笨小笨If You Can’t Hold the Man You Love歌词由Ethel Waters演唱，出自专辑《Brown Baby: Ethel’s Early Twenties Recordings》，下面是《If You Can’t Hold the Man You Love》完整版歌词！
If You Can’t Hold the Man You Love歌词完整版
If You Can't Hold The Man You Love(02-20-26) - Ethel Waters
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My sermon for the Sabbath Day "
安息日的布道
Said Parson Johnson Brown
约翰逊·布朗牧师说
"Is going to of interest to every gal in town;
城里的每个姑娘都会感兴趣
Mandy Lee has done told me
MandyLee告诉过我
Her man is gone away
她的男友离我而去
That will be the subject
这就是我们的主题
Which I'll preach about today "
今天我要好好谈谈
If you can't hold the man you love
如果你无法拥抱你爱的男人
Don't cry when he's gone;
当他离开时，不要哭；
If you can't keep a good man down
如果你无法让一个好人倒下
Don't you carry on
你不要继续下去
First I want you gals to know
首先我想让你们知道
A little fact I've known
这是我知道的一个小事实
It takes more than a radio
这不只是一台收音机
To keep a man at home
把男人留在家里
And some night when you're alone
某个夜晚当你独自一人时
Waitin' for the dawn
等待黎明
Listen sisters listen while I warn doggone:
听着姐妹们听着我警告你
You can't mail a letter if it isn't stamped
没有盖章的信是不能寄出去的
You can't reform a man but he can be revamped
你无法改造一个人但他可以改造
If you can't hold the man you love
如果你无法拥抱你爱的男人
Don't cry when he's gone
当他离去时不要哭泣
You can't hold a bird unless you feed him seeds
你无法控制一只鸟儿除非你喂它种子
You can't hold a dog without the bones he needs
没有狗狗需要的骨头你根本抓不住它
If a monkey don't get peanuts why you'll find him gone;
如果一只猴子没有得到花生，为什么你会发现他消失了；
You can't hold a chicken 'less you feed him corn;
你养不了一只鸡除非你喂他玉米；
You can't hold a seal unless you feed him fish
你养不了海豹除非你喂他吃鱼
You even got to grant a baby's slightest wish
你甚至得满足一个婴儿最微小的愿望
And just as sure as there's a lord above
就像上帝一样肯定
You can't hold a man unless you give him love
你无法留住一个男人除非你给他爱
If you can't hold the man you love
如果你无法拥抱你爱的男人
Don't cry when he's gone;
当他离开时，不要哭；
If you can't keep a good man down
如果你无法让一个好人倒下
Don't you carry on
你不要继续下去
The secret ladies is to know
秘诀就是让女孩知道
Just what your man desires
正是你的男人渴望的
Learn to cultivate the tastes
学会培养品味
His appetite requires
他的胃口需要
And some night when you're alone
某个夜晚当你独自一人时
Waitin' for the dawn
等待黎明
Listen sisters listen while I warn doggone:
听着姐妹们听着我警告你
You better get wise realize the truth
你最好聪明点认清现实
Keep your home fires burnin' for your flame in you
让你的家园之火在你心中燃烧
If you can't hold the man you love
如果你无法拥抱你爱的男人
Don't cry when he's gone
当他离去时不要哭泣
I'm preachin'
我在布道
Don't cry when he's gone
当他离去时不要哭泣
