You Dont Mess Around With Jim
Uptown got its hustlers
上城區有著皮條客
The Bowery got its bums
混亂街頭有著流浪漢
42nd street got big Jim walker
42號街有著大吉姆沃克
Hes a pool shootin son of a gun
他可是個台球廳裡的大混蛋
Yeah he big and dumb as a man can come
沒錯他大又蠢彷彿天生一般
But hes stronger than a country horse
但力氣比鄉下的馬還要大
And when the bad folks all get together at night
每當夜晚壞人聚集一起的時候
You know they all call big Jim boss
他們都稱他為老大
Just because
這不用想也知道
And they say
他們還常說
You dont tug on supermans cape
你不會想去拉超人的披風
You dont spit into the wind
你不會朝風中吐口水
You dont pull the mask off that old lone ranger
你不會想去扯下一個老獨行俠的面具
And you dont mess around with Jim
更不會去招惹大吉姆
Well outta south Alabama came a country boy
好吧打南阿拉巴馬州來了一位鄉下男孩
He said Im lookin for a man named Jim
他說我在尋找一個叫吉姆的人
I am a pool shootin boy my name Willie McCoy
我也是個台球男孩我的名字叫威利麥考伊
But down home they call me slim
但在家裡他們叫我“小竹竿”
Yeah Im lookin for the king of 42nd street
沒錯我正在找42號街的頭頭
He drivin a drop top Cadillac
他開著一輛頂級凱迪拉克
Last week he took all my money
上週他搶走了我所有的錢
And it may sound funny
這聽起來有點好笑
But Ive come to get my money back
但我是來討回我的錢的
And everybody say jack dont you know
所有人都說jack你傻小子難道不知道(嗯他們都稱鄉下的孩子jack)
And you dont tug on supermans cape
超人的披風拉不得
You dont spit into the wind
風中吐口水使不得
You dont pull the mask off that old lone ranger
老獨行俠的面具扯不得
And you dont mess around with Jim
大吉姆萬萬惹不得
Well a hush fell over the pool room
很快整個台球廳都沉默了
Jimmy come boppin in off the street
因為吉姆突然冒出街頭
And when the cuttin were done
一場血雨過後
The only part that wasnt bloody
唯一看起來不血腥的地方
Was the soles of the big mans feet
是那位大男人的腳底
Yeah he were cut in in bout a hundred places
沒錯他被上上下下砍了一百多刀
And he were shot in a couple more
又被射中了好幾個部位
And you better believe
從現在開始你最好相信
They sung a different kind of story
當大吉姆倒在地上
When big Jim hit the floor
他們傳唱的又將是一個不同版本的故事
Now they say
他們說道
You dont tug on supermans cape
你不要去扯超人的披風
You dont spit into the wind
不要朝風中吐口水
You dont pull the mask off that old lone ranger
不要去扯老獨行俠的面具
And you dont mess around with slim
更不要去招惹小竹竿
Yeah big Jim got his hat
大吉姆找到了
Find out where its at
他那不知道在哪裡的帽子
And its not hustlin people strange to you
而且這不是在忽悠事外人
Even if you do got a two piece custom made pool cue
即使你擁有兩支定制的台球桿
Yeah you dont tug on supermans cape
耶哼超人的披風拉不得
You dont spit into the wind
風中吐口水使不得
You dont pull the mask off the old lone ranger
老獨行俠的面具扯不得
And you dont mess around with slim
小竹竿萬萬惹不得