歌词
See that black boy over there runnin' scared
看看那位黑人男孩 在那里恐惧地奔跑着
His old man in a bottle
他的老父亲活在那酒瓶里
He done quit his 9 to 5
他已辞去朝九晚五的工作
He drink full time and now he's livin' in a bottle
变成全职酒鬼 现在他已活在那酒瓶之中了
See that black boy over there runnin' scared
看看那位黑人男孩 在那里恐惧地奔跑着
His old man got a problem
他的老父亲 堕落在麻烦之中
And it's a bad one
那是个最难解决的麻烦
He done pawned off damn near everything,
他已当掉了几乎所有的东西
His old woman's weddin' ring for a bottle
妻子的结婚戒指 只为换一瓶新酒
And don't you think it's a crime when
你难道不觉得那是一种罪吗
Time after time after time
一次次的重蹈覆撤 一次次的再陷泥潭
People in the bottle
活在酒瓶里的人们啊
There's people livin' in the bottle
这世上有人活在酒瓶里
Listen to me
听我说
See that sister, sho' was fine
看看那姐妹 是多么飒爽
Before she started drinkin' wine in a bottle
那一切早已让瓶中酒给化为过去式
She told me her old man committed a crime
她告诉我说 她的老父亲犯下了罪
He's doin' time and now she's hangin' in a bottle
关进监牢里服刑 现在她只能整日沉溺于酒瓶
I seen her out there on the avenue
我看到了她 在那外面的大街上
All by herself, she sho' need help from the bottle
孤身一人 她确实需要那酒瓶的援助
I seen a preacherman try to help her out
我看到一位牧师 竭尽全力想帮她抽身而出
She cussed him out and hit him in the head with a bottle
她不过以脏话伺候 把那酒瓶打到了他的头上
They turn to me, and they ask me, Gil,
他们转向我 然后询问我 "Gil
Don't you think it's a crime the way
你难道不觉得那是一种罪吗 像那样子
Time after time after time
一次次的重蹈覆撤 一次次的再陷泥潭”
People in the bottle
活在酒瓶里的人们啊
There's people sho' nuff in the bottle
这世上的确有人活在酒瓶里
I'll give you another good example
我来给你看另一个案例
You see that gent in the wrinkled suit
看看那位衬衫褶皱的绅士
He done damn near blown his cool to the bottle
他几乎把他所有的风度 都让那酒瓶给吹了
He was a doctor helpin' young girls along
他曾是一位医生 帮助那些年轻少女改进
If they wasn't too far gone in her problems
只要她们不深陷其中 烂醉成疾
But defenders of the dollar eagle said,
但美金的拥护者 这样说道
“What you doin, man, ain't legal”
"你所做的事 兄弟 它不合法"
Now he's in the bottle
现在他也活在酒瓶里了
And now we watch him everyday
如今 我们看着他日日夜夜
He's tryin' to chase the prisons away from the bottle
拼尽全力 用酒瓶来驱赶着那监牢
He turned to me and he said to me, hey now
他转向我 说道 "嘿 现在说说
Don't you think it's a crime the way
你难道不觉得那是一种罪吗 像那样子
Time after time
一次次的重蹈覆撤 一次次的再陷泥潭
Friends of mine in the bottle
我那些活在酒瓶里的朋友们啊
There's people sho nuff in the bottle
这世上的确有人活在酒瓶里
Come on, hit me the lick one time, stick
来吧 用那乐句击打我吧 一直维持下去
Uuh
I'll tell you a little secret
我来告诉你一个小秘密
If you ever come lookin' for me
如果你以后将会来找寻我的话
You know where I'm bound to be,
你知道我一定会在哪里的
In the bottle
就在那酒瓶中
Turn around
转过身子
Look around on any corner
四处看看任何角落
If you see some brother lookin' like a goner
如果你看到一位弟兄 看着就像将死之人
It's gonna be me
那定会是我
Sing the song
一起来唱吧
Na na na na na na na na na..
na na na na na na na na na
A dollar nine or a bottle of wine
九元美金 或是酒一瓶
A dollar nine, get a bottle of wine
九元美金 拿来买酒一瓶
A dollar nine, get a bottle of wine
九元美金 拿来买酒一瓶
A dollar nine, get a bottle of wine
九元美金 拿来买酒一瓶
The bottle
酒瓶啊
All that I'm concerned about is a bottle
我所在意的一切 便只是那酒瓶
It can turn me inside out for the bottle
使我完全颠倒黑白 只为了那酒瓶
All I want
我想要的一切
Said all I want
说 我想要的一切
Said all I want
说 我想要的一切
Said all I want since I'm livin in the bottle
说 我想要的一切 既然我已活在那酒瓶中
A bottle
便是酒一瓶
Sho nuff
的确如此
Sho nuff
确实如此
Sho nuff
真切如此
Sho nuff sho nuff sho nuff sho nuff
无疑如此 确切如此 的确如此 确实如此
Sho nuff sho nuff
真切如此 真切如此
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