Jug Band Music
I was down in Savannah
我當時在薩凡納
Eatn cream and bananas
吃著奶油和香蕉
When the heat just made me faint
空氣炎熱得快要讓人暈倒
I began to get crosseyed
憤怒惱火生氣
I thought I was lost
我想我迷失在這裡了
Id begun to see things as they aint.
當我開始看清事情的本質時
As the relatives gathered to see whats the matter
親戚們卻聚在一起來看發生了什麼事情
The doctor came to see was I fine.
讓醫生來檢查我的腦子看出了什麼毛病
But the doctor said give him jug band music,
但醫生說,給他來點陶瓶樂曲(陶瓶:一種鄉村音樂風格,多用瓶罐演奏)
It seems to make him feel just fine.
這能讓他好起來
I was told a little tail about a skinny as a rail
有人告訴我一條關於骨瘦如柴的小尾巴
L.A. put cowboy with a headache
洛杉磯讓感到牛仔頭疼
He was hung up in the desert swappin rats
他被吊在沙漠里和老鼠進行交換儀式
And tryn ta get a drink of water with his knees gettin mud caked
嘗試著在膝蓋上沾滿泥巴的情況下喝水
And Ill tell you and expectance how he stumbled into Memphis, Tennessee
然後我會告訴你他是如何跌跌撞撞地來到田納西州的孟菲斯
Lookin hard and gettin dust baked.
努力尋找,卻被灰塵烤焦
We gave im little water; a little bit of wine
我們給他少許的水和酒
he opened up his eyes but they didnt seem to shine
他睜開眼,神色黯淡
And the doctor said give him jug band music
醫生說,來點陶瓶樂曲
it seems to make him feel just fine
這會讓他好起來
So if you ever get sickly
所以如果你生病了
get sister run quickly to the dusty closet shelf
快讓妹妹跑到滿是灰塵的壁櫥架旁
and pull out a washboard; and play a guitar chord
離開洗衣板,然後撥動吉他和弦
and do a little do it yourself.
來自己製作陶瓶樂曲吧
call on your neighbors to put down their labors
快讓呼籲你的鄰居放下他們的工作
and come and play the hardware in time
及時帶上樂器來參加演奏
cause the doctor said give him jug band music
因為醫生說放點陶瓶樂曲
it seems to make him feel just fine
會讓他好起來
I was floatin in the ocean
我在海裡漂浮
greased with suntan lotion
塗上防曬霜
when i got wiped out by a beach boy
被一個沙灘男孩煩得精疲力盡
he was surfin when he hit me but jumped off his board to get me
他撞我的時候正在衝浪,但為了抓住我,他跳下了衝浪板
and he dragged me by the armpit like a childs toy
他拽著我的腋窩,就像拎著小孩子的玩具一樣
as we staggered into land with all the waiters eatn sandwitches
當我們搖搖晃晃地走上岸時,所有的侍者都在吃三明治
we tried to mooch a towel from the hoi poloi
我們試圖直接拿走一條毛巾(hoi poloi源自希臘語,意思是社會中的大多數,或者說群眾,這個詞有戲虐的意思。一般是認為自己比別人高一等的精英說的。)
he emptied out his eardrums; i emptied out mine
他掏空了他的耳膜,我也掏空了我的
and everybody knows that the very last line is
大家都知道最後一句歌詞是
the doctor said give him jug band music
醫生說,來點陶瓶樂曲
it seems to make him feel just fine
這能讓大家好起來
and the doctor said give him jug band music
醫生說,來點陶瓶樂曲
it seems to make him feel just fine.
這能讓生活好起來