The Ballad of Miss Lily - David Ford

The Ballad Of Miss Lily - David Ford

Well there never was a girl like lily
从来没有一个女孩喜欢莉莉
She was a pretty little heartbreak machine
她虽然漂亮但是是一个玻璃心女孩
She had a way to part a fool and his money
她总有一种方法来试图愚弄他的钱
She was a lucky litte gambler's dream
她是一个幸运的小赌徒的一个迷人的梦想
And she promised up the world and whatever
是的 她对上帝发誓 无论如何
And she could get a man to do anything
她可以使唤一个人为她做一些事情
And by the morning he'd be cleaned out
到了早上她会让他
And crawling on his knees
用他的双膝去滚开家门
But every night he let some poor fool sing
但每天晚上你都会听到一些可怜的傻瓜在引吭高歌
He said I may not be a rich man baby
他说 虽然我不是有钱人
But I'll tell you what I'm gonna do
但我告诉你我要做什么
I'm gonna take you out tonight in the city
我会带你去大城市去见见世面
I'm gonna spend all my money on you
我要把所有赚到的的钱都花在你身上
She'll take a seat up at the bar around 7
她大约七点的时候已经坐在吧台上了
And wait for some poor sucker stumbling by
一些可怜的人宁愿在牡丹花下死做鬼也风流
Yea and she'll pull him in and drag him on under
那么她会把他拉进来 把他拖下来
And then she'll drown him in thoose big dark eyes
那些可怜的人总是会迷失在她闪烁的大眼睛里
And with the moonlight breaking
随着月光突破
Through a litte crack in the sky
在天空中的一个小裂缝
Well he was broken and the damage is done
他总是宁愿放弃物质
He'd give up everything he had
他会放弃他所拥有的一切
For a love that could never be yea
去寻找那个永远不会成为他爱人的她
Be screaming at the top of his lungs
是的 他会对着她引吭高歌
He said I may not be a rich man baby
他说 虽然我不是有钱人
But I'll tell you what I'm gonna do
但我告诉你我要做什么
I'm gonna take you out tonight in the city
我会带你去大城市去见见世面
I'm gonna spend all my money on you
我要把所有赚到的的钱都花在你身上
One day what came in to town
有一天 在这个小镇
Some kind of big shot man
来了一个大人物
All full of swagger like some hollywood scene
他总是大摇大摆的好像好莱坞一个明星一样
I tried to tell him stay away from miss lily
我试图告诉他 远离莉莉小姐
That woman's trouble if you know what I mean
那女人是个麻烦 你明白我的意思吗？
Well he just laughed
他只是笑了
And said I think I can take care of myself
说 我想我可以照顾自己
I said well don't pretend you haven't been warned
我说 好吧 不要假装你没有被警告
They found him walking in the morning
第二天一早他们发现
By the side of the road
他孤零零的在路边
Yea he was naked as the day he was born
是的没错 他是赤身裸体的
He said I may not be a rich man baby
他说 宝贝虽然我不是有钱人
But I'll tell you what I'm gonna do
但我告诉你我要做什么
I'm gonna take you out tonight in the city
我会带你去大城市去见见世面
I'm gonna spend all my money on you
我要把所有赚到的的钱都花在你身上
He said I may not be a rich man baby
他说 宝贝虽然我不是有钱人
But I'll tell you what I'm gonna do
但我告诉你我要做什么
I'm gonna take you out tonight in the city
我会带你去大城市去见见世面
I'm gonna spend all my money on you
我要把所有赚到的的钱都花在你身上