歌词
Oh, the ragman draws circles
噢，流浪汉一边划着圆圈
Up and down the block
一边围着街区转
I’d ask him what the matter was
我问他为什么这样
But I know that he don’t talk
虽然我知道让他说话很难
And the ladies treat me kindly
女士们对我很好
And furnish me with tape
送给我胶布带
But deep inside my heart
但在内心深处
I know I can’t escape
我知道我已经无处可逃
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
噢，妈妈，这怪事是否能很快结束
To be stuck inside of Mobile
我又一次被塞进了汽车车厢
With the Memphis blues again
和孟菲斯布鲁斯一道
莎士比亚，他就出现在这街上
Well, Shakespeare, he’s in the alley
他穿着一双尖头皮鞋，手里还拿着一个小铃铛
With his pointed shoes and his bells
他正和一个法国姑娘讲话
Speaking to some French girl
她说她跟我是老相好
Who says she knows me well
我想给她写封信
And I would send a message
看看她是否在撒谎
To find out if she’s talked
但是邮局被偷走了
But the post office has been stolen
邮箱也被别人锁上了
And the mailbox is locked
噢，妈妈，这怪事是否能很快结束
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
我又一次和孟菲斯布鲁斯一道
To be stuck inside of Mobile
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With the Memphis blues again
蒙娜跟我说
别沿着铁路走
Mona tried to tell me
她说那些铁路工人
To stay away from the train line
喝你的血就像喝酒
She said that all the railroad men
啊，我说，“我怎么不知道
Just drink up your blood like wine
不过，我只碰到过一个
An’ I said, “Oh, I didn’t know that
他吸我的眼睫毛
But then again, there’s only one I’ve met
并一拳打掉了我的香烟“
An’ he just smoked my eyelids
噢，妈妈，这怪事是否能很快结束
An’ punched my cigarette”
我又一次和孟菲斯布鲁斯一道
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
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To be stuck inside of Mobile
爷爷上周刚刚死去
With the Memphis blues again
现在他已经被埋在了石头下
每个人都在谈论
Grandpa died last week
说他们是多么惊讶
And now he’s buried in the rocks
不过，我早已料到
But everybody still talks about
我知道他早已经变疯啦
How badly they were shocked
他在梅恩街当街点起一堆火
But me, I expected it to happen
并用枪把火打出一个个洞眼
I knew he’d lost control
噢，妈妈，这怪事是否能很快结束
When he built a fire on Main Street
我又一次和孟菲斯布鲁斯一道
And shot it full of holes
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Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
参议员来到了这里
To be stuck inside of Mobile
向每个人展示他的手枪
With the Memphis blues again
他还散发免费门票
让人去参加他儿子的婚礼
Now the senator came down here
我却差点吃了官司
Showing ev’ryone his gun
实在是运气太差
Handing out free tickets
我因无票被人抓住
To the wedding of his son
当时我正躲在一辆卡车上
An’ me, I nearly got busted
噢，妈妈，这怪事是否能很快结束
An’ wouldn’t it be my luck
我又一次和孟菲斯布鲁斯一道
To get caught without a ticket
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And be discovered beneath a truck
牧师看上去十分惊讶
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
当我上前问他
To be stuck inside of Mobile
为什么把二十磅重的新闻标题
With the Memphis blues again
钉在胸前的衣服上
但他马上对我开骂
Now the preacher looked so baffled
我小声反驳说，”你又没法隐藏
When I asked him why he dressed
你其实就和我一样
With twenty pounds of headlines
但愿你能满意“
Stapled to his chest
噢，妈妈，这怪事是否能很快结束
But he cursed me when I proved it to him
我又一次和孟菲斯布鲁斯一道
Then I whispered, “Not even you can hide
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You see, you’re just like me
雨人给了我两剂药
I hope you’re satisfied”
然后他说，”马上服“
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
一付是德克萨斯草药
To be stuck inside of Mobile
一付是铁路工人常喝的杜松子酒
With the Memphis blues again
像个傻瓜一样的我居然把它们混了起来
这药僵住了我的大脑
Now the rainman gave me two cures
从此人看上去更丑了
Then he said, “Jump right in”
我也失去了时间的概念
The one was Texas medicine
噢，妈妈，这怪事是否能很快结束
The other was just railroad gin
我又一次和孟菲斯布鲁斯一道
An’ like a fool I mixed them
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An’ it strangled up my mind
露西让我去看她
An’ now people just get uglier
在她工作的南方酒馆边的咸水池
An’ I have no sense of time
我可以免费看他跳舞
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
在她的巴拿马月亮底下
To be stuck inside of Mobile
我说，”别开玩笑了
With the Memphis blues again
你应该知道我有了舞伴“
她说，”你的舞伴只知道你需要什么
When Ruthie says come see her
而我却知道什么是你想要的“
In her honky-tonk lagoon
噢，妈妈，这怪事是否能很快结束
Where I can watch her waltz for free
我又一次和孟菲斯布鲁斯一道
’Neath her Panamanian moon
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An’ I say, “Aw come on now
砖头落在了格兰德街头
You must know about my debutante”
霓虹灯疯子正踩着他们向上爬
An’ she says, “Your debutante just knows what you need
那些砖头巧合般的落在那里
But I know what you want”
好像是谁设计好了
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
我则耐心地坐在这里
To be stuck inside of Mobile
等待一个答案
With the Memphis blues again
我必须付出怎样的代价
才不至于再次落入这个怪圈
Now the bricks lay on Grand Street
噢，妈妈，这怪事是否能很快结束
Where the neon madmen climb
我又一次和孟菲斯布鲁斯一道
They all fall there so perfectly
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It all seems so well timed
感谢土摩托老师的介绍，「我不知道这首歌到底在唱什么，但我每次听都会很开心。Life is short, have some fun!」他说。
An’ here I sit so patiently
Waiting to find out what price
You have to pay to get out of
Going through all these things twice
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
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