Hes in the Jailhouse Now歌词由Blind Blake演唱,出自专辑《Sounds of the City, Memphis Shakedown - The Memphis Blues Explosion》,下面是《Hes in the Jailhouse Now》完整版歌词!
Hes in the Jailhouse Now歌词完整版
Hes in the Jailhouse Now - Blind Blake
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Remember last election
记得上次选举
Everybody was in action
每个人都在行动
Tryin' to find themselves a president
想要成为总统
There was a man named Lawson
有个叫劳森的人
From New York down to Boston
从纽约到波士顿
Representing the colored people we had sent
代表着我们派出的有色人种
My brother was a voter
我的兄弟是选民
Also a great promoter
也是个优秀的推广人
Goin' round givin' advice
四处奔波给我建议
They'd go to the poll and vote
他们会去投票站投票
Instead of voting once he voted twice
他不再投一次票而是投两次票
He's in the jailhouse now
他现在在监狱里
He's in the jailhouse now
他现在在监狱里
We got him down town in jail
我们把他送进了监狱
No one to go his bail
没人保释他
He's in the jailhouse now
他现在在监狱里
I went downtown last Friday
上周五我去了市中心
I met a gal named Lidday
我遇到一个叫利迪的女孩
I thought she was the swellest gal in town
我以为她是镇上最有钱的女孩
She start to call me honey
她开始叫我亲爱的
I thought to spending money
我想花钱
We went into a cafe and sit down
我们走进一家咖啡馆坐下来
I thought that I was in it
我以为我深陷其中
Buying a drink a minute
请你喝一杯
Buying wine champagne by the jug
一罐一罐买红酒香槟
When I went to pay that man
当我付钱给那个男人
I found that lady's hand
我找到了那位女士的手
In my pocket where my money was
我的口袋里塞满钞票
They gotta
他们必须
She's in the graveyard now
她现在躺在墓地里
She's in the graveyard now
她现在躺在墓地里
When I went to pay that man
当我付钱给那个男人
I found that old gal's hand
我找到了那个老姑娘的手
He's in the jaihouse now
他现在在监狱里
He's in the jaihouse now
他现在在监狱里
He's in the jaihouse now
他现在在监狱里
When I went to pay that man
当我付钱给那个男人
I found that lady's hand
我找到了那位女士的手
She's in the jailhouse now
她现在在监狱里