Tombstone Blues(Album Version) - Bob Dylan

Tombstone Blues (Album Version) - Bob Dylan

The sweet pretty things are in bed now of course
美好的事情现在已经开始
The city fathers they're trying to endorse
他们试图支持我的父亲
The reincarnation of Paul Revere's horse
保罗·里维尔的转世
But the town has no need to be nervous
但在镇上不需要紧张
The ghost of Belle Starr she hands down her wits
美女斯塔尔的鬼魂 她的智慧
The Jezebel the nun she violently knits
耶洗修女 她认真地编织着
A bald wig for Jack the Ripper who sits
光头开膛手杰克坐在那里
At the head of the chamber of commerce
在商会的负责人
Mama's in the factory
妈妈在工厂里
She ain't got no shoes
他不是没有鞋
Daddy's in the alley
爸爸在巷子里
He is lookin' for food
他是寻找食物
I am in the kitchen
我在厨房里
With the tombstone blues
在墓碑旁弹着布鲁斯
The hysterical bride in the Penny Arcade
游乐场里歇斯底里的新娘
Screaming she moans "I've just been made"
尖叫 呻吟着 我就是这么做的
Then sends out for the doctor who pulls down the shade
然后面对渐渐远去的医生
And says "My advice is to not let the boys in"
说我建议不要让男孩子进来
And now the medicine man comes and he shuffles inside
现在里面的巫医来了
He walks with a swagger and he says to the bride
他大摇大摆地走过来 他对新娘说
"Stop all this weeping swallow your pride
停止哭泣 放下你的骄傲
You will not die it's not poison"
你不会死 这不是毒药
Mama's in the factory
妈妈在工厂里
She ain't got no shoes
他不是没有鞋
Daddy's in the alley
爸爸在巷子里
He is lookin' for food
他是寻找食物
I am in the kitchen
我在厨房里
With the tombstone blues
在墓碑旁弹着布鲁斯
Well John the Baptist after torturing a thief
约翰在折磨一个小偷后
Looks up at his hero the Commander-in-Chief
望着他的英雄总司令
Saying "Tell me great hero but please make it brief
告诉我伟大的英雄 但请简短些说
Is there a hole for me to get sick in "
有没有一个为我生病准备的地方
The Commander-in-Chief answers him while chasing a fly
总司令一边追逐苍蝇一边回答说
Saying "Death to all those who would whimper and cry"
所有那些呜咽和哭泣的人都会死去
And dropping a bar bell he points to the sky
他指着天空说道
Saying "The sun's not yellow it's chicken"
太阳不是黄色的
Mama's in the factory
妈妈在工厂里
She ain't got no shoes
他不是没有鞋
Daddy's in the alley
爸爸在巷子里
He is lookin' for food
他是寻找食物
I am in the kitchen
我在厨房里
With the tombstone blues
在墓碑旁弹着布鲁斯
The king of the Philistines his soldiers to save
非利士人的国王的士兵
Put jawbones on their tombstones and flatters their graves
将下颌供奉给他们的坟墓上
Puts the pied pipers in prison and fattens the slaves
将风笛手关进监狱养肥后
Then sends them out to the jungle
扔到丛林中
Gypsy Davey with a blowtorch he burns out their camps
吉普赛戴维用喷灯烧掉了他们的营地
With his faithful slave Pedro behind him he tramps
他和他的忠实的奴隶佩德罗以及身后的流浪汉
With a fantastic collection of stamps
神奇地收集着邮票
To win friends and influence his uncle
为了影响他的朋友和父亲
Mama's in the factory
妈妈在工厂里
She ain't got no shoes
他不是没有鞋
Daddy's in the alley
爸爸在巷子里
He is lookin' for food
他是寻找食物
I am in trouble
我在厨房里
With the tombstone blues
在墓碑旁弹着布鲁斯
The geometry of innocent flesh on the bone
骨骼上无辜的几何图形
Causes Galileo's math book to get thrown
导致伽利略扔掉了数学书
At Delilah who's sitting worthlessly alone
黛利拉孤独地坐在那里
But the tears on her cheeks are from laughter
但她脸颊上流出幸福的眼泪
I wish I could give Brother Bill his great thrill
我希望我能给我的弟弟带来兴奋的感觉
I would set him in chains at the top of the hill
我把他囚禁在山顶
Then send out for some pillars and Cecil B DeMille
然后放一些支柱和塞西尔 德米尔
He could die happily ever after
他可以幸福地死去
Mama's in the factory
妈妈在工厂里
She ain't got no shoes
他不是没有鞋
Daddy's in the alley
爸爸在巷子里
He is lookin' for food
他是寻找食物
I am in the kitchen
我在厨房里
With the tombstone blues
在墓碑旁弹着布鲁斯
Where Ma Raney and Beethoven once unwrapped their bed roll
马兰尼和贝多芬一旦打开了他们的睡垫
Tuba players now rehearse around the flagpole
大号球员都在旗杆那里排练
And the National Bank at a profit sells road maps for the soul
国家银行从销售路线图里获利
To the old folks home and the college
老家和大学
Now I wish I could write you a melody so plain
现在我希望我能给你写一首简单的歌
That could hold you dear lady from going insane
能够疯狂地抱着你亲爱的夫人
That could ease you and cool you and cease the pain
以缓解你的痛苦 减少悲伤的感觉
Of your useless and pointless knowledge
你的毫无用处和毫无意义的知识
Mama's in the factory
妈妈在工厂里
She ain't got no shoes
他不是没有鞋
Daddy's in the alley
爸爸在巷子里
He is lookin' for food
他是寻找食物
I am in the kitchen
我在厨房里
With the tombstone blues
在墓碑旁弹着布鲁斯
All right