Ode to Billie Joe - Nicola Conte

Ode to Billie Joe - Nicola Conte/Bridgette Amofah
以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
Composer：Gentry

It was the third of June
那是六月的第三天
Another sleepy
又是一个昏昏欲睡的
Dusty Delta day
尘土飞扬的三角洲日子
I was out choppin' cotton
我在外面砍棉花
And my brother was balin' hay
而我哥哥在捆干草
And at dinner time we stopped
到了午饭时间我们停下
And walked back to the house to eat
走回屋里吃饭
And mama hollered out the back door
妈妈在后门大声喊道
Y'all remember to wipe your feet
你们记得把脚擦干净
And then she said
然后她说
I got some news this mornin'
今早我听到了一些消息
From Choctaw Ridge
来自乔克托岭
Today
今天
Billy Joe MacAllister
比利·乔·麦卡利斯特
Jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge
从塔拉哈奇桥上跳了下去
And papa said to mama
爸爸对妈妈说
As he passed around the blackeyed peas
他一边传递着黑眼豆
Well
嗯
Billy Joe never had a lick of sense
Billy Joe从来就没有一点头脑
Pass the biscuits please
请把饼干递过来
There's five more acres in the lower forty
下边的四十英亩还有五英亩地
I've got to plow
我得去犁
And mama said it was shame
妈妈说这真是可惜
About Billy Joe
关于比利·乔
Anyhow
无论如何
Seems like nothin' ever comes to no good
似乎一切都没有好结果
Up on Choctaw Ridge
在乔克托岭上
And now Billy Joe MacAllister's
而现在比利·乔·麦卡利斯特
Jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge
从塔拉哈奇桥上跳了下去
And brother said he recollected
兄弟说他记得
When he and Tom
当他与汤姆
And Billie Joe
还有比利·乔
Put a frog down my back
在卡罗尔县电影院
At the Carroll County picture show
在卡罗尔县电影院
And wasn't I talkin' to him after church
上个星期天晚上
Last Sunday night
上个星期天晚上
I'll have another piece of apple pie
我再吃一块苹果派吧
You know it just don't seem right
你知道这感觉不太对劲
I saw him at the sawmill yesterday
昨天我在锯木厂看见他了
On Choctaw Ridge
在乔克托岭
And now ya tell me Billie Joe's
而现在你告诉我比利·乔
Jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge
从塔拉哈奇桥上跳了下去
And mama said to me child
妈妈对我说，孩子
What's happened to your appetite
你怎么没胃口了
I've been cookin' all morning
我忙了一早上做饭
And you haven't touched a single bite
你却一口都没动
That nice young preacher
那位和善的年轻牧师
Brother Taylor
泰勒兄弟
Dropped by today
今天顺道来访
Said he'd be pleased to have dinner on Sunday oh
他说很乐意周日来共进晚餐
By the way
顺便一提
He said he saw a girl that looked just like you
他说他看到一个女孩，长得和你一模一样
Up on Choctaw Ridge
在乔克托岭上
And she and Billy Joe was throwing somethin'
她和比利·乔正在扔什么东西
Off the Tallahatchie Bridge
从塔拉哈奇桥上
A year has come and gone
一年时光匆匆流逝
Since we heard the news 'bout Billy Joe
自从我们听到比利·乔的消息
And brother married Becky Thompson
哥哥娶了贝基·汤普森
They bought a store in Tupelo
他们在图珀洛买了一家商店
There was a virus going 'round
那时病毒四处蔓延
Papa caught it and he died last spring
爸爸染上了病，去年春天去世
And now mama doesn't seem
如今妈妈似乎
To want to do much of
对什么都提不起兴趣
Anything
任何事
And me
而我
I spend a lot of time pickin'
我花了很多时间在乔克托岭上采花
Flowers up on Choctaw Ridge
在乔克托岭上采花
And drop them into the muddy water
然后把它们扔进浑浊的水中
Off the Tallahatchie Bridge
从塔拉哈奇桥上
Tallahatchie Bridge
塔拉哈奇桥
Don't go and up jumped off
别去，他跳了下去
Oooh

Tallahatchie Bridge
塔拉哈奇桥
Don't go
别走
Don't go
别走
Don't go
别走
Jumped off jumped off
跳下去了 跳下去了
Tallahatchie Bridge
塔拉哈奇桥