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Twas a dark day in Dallas, November '63
那是1963年11月达拉斯的黑暗一天
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A day that will live on in infamy
这一天将永载耻辱史册
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President Kennedy was a-ridin' high
肯尼迪总统高高在上
Good day to be livin' and a good day to die
活着是美好的一天,死去也是美好的一天
Being led to the slaughter like a sacrificial lamb
像祭品羊一样被引向屠宰
He said, "Wait a minute, boys, you know who I am?"
他说:“等一下,伙计们,你们知道我是谁吗?”
"Of course we do. We know who you are"
“当然知道,我们知道你是谁”
Then they blew off his head while he was still in the car
然后他们在他还在车里时就开了枪
Shot down like a dog in broad daylight
像狗一样在光天化日之下被击毙
Was a matter of timing and the timing was right
这完全是时机的问题,而时机正好
You got unpaid debts we've come to collect
你有未偿还的债务,我们来收账
We're gonna kill you with hatred, without any respect
我们要用仇恨来杀了你,毫无尊重可言
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We'll mock you and shock you and we'll put it in your face
我们会嘲笑你,震惊你,直接把它放在你面前
We've already got someone here to take your place
我们已经有了人来替代你的位置
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The day they blew out the brains of the king
那天他们击碎了国王的脑袋
Thousands were watching, no one saw a thing
成千上万的人在观看,却没有人看到任何事情
It happened so quickly, so quick, by surprise
发生得如此之快,快得让人意外
Right there in front of everyone's eyes
就在每个人眼前
Greatest magic trick ever under the sun
阳光下最伟大的魔术
Perfectly executed, skillfully done
完美执行,技艺高超
Wolfman, oh wolfman, oh wolfman howl
狼男啊,狼男啊,狼男嚎叫
Rub-a-dub-dub, it's a murder most foul
咕噜咕噜咕噜,这是一桩极其可怕的谋杀
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Hush, little children, you'll understand
安静点,小孩们,你们会明白的
The Beatles are comin', they're gonna hold your hand
披头士乐队来了,他们会牵着你们的手
Slide down the banister, go get your coat
滑下扶手,去拿你的外套
Ferry 'cross the Mersey and go for the throat
渡过梅西河,去争取胜利
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There's three bums comin' all dressed in rags
有三个流浪汉穿着破烂的衣服走来
Pick up the pieces and lower the flags
捡起碎片,降下旗帜
I'm going to Woodstock, it's the Aquarian Age
我要去伍德斯托克,这是水瓶座的时代
Then I'll go to Altamont and sit near the stage
然后我会去阿尔塔蒙特,坐在舞台附近
Put your head out the window, let the good times roll
把头伸出窗外,让美好时光来临
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There's a party going on behind the Grassy Knoll
在草坪小山后面有个派对正在进行
Stack up the bricks, pour the cement
堆起砖块,倒入水泥
Don't say Dallas don't love you, Mr. President
别说达拉斯不爱你,总统先生
Put your foot in the tank and step on the gas
把脚放进油箱,踩下油门
Try to make it to the triple underpass
试着赶到三重立交桥
Blackface singer, whiteface clown
黑脸歌手,白脸小丑
Better not show your faces after the sun goes down
天黑后最好别露面
Up in the red light district, like a cop on the beat
在红灯区里,像个巡警
Living in a nightmare on Elm Street
在厄尔姆街的噩梦中生活
When you're down in Deep Ellum, put your money in your shoe
当你在深艾伦时,把钱放在鞋里
Don't ask what your country can do for you
别问你的国家能为你做什么
Cash on the ballot, money to burn
选票上的现金,烧钱的机会
Dealey Plaza, make a left-hand turn
迪利广场,左转
I'm going down to the crossroads, gonna flag a ride
我要去十字路口,打个车
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The place where faith, hope, and charity died
信仰、希望和慈善死去的地方
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Shoot him while he runs, boy, shoot him while you can
在他跑的时候射击,孩子,趁你能射击时射击
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See if you can shoot the invisible man
看看你能否射中那个隐形人
Goodbye, Charlie, goodbye, Uncle Sam
再见,查理,再见,山姆大叔
Frankly, Miss Scarlett, I don't give a damn
坦白说,斯嘉丽小姐,我一点也不在乎
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What is the truth, and where did it go?
真相是什么,它又去了哪里?
