歌词
I don't care to say what
我不介意提及
I failed to recognize
那些我无法再辨认的事物
Every single day from the poker to the prize
每天 从纸牌游戏到最终奖品
Running out of Springfield
都在消蚀着斯普林菲尔德(美伊利诺斯州首府,又称春田镇)
I worked for the Capitol Air, in the bags
我为美国国会航空公司工作 整日奔波于大包小裹的行李之间
Found a woman there who said
曾在那里偶遇一个女人
She had a mind to make
她说 她想
Me a messenger man
让我成为她的信使
If my father took his life
倘若我的父亲为国家鸿图
For the national plan, I don't care
而丢了性命 那我无话可说
I'm not about to stick my grave with an
我绝不会给我的坟墓都系上围裙(意为至死时都为“别人"卖命)
Apron and a bucket of plans, never ever
棺材前都要放上一篮子宏图伟业 也绝不会 永远
I can take the pillow cases
我只会帮泛黄的枕芯
Off the yellow pillows
褪去枕头套
Make a property line from the bed
在床褥上划分出一条地界线来
In the living room, the living room
在客厅 在起居室
The morning papers made the most
那一沓沓清晨送至的报纸
Out of nothing at all
无中生有 故弄玄虚
So we took the room
所以 我们最终选择了可以瞥见逃亡之路的
With a view of the runaway
那个房间
I took off my clothes
我脱掉我的衣服
And she took it for a holiday
而她带走它们 前去度假
I was taken for all the things
所有那些未曾留意的事物
That I never had before
都让我着迷
Running out of Springfield
逃离斯普林菲尔德的路上
She left me with a note saying:
她留给我一张纸条 写着
"Bobby, don't look back"
"鲍比 别回头了"
And if my wife took a bicycle ride
倘若我的妻子骑着自行车
With a knife in her hand
手持着一把利刃
I saw it coming
我想我料到了结局
All the shadflies run at once
所有的蜉蝣一次性尽数逃走
With a trumpet or a train
喇叭或是火车 轰鸣阵阵
Oh, I'm running from it
噢 我也在逃离着它
Wait a minute, wait a minute
等等
Give a minute, lady
女士
I can explain the aftershave
我可以解释须后水的存在(或为偷情的象征)
Wait a minute, wait a minute
等等
Give a minute
等等
Bobby got a shadfly
鲍比的头发里
Caught in his hair
有只蜉蝣啊
(Yes, he does)
(是啊 是这样。)
专辑信息
16.The Pick-up
20.Pittsfield