歌词
I'm not sure if there's a
The Raconteurs
point to this story
我不确定这个故事
but im going to tell it again
有没有什么意义
So many other people
但是我还是想要再讲一遍
trying to tell the tale
很多人
but not one of em knows the end
都想要讲这个传说
It was a junk house
但是他们没有一个知道结局是什么
in South Carolina
在南卡罗莱纳
Held a boy the age of ten
有个破房子
Along with his older
里面有个十岁的男孩
brother billy his mother
跟他一起的还有
and her boyfriend
他的哥哥比利和他的妈妈
Who was a triple loser
以及他妈妈的男朋友。
with blue tattoos
那人是个彻底的失败者
That were given to him
纹了个蓝色纹身
when he was young
那是在他很小的时候..
And a drunk temper that
就纹上的。
was easy to lose
他一喝酒
Thank god he didn't
就脾气暴躁
own a gun
所幸的是
Billy woke up
他没有枪。
in the back of his truck
比利在他的卡车斗里..
Took a minute to
醒过来
open his eyes
花了整整一分钟
He took a peep into
才睁开眼。
the back of the house
他向屋后
And found himself
看了一眼
a big surprise
突然
He didnt see his brother
大吃一惊。
but there was his mother
他没看到他弟弟
With a red-headed
只看到他妈妈手里
head in her hands
有个红头发
While the boyfriend had his
的脑袋。
gloves wrapped around
她的男朋友
an old grease
带着手套
Trying to choke a man
拿着老式润滑油
Billy looked up from
正要掐死一个男人。
the window to the truck
比利从窗口向上看去
Threw up and had to
看向卡车
struggle to stand
吐了出来
He saw that redneck
挣扎着站起来。
bastard with a hammer
他看到了那个粗鲁的
That priest was
乡下混蛋拿着一把斧子
a shell of a man
把那个牧师
That priest was putting up
吓得一动不动。
the fight of his life
那个牧师正要打算
But he was old and
跟他（男朋友）的妻子打一架
he was bound to lose
但是他（牧师）太老了
The boyfriend hit
一定会打输。
as hard as he could
她男朋友
And knocked the priest
用尽全力打着
right down to his shoes
把牧师
Well now Billy never
直接打倒在脚下
actually met
比利知道却
The preacher lying
一直看不到
there in the room
牧师
he heard himself say that
倒在屋内。
must be my daddy
他听到他在自言自语道
Then he knew what
那人一定是我的父亲。
he was gonna do
然后他知道了
Billy got up e
要做什么。
nough courage to give
比利鼓足了勇气
and grabbed the first
决定要做点什么。
blunt thing he could find
他找到了身边的
It was a cold glass
最近的钝器，
bottle of milk
那就是一瓶
That was delivered
冰冷的牛奶
every morning at nine
每天早上九点
Billy broke in and
都会送来的。
saw the blood on the floor
比利冲了进去
and he turned around
看到了地板上的血
and put the lock on the door
他转过身
He looked straight
锁上门。
into the boyfriend eye
他直直地盯着
His mother was a ghost
他妈妈男朋友的眼睛。
too upset to cry
他妈妈正像个鬼魂
He took a step to
被吓得哭都哭不出来。
the man on the ground
他向地板上的男人
But his mom trickled out
走近了一步
an inaudible sound
但是他妈妈发出了
He heard the boyfriend
纤弱几乎听不到的声音。
shout Get out!
他听到妈妈的男朋友
And Billy said not til
大喊着 “滚出去”
I know what
比利说
this is all about
“我一定要知道
Well this preacher here was
这究竟是怎么回事”
attackin your momma
“这个牧师正在
But he just knew that
攻击你妈妈”
he was caught in the drama
但是比利很清楚
So billy aim right
这纠纷明明就是男朋友引起的。
at his face
所以比利瞄准了
Smashed the bottle of the man
他的脸
who left his dad in disgrace
用瓶子狠狠砸向了那个
The white milk dripped down
把他父亲打在地上的人。
with the blood
白色的牛奶
and the boyfriend fell dead
跟血一起流了下来
for good
男朋友倒地
Right next to the preacher
永远起不来了。
who was gaspin'for air
正好倒在了
Billy shouted why daddy did
费力呼吸着的牧师身边。
you come back here?!
比利喊着：为什么爸爸
Momma reached behind
你为什么要再回来这里
the sugar and honey
妈妈从
Pulled out an envelope
糖跟蜂蜜罐后面
filled with money
拿出一个信封
Your daddy gave us this
里面装满了钱
she collapsed in tears
说 “这些都是你父亲给的”
He's being paying
她崩溃大哭。
the bills for years
这么多年来他
Momma lets but this body
一直都在给我们钱
under the trees
“妈妈，我们来把这尸体
Putt daddy in the truck and
搬到树下吧
head for Tennessee
然后把爸爸放上卡车
Just then his little
我们一起去田纳西”
brother came in
然后他的弟弟
with a little milkman's hat
走了进来
and a bottle of gin
拿着送奶工的帽子
singin lalala lalala yeah
和一瓶杜松子酒
lalala lalala yeah
唱着 啦啦啦
Well now heard another
啦啦啦
side of the story
现在你听过了
But you wanna know
故事的另一面了
how it ends
但是你仍想知道
If you must know
结局到底是什么
the truth of
如果你一定要
the tale go and
知道故事真相到底是什么，
ask the milkman
那么就去问问
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