歌词与中文翻译
Oh, the ragman draws circles
噢 收破烂的绕了个圈
Up and down the block.
前后跑遍了整个街区
I'd ask him what the matter was
我问他到底怎么了
But I know that he don't talk.
但我知道他不会明说
And the ladies treat me kindly
女士们对我友好相待
And furnish me with tape,
给我听各种音乐带
But deep inside my heart
但在我内心深处
I know I can't escape.
知晓我难逃此劫
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
噢 妈妈 这就是我的下场吗
To be stuck inside of Mobile
身困在莫比亚城
With the Memphis blues again.
重新弹起孟菲斯蓝调
Well, Shakespeare, he's in the alley
好吧 莎士比亚也身在陋巷
With his pointed shoes and his bells,
穿着他的尖头鞋和喇叭裤
Speaking to some French girl,
我和某个法国女孩打情骂俏
Who says she knows me well.
她说她非常了解我
And I would send a message
我会发出一封短信
To find out if she's talked,
看她是否那么健谈
But the post office has been stolen
但邮局已经掠劫一空
And the mailbox is locked.
邮筒也深深紧锁
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
噢 妈妈 这就是我的下场吗
To be stuck inside of Mobile
身困在莫比亚城
With the Memphis blues again.
重新弹起孟菲斯蓝调
Mona tried to tell me
莫娜试图告诉我
To stay away from the train line.
离火车线远点啊
She said that all the railroad men
她说所有那些铁路工人
Just drink up your blood like wine.
会像喝酒一样将你的血饮尽
An' I said, "Oh, I didn't know that,
我说呀 “噢 我并不知情
But then again, there's only one I've met
但其次我只见过一个人
An' he just smoked my eyelids
他只会对我的眼皮吐烟圈
An' punched my cigarette."
然后碾碎我的香烟”
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
噢 妈妈 这就是我的下场吗
To be stuck inside of Mobile
身困在莫比亚城
With the Memphis blues again.
重新弹起孟菲斯蓝调
Grandpa died last week
上周祖父驾鹤西归
And now he's buried in the rocks,
现在他葬在乱石间
But everybody still talks about
但每个人仍会谈起
How badly they were shocked.
他们对此事多么震惊
But me, I expected it to happen,
但我呀 我料到它会发生
I knew he'd lost control
我知道他脾气暴躁
When he built a fire on Main Street
当他在缅因街上举起火把
And shot it full of holes.
被乱枪射死全身布满窟窿
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
噢 妈妈 这就是我的下场吗
To be stuck inside of Mobile
身困在莫比亚城
With the Memphis blues again.
重新弹起孟菲斯蓝调
Now the senator came down here
现在参议员慢悠悠走下来
Showing ev'ryone his gun,
给众人亮了亮他的枪支
Handing out free tickets
随意分发着免费票券
To the wedding of his son.
去参加他儿子的婚礼
An' me, I nearly got busted
我呀 我几乎都快崩溃了
An' wouldn't it be my luck
那岂不是我走了霉运
To get caught without a ticket
我会因为身上没票被捕
And be discovered beneath a truck.
最后惨死在卡车之下
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
噢 妈妈 这就是我的下场吗
To be stuck inside of Mobile
身困在莫比亚城
With the Memphis blues again.
重新弹起孟菲斯蓝调
Now the preacher looked so baffled
现在牧师看上去如此困惑
When I asked him why he dressed
当我问他为何身上
With twenty pounds of headlines
带着繁重的新闻头条
Stapled to his chest.
而且活生生钉在胸前
But he cursed me when I proved it to him,
但当我试图向他解释时他却开始咒骂我
Then I whispered, "Not even you can hide.
我悄声对他说 即便是你也无法隐藏
You see, you're just like me,
你明白 你和我没什么两样
I hope you're satisfied."
我倒希望你称心如意呢
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
噢 妈妈 这就是我的下场吗
To be stuck inside of Mobile
身困在莫比亚城
With the Memphis blues again.
重新弹起孟菲斯蓝调
Now the rainman gave me two cures,
现在雨人将两种治疗法摆在我面前
Then he said, "Jump right in."
他说道 选一种吧
The one was Texas medicine,
一种是服德州产的药物
The other was just railroad gin.
另一种是狂饮铁道金酒
An' like a fool I mixed them
我像个傻子混淆了它们
An' it strangled up my mind,
脑子里简直一片空白
An' now people just get uglier
现在人们只会愈见丑陋
An' I have no sense of time.
而我不再需要时间观念
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
噢 妈妈 这就是我的下场吗
To be stuck inside of Mobile
身困在莫比亚城
With the Memphis blues again.
重新弹起孟菲斯蓝调
When Ruthie says come see her
当露丝说快来看她呀
In her honky-tonk lagoon,
就在她的酒吧舞池里
Where I can watch her waltz for free
当我看到她肆意跳起华尔兹
'Neath her Panamanian moon.
就在巴拿马如水的月光下
An' I say, "Aw come on now,
我说呀 啊 现在就来
You must know about my debutante."
你一定认识我的那位舞台少女
An' she says, "Your debutante just knows what you need
她说 你的舞台少女只懂得你需要什么
But I know what you want."
但我知道你想要什么
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
噢 妈妈 这就是我的下场吗
To be stuck inside of Mobile
身困在莫比亚城
With the Memphis blues again.
重新弹起孟菲斯蓝调
Now the bricks lay on Grand Street
现在砖石都散落在格兰特大街
Where the neon madmen climb.
这些纸醉金迷的疯子到处爬窜
They all fall there so perfectly,
他们如此错落有致地各自躺着
It all seems so well timed.
似乎时间也在那一瞬间凝固
An' here I sit so patiently
我耐着性子坐下来
Waiting to find out what price
等着搞清楚你的出价
You have to pay to get out of
需要花多少你才能逃离此地呢
Going through all these things twice.
而不必再游走在这糜烂世界中
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
噢 妈妈 这就是我的下场吗
To be stuck inside of Mobile
身困在莫比亚城
With the Memphis blues again.
重新弹起孟菲斯蓝调