Why I Sing the Blues - Lee Ritenour’s 6 String Theory

Why I Sing the Blues - Lee Ritenour's 6 String Theory

Written by：B.B. King/Dave Clark

Everybody wants to know
人人都想知道
Why I sing the blues
我唱蓝调的原因
Everybody wants to know
人人都想知道
Why I sing the blues
我唱蓝调的原因
Well I've been around a long time
好吧 已经过了很久
I really have paid my dues
我真的付出代价了
I've laid in a ghetto flat
我曾经住在贫民窟
Cold and numb
无比冰冷 麻木不已
I heard the rats tell the bedbugs
我听见老鼠叫那些臭虫
To give the roaches some
去给蟑螂些吃的
Everybody wants to know
人人都想知道
Why I'm singing the blues
我唱蓝调的原因
You know I've been around a long time
你知道已经过了好久了
And I really paid my dues
我真的付出代价了
Everybody wanna know
人人想知道
Why I'm singing the blues
我唱蓝调的原因
Yes everybody wanna know
是的 人人都想知道
Why I'm singing the blues
我唱蓝调的原因
I've been around a long time
已经唱了很久了
I've really paid my dues
我真的付出了代价
Blind man on the corner
街角的那个盲人
Begging for a dime
为些小钱而乞讨
The rollers come and caught him
警察来了之后 抓走了他
And throw him in the jail for a crime
将他关进监狱判处罪行
Everybody wanna know
人人想知道
Why I'm singing the blues
我唱蓝调的原因
I've been around a long time
已经过了很久了
I've really paid my dues
我真的付出了代价
My kid's gonna grow up
我的孩子会长大
Gonna grow up to be a fool
长大后庸庸碌碌
'Cause they ain't got no more room
因为他们得不到更多的空间
No more room for him in school
学校没有给他们更多的空间
And everybody wanna know
人人都想知道
Why I'm singing the blues
我唱蓝调的原因
I say I've been around a long long time
我说这已经过去很长时间了
Yes I've really paid some dues
是的 我真的付出了代价
Now Father Time is catching up with me
现在时光老人快要追上我了
Gone is my youth
青春已逝
I look in the mirror everyday
每天照镜子
And let it tell me the truth
让它告诉我真相
And everybody wanna know
人人都想知道
Why I'm singing the blues
我唱蓝调的原因
Yes I've been around a long long time
是的 这已经过去太久太久了
I've really paid my dues
我真的为此付出过代价
I stood in line
我排着队
Down at the County Hall
站在市政厅里
I heard a man say We're gonna build
我听见一个男人说 我们要为大家建设
Some new apartments for y'all
一些新公寓
And everybody wanna know
人人都想知道
Why I'm singing the blues
我唱蓝调的原因
Yes I've been around a long time
是的 这已经过去太久
Yes I've really paid my dues
我也真的为此付出过代价
Yeah you know the company told me
你可知道我被告知
Guess you're born to lose
注定要失去所有
Everybody around me
我周围的人们
It seems like everybody got the blues
似乎都很忧郁
But I had 'em a long time
但已经过了很长时间了
I've paid my dues
我付出过代价
You know I ain't ashamed of it
你知道我不以这为耻
I just love to sing my blues
我只是纯粹地爱着蓝调音乐