歌词
call it a journey of memories
称其为记忆的一次旅程
a journey to bring back the time
一次出游去找回那年代
through those days of wild abandon
经过这么多狂野放纵的日子
when a young man was in his prime
在一个年轻的男人风华正茂时
call it a hopeless fantasy
称其为绝望的幻想
trying to capture some long lost dreams
试图去捕捉那些早已迷失的梦想
when you fell for the dark eyed creole girl
当你倾心于黑眼睛的克里奥尔女孩
who came from new orleans
她来自新奥尔良
take in the latin quarter
漫步在拉丁街区
the search for a familiar name
寻访一个熟悉的名字
but paris has changed since you left her
但巴黎在你离开后已变了
and nothing much looks the same
变得面目全非
fifi's cafe is now a strip club
菲菲的咖啡现已是脱衣舞夜总会
with the arabian dancing queens
和“阿拉伯舞皇后”一样
but not one can compare with the creole girl
但没人能与克里奥尔女孩相比
who came from new orleans
她来自新奥尔良
perhaps it was too much to wish for
也许是期望的过多了
sometimes it's best to move on
有时还是离开为好
but just for the sake of memories
但这只是回忆的缘故
I'll take a drink for the days long gone
我开怀畅饮的日子已经过去了
and I went into the cafe chanson
走进那个香颂咖啡馆
and watched the world from tobacco stained screens
透过烟雾缭绕的彩色屏幕盯着这些歌词
and I thought of the dark eyed creole girl
还是想着那个黑眼睛的克里奥尔女孩
who came from new orleans
她来自新奥尔良
"bonsoir monsieur" said the waitress
“晚上好，先生”女服务员说道
"and what can I get for you?"
“我能为你做些什么？”
I said "excuse me for asking this question
我说：“对不起，我忍不住地要问
but you remind me of someone I knew"
因为你，让我想起了我以前认识的一个人”
she laughed as if I was crazy
她笑了，只当我是疯了
this young girl just out of her teens
这个年轻的女孩才有十几岁
but she looked like the dark eyed creole girl
但她看起来就像那黑眼睛的克里奥尔女孩
who came from new orleans
她来自新奥尔良
I stayed till the bar had emptied
我呆在这酒吧直至空无一人
and we shared a bottle of wine
还和这姑娘一起喝干了一瓶酒
I said "I'm just trying to capture a memory
我说：“我不过是想捕捉一个记忆
of love in a different time"
一段不寻常时间的爱情”
she said "maybe you think of my mother
她说：“也许你回忆的是我的母亲
we look so much alike it seems
我俩看起来非常相像
she was known as the dark eyed creole girl
她或许就是传说的那个黑眼睛的克里奥尔女孩
who came from new orleans"
她来自新奥尔良”
how I loved the dark eyed creole girl
我多么爱那黑眼睛的克里奥尔女孩
who came from new orleans
她来自新奥尔良
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