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