Talkin' New York
Ramblin' outa the wild west
漫步在荒野的西部
Leavin' the towns i love the best
离开我最爱的城镇
Thought i'd seen some ups and down
虽然我已见识过世间浮沉
"til i come into new york town
直到我抵达纽约城
People goin' down to the ground
卑微的人们双膝跪地
Buildings goin' up to the sky
林立的建筑高耸入云
Wintertime in new york town
纽约城内的冬天
The wind blowin' snow around
寒风夹杂雪粒无孔不入
Walk around with nowhere to go
四处晃荡发现无处可去
Somebody could freeze right to the bone
有人甚至连骨头都上了冻
I froze right to the bone
我也难逃此劫
New york times said it was the coldest winter in seventeen years
纽约时报说 这是十七年来最冷的冬天
I didn't feel so cold then
其实我并没感到有多寒冷
I swung on to my old guitar
我背上我的旧吉他四处摇晃
Grabbed hold of a subway car
紧紧抓住地铁车厢内的扶手
And after a rocking, reeling, rolling ride
一阵车身晃动后 车轮开始滚动向前
I landed up on the downtown side
我在城市的另一端下了站
Greenwich village
那是格林威治村
I walked down there and ended up
我继续前行 最后歇脚在
In one of them coffee-houses on the block
其中仍在营业的一间咖啡店里
Got on the stage to sing and play
走上吧台我一阵弹唱
Man there said, "come back some other day
那边有人说 改天滚回家去吧
You sound like a hillbilly
你这些玩意听上去就像乡巴佬
We want folk singer here
我们这儿要的是真正的民谣歌手
Well, i got a harmonica job, begun to play
好吧 我吹起口琴 继续演奏
Blowin' my lungs out for a dollar a day
撕心裂肺去唱只为了那一天一美元
I blowed inside out and upside down
我内心疼痛难忍 五味杂陈
The man there said he loved m' sound
那儿又有一个人说他爱我的音乐
He was ravin' about how he loved m' sound
他陶醉其间说他爱我的音乐
Dollar a day's worth
这样一天一美元也算值了
And after weeks and weeks of hangin' around
四处游荡过了一周又一周
I finally got a job in new york town
我最后在纽约城找到了一份工作
In a bigger place, bigger money too
在这么大的城市 当然也会赚更多的钱
Even joined the union and paid m' dues
甚至最后还加入了工会 帮我偿清了债务
Now, a very great man once said
现在 一个非常伟大的人曾说
That some people rob you with a fountain pen
有人用一支笔就能将你洗劫一空
It don't take too long to find out
过不了多久你就会发现
Just what he was talkin' about
正如他打趣说起的那样
A lot of people don't have much food on their table
许多人家里的餐桌上食物远远不够
But they got a lot of forks n' knives
但他们却有许多刀叉
And they gotta cut somethin'
用来切割一些东西
So one mornin' when the sun was warm
所以当清晨太阳温暖普照
I rambled out of new york town
我漫步在纽约城内
Pulled my cap down over my eyes
拉低帽子遮住双目
And headed out for the western skies
让体热释放在这西部的天穹下
So long, new york
再见了 纽约
Howdy, east orange
你好 东奥兰治