Memphis(Album Version) - Joe Jackson

Memphis (Album Version) - Joe Jackson

Memphis where the hell is memphis
孟斐斯到底在哪里
Memphis where the hell is memphis
孟斐斯到底在哪里
I got to get away study my geography
我即将离开 来探究地理知识
I'm just a shadow of the boy I used to be
我还是过去那个喜欢躲在阴影里的小男孩儿
I used to see the light now its all a mystery
过去还时常能看到希望 如今都已成为神秘传说
I used to feel the beat now I feel a million miles from
过去常常能感受到它的气息 如今却好似相隔万里
Memphis where the hell is memphis
孟斐斯到底在哪里
I used dirty words never too excessively
过去的我从不像现在这样脏话连篇
But saying rock and roll; never seemed so bad to me
说唱摇滚也一直是我的最爱
I dare said it in hip and happy company
我敢说 在音乐和快乐方面
I was in and out in a second on my way to
我一定是数一数二的
Memphis where the hell is memphis
孟斐斯到底在哪里
Memphis so where the hell is memphis
孟斐斯 孟斐斯到底在哪里
I had a one way ticket and a little radio
我有一张单程票和一台小型收音机
I turned it on heard the sound from twenty years ago
我打开机器 听着来自二十年前的声音
Somebody smiled and said that's the only way to go
有人微笑着说 这是唯一的一条路
He died at twenty one now nobodys innocent in
他21岁逝世 现在已无人知晓
Memphis where the hell is memphis
孟斐斯到底在哪里
Somebody turned around said I got to disagree
有人转身告诉我说 我不同意
He wrote that sort of turn people out to anarchy
他给出的这种转折 令大多数人都脱离了混乱的状态
He made them think about marlon brando on tv
他让大家想起了电视上的马龙白兰度
I guess they still went down against anything they got in
我猜想 他们仍在对抗得到的一切
Memphis where the hell is memphis
孟斐斯到底在哪里
Memphis where the hell is memphis
孟斐斯到底在哪里
I met a wise old man he had longer hair than me
我遇见了一位老者 有着比我还长的头发
He said memphis is nothing like it used to be
他坦言 孟斐斯已不再有昔日的盛况
A hundred dead guitarists lying in the cemetry
百年前逝世的吉他手 如今安静地躺在墓地里
I felt a sudden chill now I'm not so sure about
我顿感一阵寒意 现在心志也不太坚定了
Memphis where the hell is memphis
孟斐斯到底在哪里
I'm on a lonesome train on a lonesome track
我坐着寂寥的火车 行驶在单一的轨道之上
I think I'll jump right off head for home double back
我想我会跳离火车 朝着家的方向 调头就跑
And though I'm better now I know that no one knows the facts
现在我已好转 我知道没人会知道真相
I'm gonna start again forget I ever heard about
我打算重新出发 忘记听到的流言
Memphis where the hell is memphis
孟斐斯到底在哪里