Blind Willie McTell - The Band

Blind Willie McTell - The Band
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Seen the arrow on the door post
我看见门柱上的箭头
Saying this land is condemned
说这片土地遭到谴责
All the way
一路向前
From New Orleans to Jerusalem
从新奥尔良到耶路撒冷
I traveled through East Texas
我走遍了东德克萨斯
Where many martyrs fell
许多烈士在此倒下
And I know one thing nobody can sing
我知道一件事谁都唱不出来
Them blues like blind Willie McTell
布鲁斯音乐就像盲人WillieMcTell
Well I heard the hoot owl singing
我听到猫头鹰在歌唱
As they were taking down the tents
当他们拆掉帐篷时
The stars above all the barren trees
光芒万丈的树木上布满星辰
Were his only audience
是他唯一的观众
Yeah them charcoal gypsy maidens
那些碧池姑娘
Can strut their feathers well
可以趾高气昂地昂首阔步
And I know one thing nobody can sing
我知道一件事谁都唱不出来
Them blues like blind Willie McTell
布鲁斯音乐就像盲人WillieMcTell
See them big plantations a burning
看着那些大农场付之一炬
Can't you hear the cracking of the whips
你能否听到枪声
Smell that sweet magnolia blossom blooming
嗅到了木兰花绽放的香气
See the ghosts of the slavery ships
看见奴隶船的幽魂
Well I can hear them tribes a moanin'
我可以听见他们部落的呼唤
I can hear the undertaker's bell
我能听到葬礼的钟声
And I know one thing nobody can sing
我知道一件事谁都唱不出来
Them blues like blind Willie McTell
布鲁斯音乐就像盲人WillieMcTell
There's a woman she's standing by the river
有个女人站在河边
She is with some fine young handsome man
她和一个英俊潇洒的年轻小伙在一起
See he's all dressed just like a squire
看他打扮得就像个绅士
He's got bootleg whiskey in his hand
他手里拿着走私的威士忌酒
Yeah there's a chain gang out on the highway
一群戴着金链子的人出现在高速路上
And I can hear them rebels yell
我可以听到反叛者的呐喊
And I know one thing nobody can sing
我知道一件事谁都唱不出来
Them blues like blind Willie McTell
布鲁斯音乐就像盲人WillieMcTell
God oh God is in Heaven
上帝啊上帝在天堂
And we all want what is his
我们都想要他的东西
But the power and greed the corruptible seed
权力和贪婪是腐败的种子
Seems to be all that there is
似乎就是一切
Hey hey I'm a gazing out the window
我凝视着窗外
Of the St James hotel
圣詹姆斯酒店
And I know one thing nobody can sing
我知道一件事谁都唱不出来
Them blues like blind Willie McTell
布鲁斯音乐就像盲人WillieMcTell
Hey hey I know one thing nobody can sing
我知道一件事谁都唱不出来
Them blues like blind Willie McTell
布鲁斯音乐就像盲人WillieMcTell