Beale Street Blues歌词由Joan Morris&William Bolcom演唱,出自专辑《Vocal Recital: Morris, Joan - SPEAKS, O. / WENRICH, P. / HOWARD, J. / EMERSON, I. / KENDIS, J. / PAL》,下面是《Beale Street Blues》完整版歌词!
Beale Street Blues歌词完整版
Beale Street Blues - Joan Morris/William Bolcom
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Composed by:W.C. Handy
I've seen the lights of gay Broadway
我见过灯红酒绿的百老汇
Old Market Street down by the Frisco Bay
旧金山湾畔的市场街
I've strolled the Prado I've gambled on the Bourse
我开着普拉多招摇过市我在证券交易所赌上一把
The seven wonders of the world I've seen
我见过的世界七大奇迹
And many are the places I have been
我去过很多地方
Take my advice folks and see Beale Street first
朋友们听我的建议先去比尔街看看
You'll see the trum
你会明白真相
You'll beautiful trams
You'll see tailor mades and hand me downs
你会看见裁缝给我做的衣服
You'll meet honest men and pickpockets skilled
你会遇到诚实的人和熟练的扒手
You'll find that bus'ness never closes till somebody gets killed
你会发现公共汽车永远不会关门直到有人死去
You'll see huge resturents
你会看到巨大的残骸
And shape and hage
身材凹凸有致
You'll see Jugs that tell of bygone days
你会看见Jugs诉说着过去的时光
And places once places
曾经的地方
Now just a shame
现在只是一种遗憾
You'll see Golden Balls enough to pave the New Jerusalem
你会看到很多金球奖足以为新耶路撒冷铺路
You'll see the nation
你会看到这个国家
You are the first relation
你是我的第一个亲人
Who come to Beale for inspiration
到比尔来寻求灵感
Politicians call you a dub
政客们说你是蠢货
Unless you've been initiated in the Rickriters Club
除非你加入了Rickriters俱乐部
If Beale Street could talk
如果比尔街能说话
Beale Street could talk
比尔街的人会告密
Married men would have to
结了婚的男人必须
Take their beds and walk
为他们铺好床
Except one or two
除了一两个
Who never drink booze
从不喝酒的人
And the blind man on the corner
街角的盲人
Who sings the Beale Street Blues
谁唱着贝尔街头布鲁斯
I'd rather be here than any place I know
我宁愿待在这里也不愿去我熟悉的地方
I'd rather be here than any place I know
我宁愿待在这里也不愿去我熟悉的地方
It's goin' to take the seargent for to make me go
我需要一点勇气才能让我离开
Goin' to the river maybe bye and bye
去往河边也许就此结束
Goin' to the river and there's rivers way
来到河边到处都是河流
Because the rivers wet
And Beale Street's done gone dry
比尔街已经消失得无影无踪