Smiling Bill Mccall(Bonus Track) - Johnny Cash (约翰尼·卡什)

Well the whole town listened to the radio for the Smiling Bill McCall Show

整个城镇都在收听比尔麦考尔的微笑，这个节目

Everyone in Nashville was listenin' to Bill

纳什维尔的每个人都在收听比尔的节目

I don't want to be layin' in bed when they pronounce me dead

我不想在他们当我已经死了的时候，还无动于衷

He'd stand and breathe in the microphone with his guitar hangin' to his kneebone

他会站在麦克风前，呼吸喘气，手里拿着吉他

All the girls just sat and dreamed when Bill began his sing

比尔开始唱歌的时候，所有的女孩都围坐在他身边，倾听幻想

I don't want my hat to be hung when my last song is sung

我不希望我唱到最后一首歌的时候，只有我的帽子挂在身旁

But he never let fame go to his head this is Smiling Bill McCall he said

但是他从不被盛名冲昏头脑，这就是比尔麦考尔的微笑

Gonna pick and sing a song or two you all listen till I'm through

他会选一两首歌，让你听完

And if you're at the house or in your car tune in this time tomorrow

如果在早晨的此时，你在家或者在车内正在倾听的话

To all the boys he was a big hero that'd glue their ears to the radio

对于所有的男孩来说，他就是英雄，可以让大家一直听广播，就好像要把耳朵贴上

Then talkin' a most unusual drawl imitatin' Bill McCall

然后，很多人开始模仿比尔麦考尔的微笑

Daddy can I get me a guitar cause I want to be a star

爸爸，我能不能学吉他，因为我也想成为明星

The girls would say of Bill McCall why I bet he's over six feet tall

女孩们会说，我打赌比尔麦考尔有六尺多高

Handsomest man in Nashville they said of Smiling Bill

在纳什维尔最英俊的男子也会提到他

He won't be plantin' potato slips when he cashes in his chips

他只是个做土豆的人，而不是种土豆的人

Then one day Bill didn't make the show didn't even show up for a week or so

有一天，比尔不做节目了，这大概持续了一周左右

The station's boss said to city hall find Smiling Bill McCall

广播站的老板对全城人说，寻找比尔麦考尔

It won't be hard to track him down he's got the biggest feet in town

找他并不难，因为他的脚在城中算最大的

Well there's a creek that runs through Nashville

纳什维尔城中有一条河

And on the bank they found Smiling Bill

在河岸上，人们找到了他

He's committin' suicide but they grabbed him before he tried

他正要自杀，人们赶在之前救了他

Turn me loose I want to jump he screamed cause I can't stand that theme

他尖叫，放开我，我要去死，我受不了这种日子了

Let this be my final breath cause I'm scared half to death

让我去死吧，我不要过这种半死不活的日子

The big brave Smiling Bill McCall is only four feet tall

人们想象中的大个子比尔麦考尔只有四尺高

I'd rather be in the river dead than to hear 'em laughin' at my bald head

我宁愿去死也不愿意人们嘲笑我的秃头