Ask Oswald and Ruby, they oughta know
问问奥斯瓦尔德和鲁比,他们应该知道
"Shut your mouth," said the wise old owl
“闭嘴,”智者的猫头鹰说
Business is business, and it's a murder most foul
生意就是生意,这是一桩极其可怕的谋杀
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Tommy, can you hear me? I'm the Acid Queen
汤米,你能听到我吗?我是酸性女王
I'm riding in a long, black Lincoln limousine
我坐在一辆长长的黑色林肯豪华轿车里
Riding in the backseat next to my wife
坐在后座,旁边是我的妻子
Heading straight on in to the afterlife
直奔来世
I'm leaning to the left, I've got my head in her lap
我靠向左边,头在她的腿上
Hold on, I've been led into some kind of a trap
等一下,我被引入了某种陷阱
Where we ask no quarter, and no quarter do we give
我们不求宽恕,也不施舍宽恕
We're right down the street from the street where you live
我们就在你住的街道旁
They mutilated his body, and they took out his brain
他们肢解了他的身体,挖出了他的脑袋
What more could they do? They piled on the pain
他们还能做什么?他们加重了痛苦
But his soul was not there where it was supposed to be at
但他的灵魂并不在它该在的地方
For the last fifty years they've been searchin' for that
在过去的五十年里,他们一直在寻找
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Freedom, oh freedom, freedom over me
自由,哦自由,自由在我身上
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I hate to tell you, mister, but only dead men are free
我不想告诉你,先生,但只有死人才是自由的
Send me some lovin', tell me no lie
给我点爱,别说谎
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Throw the gun in the gutter and walk on by
把枪扔进水沟,走过去
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Wake up, little Susie, let's go for a drive
醒醒,小苏茜,咱们去兜风吧
Cross the Trinity River, let's keep hope alive
穿过三位一体河,让希望继续存在
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Turn the radio on, don't touch the dials
打开收音机,别碰旋钮
Parkland hospital, only six more miles
帕克兰医院,只有六英里
You got me dizzy, Miss Lizzy, you filled me with lead
你让我头晕,莉兹小姐,你让我充满铅
That magic bullet of yours has gone to my head
你那神奇的子弹已经到了我的脑袋
I'm just a patsy like Patsy Cline
我就像帕茨·克莱因一样是个替罪羊
Never shot anyone from in front or behind
从前面或后面都没开过枪
I've blood in my eye, got blood in my ear
我眼里有血,耳里有血
I'm never gonna make it to the new frontier
我永远无法到达新边疆
Zapruder's film I seen night before
扎普鲁德的电影我前天晚上看过
Seen it 33 times, maybe more
看过33次,可能更多
It's vile and deceitful, it's cruel and it's mean
这卑鄙而欺骗,残酷而恶毒
Ugliest thing that you ever have seen
你见过的最丑陋的东西
They killed him once and they killed him twice
他们杀了他一次,又杀了他两次
Killed him like a human sacrifice
像人类的祭品一样杀了他
The day that they killed him, someone said to me, "Son
那天他们杀了他,有人对我说:“儿子
The age of the Antichrist has just only begun"
反基督的时代刚刚开始”
Air Force One coming in through the gate
空军一号通过大门降落
Johnson sworn in at 2:38
约翰逊在2:38宣誓就职
Let me know when you decide to throw in the towel
让我知道你决定放弃的时候
It is what it is, and it's murder most foul
事情就是这样,这是一桩极其可怕的谋杀
What's new, pussycat? What'd I say?
有什么新鲜事,猫咪?我说了什么?
I said the soul of a nation been torn away
我说一个国家的灵魂被撕裂了
And it's beginning to go into a slow decay
而且它开始慢慢衰退
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And that it's 36 hours past Judgment Day
而且已经过了审判日36小时
Wolfman Jack, he's speaking in tongues
狼男杰克,他在说方言
He's going on and on at the top of his lungs
他在高声喧哗
Play me a song, Mr. Wolfman Jack
给我放一首歌,狼男杰克
Play it for me in my long Cadillac
在我的长凯迪拉克里为我演奏
Play me that "Only the Good Die Young"
给我放那首“只有好人早逝”
Take me to the place Tom Dooley was hung
带我去汤·杜利被绞死的地方
Play St. James Infirmary and the Court of King James
放圣詹姆斯医院和詹姆斯国王的法庭
If you want to remember, you better write down the names
如果你想记住,最好把名字写下来
Play Etta James, too, play "I'd Rather Go Blind"
也放艾塔·詹姆斯,放“我宁愿失明”
Play it for the man with the telepathic mind
为那个有心灵感应的男人演奏
Play John Lee Hooker, play "Scratch My Back"
放约翰·李·胡克,放“抓我的背”
