Songs for Judy (Intro)
I just have this song I gotta sing for you
我刚想到这首歌,我要把它唱给你们
I finally think I found it
我终于想到它了
Oh I know all those old songs, really, I still know "The Changes"
我知道所有的这些老歌,真的,我也知道所有的变化
And sometimes I feel like a green Wurlitzer
有时我觉得自己就像Wurlitzer
I love it when ya, you know
在我还喜欢的时候
When you ask me for those old songs and everything but
有人问我关于这些老歌的一切
It's funny 'cause what keeps you alive is what kills you you know
但有趣的是,这些让你充满生命力的东西也是正杀死你的东西
And you get - too much of the old **** you know, uh, good night
你知道的,我们拥有太多这些没用的老东西了
So here's a song I wrote especially for you
这里有一首歌,是我专门为你写的
Especially you loud boisterous mothers out there, I can hear ya
尤其是你嗓门洪亮的妈妈,我现在都还能回忆起她的声音
Just pretend you can hear that old pool hall clankin' in the background
假装你能听到背景中台球房里的撞击声
I know you can relate to this song, it's a song I wrote about myself
我能把你与这首歌联系在一起,这首歌写的是关于我自己
It's called "Too Far Gone".
它叫做“渐行渐远
Even though there've been
尽管可能
Maybe nine songs with the same title in the last two years
过去两年里有九首与它同名的歌了
I don't let things like that bother me
但是我还想取这个名字
If I'm too far gone I got the right to say it, right?
如果我们真的渐行渐远了,我想告诉你一些事情
Okay. Just checkin' with ya. It's 'cause of this abyss here.
只想和你确认,曾经的那些
It's 'cause of this hole between us that I have to keep re - re-affirming ourselves, ya know
我必须不断地回忆起,我们关系中的间隙
Like I sh- Here we go anyway. I was gonna tell you somethin', about
就像我说的,我们走吧,我想告诉你一些
I was gonna tell you somethin', but
我本想和你说一些的
Okay alright I'll tell ya okay, then I'll do the song
现在我会告诉你,在这首歌里
We'll be here a long time. Okay, that's not it. That's not it
我们会在这里待很久,但这并不重要
Just think of this as George burns his cigar
想到这里,就像George点着他的烟
When I look down here in the pit, when I did an earlier show tonight
当我晚上在舞台上往下看时
I just wanna tell you that uh, I don't know if any other artists who ever play here
我只是想告诉你们,不知道是否其他人在这里表演过
I use the word, uh, loosely, uh, before has told you this
在告诉你之前,我要用“悠闲”这个词
But uh, down in the pit there uh, right down in here...
但是当我往下看时
Can I have a little light on that so that people can see?
我能把灯光调亮一点让大家都看到吗?
Uh can you light up the pit please?
能把灯光调亮一些吗?
Well anyway I wanna tell ya folks
我想告诉你们
You don't have to be able to see me to hear what I'm saying
你们不必看到我
What I'm gonna tell you is I saw Judy Garland down there tonight earlier
我想说,我刚看到了Judy Garland
She was wearing a red dress, with red lipstick
她穿着红色衣服,涂着口红
And she had some, yeah uh, little bit of music with her right here uh
她写了许多音乐
One of those music folios
其中一个音乐作品集
It said "Somewhere over the rainbow"
上面写着“彩虹之上”
Had a picture of her as a little girl looking up at me with the blue sky behind her
图片上她就像个小女孩一样仰望我,背后是蓝天
And there she was
她就在那里
Judy Garland in a red dress with a piece of music and she looked up and she said "How's the business Neil?"
Judy·Garland穿着红衣服,问我“Neil,最近怎么样?”
You don't have to believe me
你们不必相信我