Mean Eyed Cat(Album Version) - Johnny Cash

Mean Eyed Cat (Album Version) - Johnny Cash (约翰尼·卡什)

I gave my woman half my money at the general store
我在杂货店给了我爱人一半的钱
I said "Now buy a little groceries and don't spend no more "
我说, 买一些生活用品，别花太多钱
But she paid ten dollars for a ten cent hat
但她为十美分的帽子花了十美元
And bought some store-bought cat food for that mean-eyed cat
为那只贼眼猫买了猫粮
When I woke up this mornin' and I turned my head
今早我醒来的时候，我晕头转向
There wasn't a cotton pickin' thing on her side of the bed
她不在床上
I found a little ol' note where her head belonged
我发现她的一些旧的笔记本
It said "Dear John honey baby I'm long gone "
上面说，亲爱的约翰，我已经离开了
When I heard a whistle blowin' and the big wheels a-turnin'
当我听到汽笛声时，车子已经开动了
I was scared as I could be
我害怕得不能自已
I put on my overalls and I headed to town
我穿上工作服，冲向城镇
Gonna bring her back with me
想把她带回来
I asked the man down at the station if he'd seen her there
我问车站的人，有没有看到她
I told him all about her pretty eyes and long blonde hair
我把她美丽的眼睛，和长长的金发描述了一下
He spit his tobacco said "I'll be dad blamed
他吐了口烟圈，说我会受到谴责
I believe I did see her leavin' on the east-bound train "
我相信她真的离开了，搭上火车驶向东方
I bought a round-trip ticket on the east bound train
我买了去东方的双程票
I was broke as I could be
倾尽所有钱物
But when I come back I gotta buy another ticket
但当我回来买另一张票时
Gonna bring her back with me
我会把她带回来
Well I got off the train somewhere in Arkansas
我在阿肯色州的一个地方下了火车
And I worked up the guts to call my mother-in-law
我鼓起勇气打电话给我岳母
She said "I'll tell you where she is if you act right
她说，你要是守规矩，我就告诉你她的行踪
She's workin' four-to-twelve at Trucker's World tonight "
今晚四点到十二点她在塔克世界上班
Well when I walked in she saw me and she took off her apron
我进去时，她见了我就解下了围裙
And she grabbed her goin'-home hat
拿上帽子准备回家
She bought a ticket with her tips Now we're curled up on the sofa
她用小费买了票，我们现在蜷缩在沙发上
Me and her and that mean-eyed cat
我，她，还有那只贼眼的猫