house of the rising sun
There is a house in New Orleans
在新奧爾良有個地方
They call the Rising Sun
他們叫它太陽升起的房子
And its been the ruin of many a poor boy
它毀掉了許多可憐的孩子
And God I know Im one
上帝啊,我也是其中的一個
My mother was a tailor
我的媽媽是個裁縫
She sewed my new blue jeans
縫補了我的牛仔褲
My father was a gambling man
我的爸爸是個賭徒
Down in New Orleans
四鄰皆知
Now the only thing a gambler needs
如今,一個賭徒所需的全部
Is a suitcase and trunk
就是個拉著皮包的卡車
And the only time hes satisfied
他唯一感到滿足的瞬間
Is when hes on a drunk
就是他酩酊的時刻
Oh mother, tell your children
噢!媽媽!告訴你的孩子
Not to do what I have done
不要重蹈我的覆轍
Spend your lives in sin and misery
不要在那太陽升起的房子裡
In the House of the Rising Sun
餘生伴隨著不幸與罪惡
Well, I got one foot on the platform
如今,我一隻腳踏上了月台
The other foot on the train
另一隻腳還未離開火車
Im going back to New Orleans
我就要回到新奧爾良
To wear that ball and chain
帶上我的枷與鎖
Well, there is a house in New Orleans
如今,在新奧爾良依然有個地方
They call the Rising Sun
太陽升起的房子
And its been the ruin of many a poor boy
它毀掉了許多可憐的孩子
And God I know Im one
上帝啊,我也是其中的一個