歌词
Operator, number, please:
接线员请帮我连一下这个电话
It's been so many years
过去这么多年了
Will she remember my old voice
要是哭出声来
While I fight the tears?
她会知道那喑哑的声音是我吗
Hello, hello there, is this Martha?
嗨,你好,是玛莎吗
This is old Tom Frost,
我是老汤姆
And I am calling long distance,
从一个遥远的地方打过来的
Don't worry 'bout the cost.
不必担心电话费用
'Cause it's been forty years or more,
因为至少四十年没联系了吧
Now Martha please recall,
Martha如果你收到请务必打给我
Meet me out for coffee,
我们见个面喝杯咖啡
Where we'll talk about it all.
在那里聊聊天
And those were the days of roses,
那时候,我们的生活中开满了玫瑰
Poetry and prose and Martha
我们读诗、写散文
All I had was you and all you had was me.
你是我的全部,我也是你的全部
There was no tomorrows,
我们不关心明天会怎样
We'd packed away our sorrows
收拾所有的悲伤
And we saved them for a rainy day.
在一个下雨的日子里储存起来
And I feel so much older now,
但现在我已经老了
And you're much older too,
玛莎,你也是
How's your husband?
你的丈夫怎么样了
And how's the kids?
你的孩子们还好吧
You know that I got married too?
你知道我也结婚了吗
Lucky that you found someone
你找到了能给你安全感的人
To make you feel secure,
我由衷为你感到高兴
'Cause we were all so young and foolish,
过去我们太年轻,不谙世事
Now we are mature.
现在我们成熟了
And those were the days of roses,
那时候,我们的生活中开满了玫瑰
Poetry and prose and Martha
我们读诗、写散文
All I had was you and all you had was me.
你是我的全部,我也是你的全部
There was no tomorrows,
我们不关心明天会怎样
We'd packed away our sorrows
收拾所有的悲伤
And we saved them for a rainy day.
在一个下雨的日子里储存起来
And I was always so impulsive,
我总是如此冲动
I guess that I still am,
大概,我一直都是这样吧
And all that really mattered then
那些日子里芜杂的心绪
Was that I was a man.
是因为我是个男人
I guess that our being together
我们曾经相爱
Was never meant to be.
我猜,也并不意味什么了
And Martha, Martha,
但是玛莎,玛莎啊
I love you can't you see?
我爱你,你知道吗
And those were the days of roses,
那时候,我们的生活中开满了玫瑰
Poetry and prose and Martha
我们读诗、写散文
All I had was you and all you had was me.
你是我的全部,我也是你的全部
There was no tomorrows,
我们不关心明天会怎样
We'd packed away our sorrows
收拾所有的悲伤
And we saved them for a rainy day.
在一个下雨的日子里储存起来
And I remember quiet evenings
我依然记得那些安静的夜晚里
Trembling close to you...
我颤抖着,靠近你
专辑信息
1.Martha
2.I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You
3.Old Shoes [& Picture Postcards]
4.Ice Cream Man
5.Ol' 55
6.Grapefruit Moon
7.Closing Time
8.Rosie
9.Lonely
10.Virginia Avenue
11.Midnight Lullaby
12.Little Trip To Heaven [On The Wings Of Your Love]