Let Him Roll - Guy Clark

Let Him Roll - Guy Clark
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Well he was wino tried and true

Done about everything there is to do

He worked on freighters an' he'd worked in bars
他曾漂泊货船 也曾混迹酒馆
He worked on farms an' he'd worked on cars
耕作过农田 修理过车盘
It was white port that put that look in his eye
白葡萄酒染红他浑浊的双眼
Grown men get when they need to cry
那是成年男子强忍泪水的瞬间
We sat down on the curb to rest
我们并肩坐在马路牙子喘息
And his head just fell down on his chest
他的头颅突然沉重垂落胸前
He says: "Every single day it gets
他说："每一天都变得
"Just a little bit harder to handle and yet "
比昨日更难熬 可是..."
Then he lost the thread and his mind got cluttered
而后他思绪断裂 神志逐渐混乱
And the words just rolled off down the gutter
话语如流水般 坠入阴沟消散
Well he was elevator man in a cheap hotel
他曾是廉价旅馆的电梯操作员
In exchange for the rent on a one room cell
以劳役抵偿那单人牢房的租金
An' he's old: years beyond his time
他苍老得 远超实际年岁
No thanks to the world and the white port wine
都怪这世道 与白葡萄酒作祟
So he said: "Son " He always called me son
他总唤我"孩子" 这般说道
Said: "Life for you has just begun "
"你的生命 才刚刚启航"
An' then he told me the story I'd heard before
他又向我讲述那个熟悉的故事
How he fell in love with a Dallas whore
关于他爱上达拉斯风尘女子的往事
Now he could cut through the years to the very night
时光仿佛被利刃划回那个夜晚
When it ended in a whore house fight
妓院里的斗殴终结了这段情缘
And she turned his last proposal down
她最终拒绝了他最后的求婚
In favor of being a girl about town
选择继续做游荡街头的女人
Now it's been seventeen years right in line
整整十七年光阴流转
He ain't been straight in none of the time
他始终未能走出醉梦的深渊
It's too many days of fightin' the weather
与风雨搏斗的日子太过漫长
An' too many nights of not being together
独守空房的夜晚数不胜数
So he died
于是他长眠不醒
Instrumental break
间奏
An' when they went through his personal effects
当人们整理他的遗物时
In among the stubs from the welfare checks
在福利支票存根堆里
Was a crumblin' picture of a girl in a door
发现一张门边姑娘的泛黄照片
An' an address in Dallas and nothin' more
唯有达拉斯的地址 再无其他
An' the welfare people provided the priest
福利院请来了牧师
A couple from the mission down the street
街边布道会的夫妇也到场
Sang "Amazing Grace" and no one cried
唱着《奇异恩典》无人落泪
'Cept some lady in black way off to the side
只有黑衣老妇在远处啜泣
We all left and she's standing there
众人离去她仍伫立
A black veil covering her silver hair
黑纱掩不住银发如雪
Ol' One-Eyed John said her name was Alice
独眼约翰说她叫爱丽丝
An' she used to be a whore in Dallas
曾是达拉斯风尘中的玫瑰
So let him roar Lord let him roll
就让他咆哮吧 主啊 让他安息
I bet he's gone to Dallas rest his soul
我打赌他已到达拉斯 灵魂得以安眠
Just you let him roll Lord let him roar
就让他安息吧 主啊 让他咆哮
He always said that heaven
他总说所谓天堂
Was just a Dallas whore
不过是达拉斯的风尘女子
Just you let him roar Lord let him roll
就让他咆哮吧 主啊 让他安息
I bet he's gone to Dallas rest his soul
我打赌他已到达拉斯 灵魂得以安眠