The Ides of Texas(And Don’t Fence Me In)歌词由Chad Mitchell Trio演唱,出自专辑《Early in the Morning》,下面是《The Ides of Texas(And Don’t Fence Me In)》完整版歌词!
The Ides of Texas(And Don’t Fence Me In)歌词完整版
The Ides of Texas(And Don't Fence Me In) - Chad Mitchell Trio
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Written by:N.Martin/Cole Porter/Fred Ebb
Some of America's most beautiful ballads
Come from the land of the sagebrush and sun
来自这片充满山艾树与阳光的土地
The great southwest
大西南
You've heard how us folks down in Texas
你听说过我们这些德克萨斯人
Boast of our home in the west
吹嘘我们在西部的家园
You've heard us a sayin' in Texas
你在德州听过一句俗话
That things are the biggest and best
世间万物都是无与伦比的美好
Well a few months ago in the papers
几个月前在报纸上
A fabulous story come out
一个难以置信的故事即将上演
Which proves that us folks down in Texas
这证明我们这些在德州的人
Know what we're talking about
知道我们在说什么吗
Here's to a guy with a big Texas smile
敬那个面带德州微笑的家伙
Who knows what it means to have real Texas style
谁知道拥有真正的德州风格意味着什么
Here's to a fella who couldn't think small
这首歌献给一个不会斤斤计较的人
Here's to the biggest embezzler of all
敬最大的贪污犯
Billie Sol Estes we're proud of you son
BillieSolEstes我们为你感到骄傲孩子
Hey Billie Billie hey Billie Billie Billie
嘿比莉
You had to be Texan to do what you done
你必须是德州人才能做你做过的事
Hey Billie Billie hey Billie Billie Sol
嘿比莉比莉索尔
While other kids saved up their nickels and dimes
其他孩子都在拼命挣钱
For jellybeans liq'rice and fudge
为了糖果米饭和软糖
Well Billie saved too
Billie也被拯救了
And when he had enough
当他忍无可忍
He bought him a federal judge
他给他买了一个联邦法官
While still in his teens he was very perplexed
他十几岁的时候就很困惑
As to what field his fortune was hid
他的财富藏在哪个领域
His uncle suggested he go into steel
他叔叔建议他做钢铁侠
And that's just what Billie boy did
这就是Billie的所作所为
Billie Sol Estes that boy really cooks
BillieSolEstes这小子真会做饭
Hey Billie Billie hey Billie Billie Billie
嘿比莉
He had one shining purpose
他有一个明确的目标
And two sets of books
还有两套书
Hey Billie Billie hey Billie Billie Sol
嘿比莉比莉索尔
There once was a senator bill tried to bribe
曾经有个参议员比尔想要贿赂我
So bill had a wonderful notion
比尔有一个奇妙的想法
What a friend we have
我们多好的朋友
He sent him a yacht but that wasn't enough
他送了他一艘游艇但这还不够
So Billie boy threw in an ocean
所以比莉小子扔进大海里
Billie Sol Estes we're proud of you mate
BillieSolEstes我们为你感到骄傲朋友
Hey Billie Billie hey Billie Billie Billie
嘿比莉
It's hombres like you that make Texas so great
都是像你这样的兄弟让德州变得这么好
Hey Billie Billie hey Billie Billie Sol
嘿比莉比莉索尔
B is for the billions he's been bilkin'
B代表他腰缠万贯
Good ole billion bilkin' Billie
腰缠万贯就像比莉
I is to indemnify his loss
我要赔偿他的损失
They use a lot of ammonia up there Billie
他们用了很多氨水
That's why they call it the white house
这就是他们称之为白宫的原因
L is for the loans from Uncle Sammy
L是Sammy叔叔给我的贷款
Why thank ye cousin orville
为什么要感谢你奥维尔表哥
Then double l just like in double cross
然后再来一次就像两个十字架
I is for the interest he's accruin'
我是为了他的利益
Praise the Lord and pass the fertilizer Billie
赞美上帝把肥料递给我
E is for the eggheads he outsmarts
E代表知识分子他比别人聪明
Put them all together you've got Billie Sol
把它们放在一起你就像BillieSol
Whose initials are emblazed on our hearts
名字的首字母镌刻在我们的心上
B. S.
B. S.
Billie Sol Estes we're proud of you boy
BillieSolEstes我们为你感到骄傲男孩
Hey Billie Billie hey Billie Billie Billie
嘿比莉
Next to you Jimmy Hoffa is Lord Fauntleroy
站在你旁边的吉米·霍法就是方特勒罗伊爵士
Hey Billie Billie hey Billie Billie Sol
嘿比莉比莉索尔
Now they're gonna take Billie away to the clink
现在他们要把比莉送进监狱
And the way things look now it appears
从现在的情况来看
For all of the wheelin' and dealin' he's done
他已经忍无可忍
He'll get three thousand four hundred years
他会被判三四百年
And the day they lead old Billie away
他们把老Billie带走的那一天
Why each Texan will take off his hat
为何每个德州人都会摘下帽子
For who but a Texan
除了一个德州人
In all this wide world
在这大千世界里
Could pull down a sentence like that
可以说出那样的话
Billie Sol Estes you're really a doll
BillieSolEstes你真是个洋娃娃
Hey Billie Billie hey Billie Billie Billie
嘿比莉
There's Houston and Crockett
休斯顿和克罗基特
And now Billie Sol
现在比莉·索尔
And remember Billie boy
记住比莉男孩
We're behind you all the way
我们会永远支持你
Me and Ladybug
我和瓢虫
Hey Billie Billie hey Billie Sol Estes
嘿比莉比莉索尔埃斯蒂斯