笨小笨Why I Sing The Blues歌词由B.B. King演唱，出自专辑《Soul， Jazz & Blues》，下面是《Why I Sing The Blues》完整版歌词！
Why I Sing The Blues歌词完整版
Why I Sing The Blues - B.B. King
Everybody wants to know
每个人都想知道
Why I sing the blues
为什么我要唱蓝调
Yes, I say everybody wanna know
是的 我说每个人都想知道
Why I sing the blues
为什么我要唱蓝调
Well, I've been around a long time
我曾经走遍了各地
I really have paid my dues
我曾付出了很大代价
When I first got the blues
当我第一次接触蓝调时
They brought me over on a ship
它们像是把我带到了船上
Men were standing over me
人们都在监督着我
And a lot more with a whip
很多人还拿着鞭子
And everybody wanna know
每个人都想知道
Why I sing the blues
为什么我要唱蓝调
Well, I've been around a long time
我曾经走遍了各地
Mm, I've really paid my dues
我曾付出了很大代价
I've laid in a ghetto flat
我曾住在贫民区
Cold and numb
那里又冷又麻木
I heard the rats tell the bedbugs
我听见老鼠对臭虫说
To give the roaches some
给蟑螂点东西
Everybody wanna know
每个人都想知道
Why I'm singing the blues
为什么我要唱蓝调
Yes, I've been around a long time
我曾经走遍了各地
People, I've paid my dues
我曾付出了很大代价
I stood in line
我站在队伍里
Down at the County Hall
在政府大厅前
I heard a man say
我听见有人说
We're gonna build
我们将要建造
Some new apartments for y'all
一些新公寓给所有人
And everybody wanna know
是的 每个人都想知道
Yes, they wanna know
是啊 他们想知道
Why I'm singing the blues
为什么我要唱蓝调
Yes, I've been around a long, long time
我曾经走遍了各地
Yes, I've really, really paid my dues
我曾付出了很大代价
Now I'm gonna play Lucille
现在我要演奏一曲Lucille
My kid's gonna grow up
我的孩子快长大成人
Gonna grow up to be a fool
长成一个傻瓜
'Cause they ain't got no more room
因为他们没有房间住
No more room for him in school
学校里没他的位置
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
为什么我要唱蓝调
I say I've been around a long time
我曾经走遍了各地
Yes, I've really paid some dues
是的 我曾付出了很大代价
Yeah, you know the company told me
你知道 公司告诉我
Guess you're born to lose
你生来就是个失败者
Everybody around me, people
我身边的所有人
It seems like everybody got the blues
看起来每个人都郁郁不乐
But I had em a long time
但我烦扰的时间更长
I've really, really paid my dues
我真的付出了很多
You know I ain't ashamed of it, people
你看我并不羞愧
I just love to sing my blues
我只是喜欢唱自己的蓝调
I walk through the cities, people
我穿过城市
On my bare feet
光着脚
I had a fill of catfish and chitterlings
我带着鲶鱼和猪肠
Up in Downbill Street
来到Downbill街道
You know I'm singing the blues
你知道我在唱蓝调
Yes, I really
是的 我真的
I just have to sing my blues
我只是不得不唱出我的忧郁
I've been around a long time
我曾经走遍了各地
People, I've really
人们啊 我真的
Really paid my dues
付出了很多
Now Father Time is catching up with me
现在时间老人找上了我
Gone is my youth
我青春不再了
I look in the mirror everyday
我每天看着镜子
And let it tell me the truth
让它告诉我真相
I'm singing the blues
我在唱着蓝调
Mm, I just have to sing the blues
我只是不得不唱出我的忧郁
I've been around a long time
我曾经走遍了各地
Yes, yes, I've really paid some dues
是的 我曾付出了很大代价
Yeah, they told me everything
他们告诉我所有事
Would be better out in the country
最好离开这个国家
Everything was fine
每件事都很好
I caught me a bus uptown, baby
我坐着公交离开 宝贝
And every people
每个人
All the people
所有人
Got the same trouble as mine
都有和我一样的问题
I got the blues, huh huh
我很忧郁
I say I've been around a long time
我曾经走遍了各地
I've really paid some dues
我曾付出了很大代价
One more time, fellows
再来一次 同伴们
Blind man on the corner
角落的盲人
Begging for a dime
在乞讨一分钱
The rollers come and caught him
警察来了抓住了他
And throw him in the jail for a crime
因为犯罪把他关进了监狱
I got the blues
我很忧郁
Mm, I'm singing my blues
我在唱出我忧郁的蓝调歌曲
I've been around a long time
我曾经走遍了各地
Mm, I've really paid some dues
我曾付出了很大代价
Can we do just one more
让我们再试一次
Oh I thought I'd go down to the welfare
我想我还有福利
To get myself some grits and stuff
得到一些燕麦和物品
But a lady stand up and she said
但一位女士站在面前 说到
You haven't been around long enough
你还没有资格
That's why I got the blues
那就是我郁郁不乐的原因
Mm, the blues
郁郁不乐的原因
I say, I've been around a long time
我说 我曾经走遍了各地
I've really, really paid my dues
我曾付出了很大代价
Fellows, tell them one more time
伙计们 告诉他们再一次
Ha, ha, ha
That's all right, fellows
这没什么 伙计们
Yeah
