American Pie - The King's Singers (国王歌手合唱团)/Don McLean (唐·麦克林)

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A long long time ago i can still remember

我依然记得很久很久以前

How that music used to make me smile

音乐曾经让我绽放笑容

And i could make those people dance

我可以让人们翩翩起舞

That i could make those people dance

我可以让人们翩翩起舞

And maybe they'd be happy for a while

也许他们会开心一阵子

But february made me shiver

但是二月让我瑟瑟发抖

With every paper i'd deliver

我送来的每一张报纸

Bad news on the doorstep

噩耗传来

I couldn't take one more step

我一步也走不动

I can't remember if i cried

我不记得我是否流过泪

When i read about his widowed bride

当我读到他寡居的新娘

But something touched me deep inside

但内心深处有一种东西触动了我

The day the music died

音乐消失的那一天

So bey-bey miss American pie

所以宝贝想念美国派

Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry

我开着雪佛兰来到堤坝上可堤坝已经干涸

Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye

那些老好人喝着威士忌和黑麦威士忌

Singing this'll be the day that i diea

歌唱着这就是我死去的那一天

This'll be the day that i diea

这就是我死去的那一天

Now for ten years we've been on our own

十年来我们都孑然一身

And moss grows fat on a rolling stone

But that's not how it used to be

可这已不是从前的模样

When the jester sang for the king and queen

小丑为国王和女王歌唱

In a coat he borrowed from james dean

穿着他从詹姆斯狄恩那里借来的外套

And a voice that came from you and me

来自你我之间的声音

Oh and while the king was looking down

当国王俯视着大地

The jester stole his thorny crown

小丑偷走了他带刺的王冠

The courtroom was adjourned

法庭宣布休庭

No verdict was returned

判决没有结果

And while lennon read a book of marx

当列侬读着马克思的书

The quartet practiced in the park

四重奏在公园里练习

And we sang dirges in the dark

我们在黑暗中唱起挽歌

The day the music died

音乐消失的那一天

And we were singing bey-bey miss American pie

我们唱着再见想念美国派

Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry

我开着雪佛兰来到堤坝上可堤坝已经干涸

Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye

那些老好人喝着威士忌和黑麦威士忌

Singing this'll be the day that i diea

歌唱着这就是我死去的那一天

This'll be the day that i diea

这就是我死去的那一天

Oh and there we were all in one place

我们都在同一个地方

A generation lost in space

迷失在太空中的一代人

With no time left to start again

没有时间重新开始

So come on jack be nimble jack be quick

所以来吧杰克动作敏捷一点

Jack flash sat on a candlestick

杰克·闪电坐在烛台上

Cause fire is the devil's only friend

因为烈火是恶魔唯一的朋友

Oh and as i watched him on the stage

当我看着舞台上的他

My hands were clenched in fists of rage

我愤怒地握紧拳头

No angel born in hell

地狱里没有降生的天使

Could break that satan's spell

可以打破撒旦的魔咒

And as the flames climbed high into the night

当烈焰在夜空中蔓延

To light the sacrificial rite

点燃祭祀仪式

I saw satan laughing with delight

我看见撒旦喜笑颜开

The day the music died

音乐消失的那一天

And he was singing bey-bey miss American pie

他唱着再见亲爱的美国姑娘

Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry

我开着雪佛兰来到堤坝上可堤坝已经干涸

Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye

那些老好人喝着威士忌和黑麦威士忌

Singing this'll be the day that i diea

歌唱着这就是我死去的那一天

This'll be the day that i diea

这就是我死去的那一天

I met a girl who sang the blues

我遇到一个唱布鲁斯音乐的女孩

And i asked her for some happy news

我问她一些好消息

But she just smiled and turned away

可她只是微微一笑转身就走

I went down to the sacred store

我去了神圣的商店

Where i'd heard the music years before

多年前我就在那里听过音乐

But the man there said the music wouldn't play

但那个人说音乐不响了

And in the streets the children screamed

孩子们在街头尖叫

The lovers cried and the poets dreamed

恋人哭泣诗人梦想着

But not a word was apoken

可我一言不发

The church bells all were broken

教堂的钟全都坏了

And the three men i admire most

我最崇拜的三个人

The father son and the holy ghost

天父、儿子和圣灵

They caught the last train for the coast

他们赶上了去海边的末班火车

The day the music died

音乐消失的那一天

And they were singsing bey-bey miss American pie

他们唱着再见亲爱的美国姑娘

Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry

我开着雪佛兰来到堤坝上可堤坝已经干涸

Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye

那些老好人喝着威士忌和黑麦威士忌

Singing this'll be the day that i diea

歌唱着这就是我死去的那一天

This'll be the day that i diea

这就是我死去的那一天

Bey-bey miss American pie

宝贝姑娘

Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry

我开着雪佛兰来到堤坝上可堤坝已经干涸

Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye

那些老好人喝着威士忌和黑麦威士忌

Singing this'll be the day that i diea

歌唱着这就是我死去的那一天

This'll be the day that i diea

这就是我死去的那一天

Singing this'll be the day that i diea

歌唱着这就是我死去的那一天