That’s Showbiz(Album Version) - Reverend Horton Heat

That's Showbiz (Album Version) - The Reverend Horton Heat
以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
Written by：Jim Heath/James C. Heath

You work 689 days in a row
连续工作689天
6 shows a day
一天演出6场
15 Minute breaks
只有15分钟的休息时间
Is that showbiz
这就是娱乐圈
No matter how bad you feel
无论你感觉多么糟糕
You could have a fever and the dry heaves
你可能发烧，甚至干呕
From that left handed cigarette
因为那支左手夹着的烟
And shot of old crow you did
和你喝下的那杯老酒
Between the first and secon show
在第一场和第二场表演之间
You could have a social disease you caught
你可能染上了某种社交病
From some platinum blonde bombshell in Boise
来自博伊西的某位金发尤物
You could feel bad because you lost your wallet
你可能因为丢了钱包而感到沮丧
Your dog
你的狗
Your best friend
你最好的朋友
Or even your wife
甚至你的妻子
And no matter how bad you feel
无论你感到多么糟糕
When those house lights go down
当剧场的灯光渐暗
A smile lights up your face
你的脸上绽放出微笑
Why
为什么
'Cause that's showbiz
因为这就是演艺圈
You work practice woodshed
你刻苦练习
Suffer for your craft
为艺术付出代价
Do the old soft shoe till your feet bleed
跳着轻柔的舞步，直到双脚流血
Sing mammy till your throat swells
唱着老歌，直到喉咙肿胀
All the while smiling though your face hurts
尽管脸上疼痛，仍要保持微笑
You do this for ten years
你为此付出了十年
And the day after the back page of
某天，当地小报的末页称赞你
Some local rag says your great
说你很出色
You see somebody better
你却看到比你更优秀
And younger than yourself
更年轻的人
And he closes the show with a gag he stole from you
他用从你那里偷来的段子结束了表演
And that's showbiz
这就是演艺圈
You reward
你的回报
A fast car you never get to drive
一辆你永远无法驾驶的跑车
Ex wives and kids who do interviews with the scandal sheets
前妻和孩子们接受八卦小报的采访
A long cool broad who loves you for your name
一个只爱你的名声的冷漠女人
And your name only
仅仅因为你的名声
This afternoon's pizza backstage of some dive
今天下午在某个你演过上百次的小剧场后台吃的披萨
You've played a hundred times before
你曾无数次表演的地方
Where rats the size of a loaf of bread climb
那里有面包大小的老鼠在爬行
The walls and run the pipes
搭建舞台，布置道具
Where the same drunk crudely delivers
同样的醉汉粗鲁地重复
The same insults that you counter
同样的侮辱，而你每晚
The same way every night
都以同样的方式应对
Except time your delivery is a little different
只是这次你的反应略有不同
And the people laugh
观众们笑了
That's showbiz
这就是演艺圈
Your up for the part of leading man
你争取到了男主角的角色
In a full length feature film
在一部全长故事片中
And after you read you get a part
经过试镜后你获得了一个角色
One lousy line in a scene
戏里只有一句糟糕的台词
Where you play the school janitor
你饰演学校里的清洁工
So you say you're line with all the pizzaz
尽管如此，你依然用尽全身力气
And intensity of a Bogey
以像鲍嘉或爱德华·G
Or an Edward G
那样的激情演绎
And that's showbiz
这就是演艺圈
So I say to all the little people
所以我要对所有默默付出的人说
Who spit shined and polished
那些为我打磨和抛光的人
My long and jagged trail to the top
让我在通往巅峰的崎岖道路上
Thank you
感谢你们
For without you the little people
没有你们这些默默无闻的人
I would not be where I am today
我不可能走到今天这个位置
It is truly you who are
真正的演艺圈
Showbiz
是你们
Come on
来吧
Give youself a round of applause
为自己鼓掌
The little people
那些默默无闻的人
Give it up
请给予支持
Yeah
没错
Please look for me in a new TV mini series drama
请在一部新的电视迷你剧集中寻找我
Where I portray myself in the story of my life
在那里，我演绎着自己人生故事
Simply entitled
简称为
That's Showbiz
这就是演艺圈
Thank you
感谢你们
You've been a wonderful audience
你们是最棒的观众
I love you and remember
我爱你们，请记住
That's showbiz
这就是演艺圈
Good night
晚安