The WASP (Texas Radio And The Big Beat)

I wanna tell you 'bout Texas Radio and the Big Beat
我想跟你讲讲德州电台和摇摆舞的故事

Comes out of the Virginia swamps
它起源于弗吉尼亚沼泽地
Cool and slow with plenty of precision
冷酷缓慢极具精准的分寸感

With a back beat narrow and hard to master
节奏诡异很难掌控

Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance
有人会盛赞它是流光溢彩的天堂乐章

Others, mean and rueful of the Western dream
而其他人 怀揣着西部梦的人们情绪低落喟叹悔恨

I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft
我爱所有在这艘小船上聚首的朋友

We have constructed pyramids in honor of our escaping
我们建造金字塔以纪念我们逃亡的胜利

This is the land where the Pharaoh died
这儿正是法老埋葬的地方

The Negroes in the forest brightly feathered
森林中的黑人身上饰以璀璨的羽毛

They are saying, "Forget the night.
他们异口同声说 “忘掉今晚

Live with us in forests of azure.
和我们同住在蓝天下的森林中

Out here on the perimeter there are no stars
走出这片区域你再也看不见星星

Out here we is stoned - immaculate."
走出这儿我们就会瞬间石化 剔透无暇”

Listen to this, and I'll tell you 'bout the heartache
听我一言吧 我会给你讲讲我的伤心事

I'll tell you 'bout the heartache and the lose of God
我会向你倾诉因失去上帝的那种悲痛

I'll tell you 'bout the hopeless night
我会给你讲讲这个绝望的夜晚
The meager food for souls forgot
粗茶淡饭扔给那些惨遭遗忘的人
I'll tell you 'bout the maiden with wrought iron soul
我会给你讲讲那个铁石心肠的少女

I'll tell you this
我跟你说呀
No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn
不会再有永恒的馈赠宽恕我们错过了黎明时分

I'll tell you 'bout Texas Radio and the Big Beat
我想跟你讲讲德州电台和摇摆舞的故事

Soft driven, slow and mad, like some new language
慢慢开始 缓慢而疯癫 如同某种新生的语言

Now, listen to this, and I'll tell you 'bout the Texas
现在听我一言吧 我会给你讲讲德州

I'll tell you 'bout the Texas Radio
给你讲讲德州电台的故事

I'll tell you 'bout the hopeless night
我会给你讲讲这个绝望的夜晚
Wandering the Western dream
徘徊在西部之梦里
Tell you 'bout the maiden with wrought iron soul
我会给你讲讲那个铁石心肠的少女