旋律
Ah they may not raise much of records
或许我们已难登排行榜
But you can bet that there's a lot of us around
但请相信我们依然遍布四方
So for their sake and mine
为了他们 也为了我
Though we may be a bit out of style
尽管我们或许稍显过时
Pour us out dust us often
请常为我们拂去尘埃
Gives us a spin once in a while
偶尔也给我们一次机会吧
Well I guess I've taken enough of your time
我想我已经占用你太多时间
I see you're due to go on the air
看你该上节目了
But please Mr. DJ don't forget what I told you
但求您记住我说的话 DJ先生
Play an old record in there
请播放些老唱片吧
That DJ sighed and shook his head
那位DJ叹了口气摇摇头
As if has awaken from a dream'
恍若大梦初醒般
He smiled at the row of old records and thought
他对着那排老唱片微笑沉思
How real that voice has seemed
那声音如此真实动人
He grabbed an arm full of records and hurried down his way
他抱起一叠唱片匆匆离去
He opened his show with
节目开始时他说道
Folks we're gonna spin a lot of old country records today
朋友们 今天我们要播放许多经典乡村老歌