Play it for that strip club owner named Jack
为那个名叫杰克的脱衣舞俱乐部老板演奏
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Guitar Slim going down slow
吉他斯林慢慢下滑
Play it for me and for Marilyn Monroe
为我和玛丽莲·梦露演奏
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Play, "Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
放“请不要让我被误解”
Play it for the First Lady, she ain't feeling any good
为第一夫人演奏,她感觉不太好
Play Don Henley, play Glenn Frey
放唐·亨利,放格伦·弗莱
Take it to the limit and let it go by
把它推到极限,让它过去
Play it for Karl Wirsum, too
也为卡尔·维尔苏姆演奏
Looking far, far away at Down Gallow Avenue
远远地看着加洛大道
Play tragedy, play "Twilight Time"
放悲剧,放“黄昏时分”
Take me back to Tulsa to the scene of the crime
带我回到塔尔萨,回到犯罪现场
Play another one and "Another One Bites the Dust"
再放一首“又一个咬尘埃”
Play "The Old Rugged Cross" and "In God We Trust"
放“古老的粗糙十字架”和“我们信仰上帝”
Ride the pink horse down that long, lonesome road
骑着粉色的马,走那条漫长而孤独的路
Stand there and wait for his head to explode
站在那里等他的头爆炸
Play "Mystery Train" for Mr. Mystery
为神秘先生放“神秘列车”
The man who fell down dead like a rootless tree
那个像无根树一样倒下的男人
Play it for the Reverend, play it for the Pastor
为牧师演奏,为牧师演奏
Play it for the dog that got no master
为没有主人的狗演奏
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Play Oscar Peterson, play Stan Getz
放奥斯卡·彼得森,放斯坦·盖茨
Play "Blue Sky", play Dickey Betts
放“蓝天”,放迪基·贝茨
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Play Art Pepper, Thelonious Monk
放阿特·佩珀,西奥诺斯·蒙克
Charlie Parker and all that junk
查理·帕克和所有那些垃圾
All that junk and "All That Jazz"
所有那些垃圾和“所有的爵士”
Play something for the Birdman of Alcatraz
为阿尔卡特拉斯的鸟人放点东西
Play Buster Keaton, play Harold Lloyd
放巴斯特·基顿,放哈罗德·劳埃德
Play Bugsy Siegel, play Pretty Boy Floyd
放巴格西·西格尔,放漂亮男孩·弗洛伊德
Play the numbers, play the odds
放数字,放赔率
Play "Cry Me A River" for the Lord of the gods
为众神之主放“哭我一条河”
Play Number 9, play Number 6
放9号,放6号
Play it for Lindsey and Stevie Nicks
为林赛和史蒂维·尼克斯放
Play Nat King Cole, play "Nature Boy"
放纳特·金·科尔,放“自然男孩”
Play "Down In The Boondocks" for Terry Malloy
为特里·马洛伊放“在乡下”
Play "It Happened One Night" and "One Night of Sin"
放“一个夜晚发生的事”和“罪恶之夜”
There's twelve million souls that are listening in
有一千二百万个灵魂在倾听
Play "Merchant of Venice", play "Merchants of Death"
放“威尼斯商人”,放“死亡商人”
Play "Stella by Starlight" for Lady Macbeth
为麦克白夫人放“星光下的斯特拉”
Don't worry, Mr. President, help's on the way
别担心,总统先生,援助正在路上
Your brothers are coming, there'll be hell to pay
你的兄弟们来了,会有麻烦
Brothers? What brothers? What's this about hell?
兄弟?什么兄弟?这是什么地狱?
Tell them, "We're waiting. Keep coming," we'll get them as well
告诉他们:“我们在等着,继续来,”我们也会抓住他们
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Love Field is where his plane touched down
爱场是他的飞机降落的地方
But it never did get back up off the ground
但它再也没有起飞
Was a hard act to follow, second to none
这是个难以追随的表演,独一无二
They killed him on the altar of the rising sun
他们在升起的太阳的祭坛上杀了他
Play "Misty" for me and "That Old Devil Moon"
为我放“迷雾”和“那古老的魔鬼月亮”
Play "Anything Goes" and "Memphis in June"
放“万事皆可”以及“六月的孟菲斯”
Play "Lonely At the Top" and "Lonely Are the Brave"
放“孤独在顶端”和“勇敢者孤独”
Play it for Houdini spinning around in his grave
为在坟墓里旋转的胡迪尼放
Play Jelly Roll Morton, play "Lucille"
放果冻卷·莫顿,放“露西尔”
Play "Deep In a Dream", and play "Driving Wheel"
放“梦中深处”,放“驾驶轮”
Play "Moonlight Sonata" in F-sharp
在F#调中放“月光奏鸣曲”
And "A Key to the Highway" for the king on the harp
为竖琴上的国王放“通往高速公路的钥匙”
Play "Marching Through Georgia" and "Dumbarton's Drums"
放“穿越乔治亚州”和“邓巴顿的鼓”
Play darkness, and death will come when it comes
放黑暗,死亡会在来临时到来
Play "Love Me Or Leave Me" by the great Bud Powell
为伟大的巴德·鲍威尔放“爱我或离开我”
Play "The Blood-stained Banner", play "Murder Most Foul"
放“血染的旗帜”,放“极其可怕的谋杀”
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