GIL SCOTT HERON - The bottle.
See that black boy over there runnin' scared
看到那边那个黑人男孩吓得直跑
His old man in a bottle
他的父亲靠嗜酒如命活着
He done quit his 9 to 5
他辞去了朝九晚五的工作
He drink full time and now he's livin' in a bottle
他整天在喝酒,现在他嗜酒如命
See that black boy over there runnin' scared
看到那边那个男孩吓得直跑
His old man got a problem
他爸爸成问题了
And it's a bad one
这很糟糕
He done pawned off damn near everything
他几乎当掉了所有的东西
His old woman's weddin' ring for a bottle
他把男孩的母亲的婚戒也当酒去了
And don't you think it's a crime when
难道你不认为这是犯罪吗
Time after time after time
死不悔改
People in the bottle
嗜酒如命的人
There's people livin' in the bottle
有的人靠嗜酒如命活着
Listen to me
听我说
See that sister, sho' was fine
见到那个妹妹,她当然还好
Before she started drinkin' wine in a bottle
在她开始嗜酒如命前
She told me her old man committed a crime
她告诉我,她的父亲犯了罪
He's doin' time and now she's hangin' in a bottle
他在坐牢,现在她嗜酒如命
I seen her out there on the avenue
我看到她走在大街上
All by herself, she sho' need help from the bottle
只身一人,她必定需要帮助戒酒
I seen a preacherman try to help her out
我看到一个传教士试图帮助她
She cussed him out and hit him in the head with a bottle
她咒骂他,用酒瓶砸他的头
They turn to me, and they ask me, Gil
他们求助我,他们请求我吉尔
Don't you think it's a crime the way
你不认为这是犯罪吗
Time after time after time
死不悔改
People in the bottle
活在酩酊大醉里
There's people sho' nuff in the bottle
可以肯定有人靠嗜酒如命活着
I'll give you another good example
我再举一个好例子
You see that gent in the wrinkled suit
我看到那个穿着皱巴巴西装的绅士
He done damn near blown his cool to the bottle
他对嗜酒如命简直气得发疯
He was a doctor helpin' young girls along
他是一名来帮助年轻姑娘戒酒的医生
If they weren't too far gone in her problems
在她的问题上,要是他们不是太恶劣就好了
But defenders of the dollar eagle said
美钞鹰捍卫者说
“What you doin, man, ain't legal”“
你在做什么,伙计,这不合法”
Now he's in the bottle
现在他嗜酒如命
And now we watch him everyday
现在我们每天都看着他
He's tryin' to chase the prisons away from the bottle
他想从嗜酒如命中驱走牢狱之灾
He turned to me and he said to me, hey now
嗨,现在他求助我,他对我说的
Don't you think it's a crime the way
难道你不认为这是犯罪
Time after time
死不悔改
Friends of mine in the bottle
我的朋友都嗜酒如命
There's people sho nuff in the bottle
有人果然活在嗜酒如命里
Come on, hit me the lick one time, stick
来吧,给我一次发财的机会吧,坚持
Uuh
嗯
I'll tell you a little secret
我告诉你一个小秘密
If you ever come lookin' for me
如果你来找我
You know where I'm bound to be
你就知道我必定在哪里
In the bottle
我在过酒瘾,我嗜酒如命
Turn around
转身
Look around on any corner
环顾四周每个角落
If you see some brother lookin' like a goner
如果你看到某个兄弟好像不可救药
It's gonna be me
那就是我
Sing the song
唱着那首歌
Na na na na na na na na na
呐呐呐呐呐呐呐呐呐
na na na na na na na na na
呐呐呐呐呐呐呐呐呐
A dollar nine or a bottle of wine
要么九美元要么一瓶酒
A dollar nine, get a bottle of wine
九美元买一瓶酒
A dollar nine, get a bottle of wine
九美元买一瓶酒
A dollar nine, get a bottle of wine
九美元买一瓶酒
The bottle
嗜酒如命
All that I'm concerned about is a bottle
我只关心酒
It can turn me inside out for the bottle
酩酊大醉能让我颠倒一切
All I want
这就是我想要的
Said all I want
他说,这就是我想要的
Said all I want
他说,这就是我想要的
Said all I want since I'm livin in the bottle
他说,这就是我想要的,因为我活在酩酊大醉里
A bottle
嗜酒如命
Sho nuff
果不其然
Sho nuff
果然如此
Sho nuff
果不其然
Sho nuff sho nuff sho nuff sho nuff
十分肯定,十分肯定,十分肯定,十分肯定
Sho nuff
十分肯定