The Ballad Of Billy Joe - Jerry Lee Lewis (杰瑞·李·路易斯)
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I'm the man their gonna hang for killin' Billy Joe
我就是那个因杀死比利·乔而将被绞死的男人
But there's a whole lot
但事情的真相
More to the story than they know
远比他们知道的复杂得多
Listen to my side of it and
听听我的故事
I think that you will see
我想你会明白
The reason why I killed to boy
我为何要杀死那个
That made a fool of me
让我沦为笑柄的男孩
There was a girl named Mary Anne
有个女孩名叫玛丽·安
And Mary Anne was all the world to me
她曾是我的整个世界
We planned to get married
我们计划步入婚姻殿堂
And we set the date for the wedding was to be
连婚礼日期都已定下
But I walked up to her house one night
直到某夜我走向她家
And out there on the porch they sat
看见他们在门廊相偎
And I swore they'd never get away with that
我发誓绝不会放过他们
Billy Joe took Mary Anne
比利·乔夺走了玛丽·安
And when I to the dance hall one night
那夜我来到舞厅
They didn't know I was standin out there
无人察觉我伫立暗处
In the shadows out of sight
隐没在阴影之中
They sat down at a table and
他们相偎桌边
She smiled as he gave her hand the pat
她笑靥如花任他轻抚
And I swore they would never get away with that
我发誓绝不让他们逍遥
I swore they would never get away
我发誓绝不让他们
With breakin' my heart
肆意践踏我心
I knew that that was just one way
我明白那只是唯一的方式
To keep them apart
让他们永远分离
Oh everybody says his mother begged him
噢 人人都说他母亲苦苦哀求
Not to take his guns to town
求他别带枪进城
He should have listened to her
他真该听她的话
Because she knew that
因为她早已知晓
I was gonna shoot him down
我会将他击毙
I'll be hung tomorrow
明日我将被处以绞刑
Just because I had to kill that little rat
只因我不得不除掉那个卑鄙小人
But I swore that he never get away with that
但我发誓绝不会让他逍遥法外
And Billy Joe didn't get away with that
比利·乔终究没能逃脱惩罚