Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

• Por: The Temptations
• Álbum: All Directions

Letra:

[English]

[中文]

It was the third of September

那是九月的第三天

That day I'll always remember, yes I will

那一天我永远都会记得，是的，我会

'Cause that was the day, that my daddy died

因为那天，我爸爸去世了

I never got a chance to see him

我从未有机会见他一面

Never heard nothin' but bad things about him

只听过关于他的坏事

"Momma I'm depending on you, to tell me the truth"

“妈妈，我指望你告诉我真相”

And Momma just hung her head and said...

妈妈只是低下了头，说...

"Son, Papa was a rolling stone, (my son)

“孩子，爸爸是一颗漂泊的石头，（我的孩子）

Wherever he laid his hat was his home

他戴帽子的地方就是他的家

(And when he died) All he left us was alone

（当他去世时）他留给我们的只有孤独

Papa was a rolling stone, (my son)

爸爸是一颗漂泊的石头，（我的孩子）

Wherever he laid his hat was his home

他戴帽子的地方就是他的家

(And when he died) All he left us was alone

（当他去世时）他留给我们的只有孤独

Well, well"

好吧，好吧”

...

...

"Hey Momma, is it true what they say

“嘿，妈妈，他们说的是真的吗

That Papa never worked a day in his life?

说爸爸一辈子都没工作过一天？”

And Momma, some bad talk goin' round town

妈妈，镇上有些不好的传言

Sayin' that Papa had three outside children and another wife

说爸爸有三个私生子和另一个妻子

And that ain't right

那是不对的

Heard them talking Papa doing some store front preachin'

听他们说爸爸在店面前传教

Talked about saving souls and all the time leeching

说着拯救灵魂，却一直在榨取

Dealing in debt, and stealing in the name of the Lord"

以主的名义放债，行窃”

Momma just hung her head and said...

妈妈只是低下了头，说...

"Papa was a rolling stone, (my son)

“爸爸是一颗漂泊的石头，（我的孩子）

Wherever he laid his hat was his home

他戴帽子的地方就是他的家

(And when he died) All he left us was alone

（当他去世时）他留给我们的只有孤独

Hey, Papa was a rolling stone, (my son)

嘿，爸爸是一颗漂泊的石头，（我的孩子）

Wherever he laid his hat was his home

他戴帽子的地方就是他的家

(And when he died) All he left us was alone

（当他去世时）他留给我们的只有孤独

Uh"

呃”

...

...

"Hey Momma, I heard Papa called himself a jack of all trades

“嘿，妈妈，我听说爸爸自称是万事通

Tell me, is that what sent Papa to an early grave?

告诉我，这是不是爸爸早逝的原因？”

Folks say Papa would beg, borrow, steal to pay his bills

人们说爸爸为了还债，会乞讨、借钱、偷窃

Hey Momma, folks say that Papa never was much on thinking

嘿，妈妈，人们说爸爸从不怎么思考

Spent most of his time chasing women and drinking

大部分时间都在追逐女人和喝酒

Momma I'm depending on you to tell me the truth"

妈妈，我指望你告诉我真相”

And Momma looked up with a tear in her eye and said...

妈妈抬起头，眼里含着泪，说...

"Son, Papa was a rolling stone (my son)

“孩子，爸爸是一颗漂泊的石头（我的孩子）

(Well, well, well, well)

（好吧，好吧，好吧，好吧）

Wherever he laid his hat was his home

他戴帽子的地方就是他的家

(And when he died) All he left us was alone

（当他去世时）他留给我们的只有孤独

Lone, lone, lone, alone

孤独，孤独，孤独，孤独

Papa was a rolling stone (my son)

爸爸是一颗漂泊的石头（我的孩子）

Wherever he laid his hat was his home

他戴帽子的地方就是他的家

(And when he died) All he left us was alone

（当他去世时）他留给我们的只有孤独

I said, Papa was a rolling stone (my son)

我说，爸爸是一颗漂泊的石头（我的孩子）

Wherever he laid his hat was his home

他戴帽子的地方就是他的家

(And when he died) All he left us was alone"

（当他去世时）他留给我们的只有孤独”

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Vocabulario en esta canción:

Vocabulario	Significados
remember /rɪˈmem.bər/ A2	verb - 记得
died /daɪd/ A1	verb - 死亡
truth /truːθ/ B1	noun - 真相
stone /stoʊn/ A1	noun - 石头
rolling /ˈroʊ.lɪŋ/ B1	adjective - 滚动
hat /hæt/ A1	noun - 帽子
home /hoʊm/ A1	noun - 家
alone /əˈloʊn/ A2	adjective - 独自
worked /wɜːrkt/ A1	verb - 工作
town /taʊn/ A1	noun - 城镇
children /ˈtʃɪl.drən/ A1	noun - 孩子们
wife /waɪf/ A1	noun - 妻子
saving /ˈseɪ.vɪŋ/ B1	verb - 拯救
souls /soʊl/ B2	noun - 灵魂
stealing /ˈstiː.lɪŋ/ B1	verb - 偷窃
beg /beɡ/ B1	verb - 乞讨
borrow /ˈbɑː.roʊ/ A2	verb - 借
bills /bɪlz/ A2	noun - 账单
chasing /ˈtʃeɪ.sɪŋ/ B1	verb - 追逐
drinking /ˈdrɪŋ.kɪŋ/ A1	verb - 喝