Buying a book - Joe Tex

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I saw this old man with this young girl the other night

有一天晚上我看见一个老头和一个姑娘在一起

I walked over to him and pulled him off on the side

我走向他把他拉到一边

And I said pops what are you trying to prove

我说爸爸你想证明什么

I said I've seen you out here every night this week

我说我这一周每天晚上都在这里见到你

With a different young girl wrapped around your arm

另一个年轻姑娘紧紧抱着你

I said you can't keep this pace up uh

我说你无法跟上我的步伐

Because these young girls

因为这些年轻女孩

Huh oh they'll certainly get you down

他们肯定会让你失望

He said son sit down here

他说孩子坐在这里

Lemme tell ya something

让我告诉你

He said all my life I've worked hard huh

他说我这一生都在努力工作

And I've saved up me a little money

我存了一点钱

He said but just about the time I got me a nest egg saved

他说但就在我挣到一笔钱的时候

I became a widow man

我变成了一个寡妇

He says and I'm 72 going on 73 years old

他说我已经72岁了即将73岁

And don't have too many more years to live

我已经没有多少岁月可活

Hah he said I know that I should be ashamed of myself

他说我知道我应该为自己感到羞耻

Ha but he said

哈哈哈但是他说

Young girls is my weakness

年轻女孩是我的软肋

Oh yes they are huh

没错就是这样

He said so would you please

他说所以你能否请你

Leave this old gray-haired man alone

别打扰这位白发苍苍的老人

Mind your business heh heh let me and this young girl

管好你自己的事让我和这个小女孩

Have us a little bit of fun ehuh

给我们一点欢乐

That's when I looked at him and I said

那时候我看着他说

I said all right pops you got her

我说好吧爸爸你搞定她了

But listen ha ha ha ha here's all you're doing

但是听着这就是你要做的一切

Oh yes oh yes oh you just

没错你只是

Buying buyin' a book

花钱买书

That's what I said to him

这就是我对他说的话

I said listen to this here's all you're doing

我说听听这首歌这就是你的所做所为

Buying a book for some young man

给一个年轻人买一本书

That's what you're doing heh

这就是你的所做所为

To read

阅读

But don't do it

但是不要这样做

Don't do it

不要这样做

Don't do it

不要这样做

Don't do it

不要这样做

Oh don't do it

不要这样

Don't do it

不要这样做

Send that young girl on home

送那个年轻姑娘回家

Mmmm mmm mmm

嗯嗯

Then there was this middle-aged woman whose name I dare not call

还有一个中年妇女我不敢叫她的名字

Simply because you out there listening

只是因为你在听

Just might know who this woman is

可能知道这个女人是谁

But I can tell you this much

但我可以告诉你

The woman lives right here in your town

这个女人就住在你的镇上

I know you didn't know that did you huh

我知道你不知道对吧

I saw this woman with this young man

我看见这个女人和这个年轻男人在一起

In the broaden day time the other day

有一天在开阔的白天

I say miss lady you oughta be ashamed of yourself

我说小姐你应该为自己感到羞耻

Ridin' around with this young man all hugged up like this here heh huh

和这位年轻人在一起就像这样紧紧抱在一起

She said son oh son you're dippin' in my business

她说孩子你在我的事业里小有成就

But if you want to know why I fool with this young man

但如果你想知道为什么我要和这个年轻人在一起

I'll tell you

我会告诉你

She said I was married to a man 40 years older than I was

她说我嫁给了一个比我大40岁的男人

Says for a long time I was true and faithful to that one man

一直以来我对那个男人忠贞不渝

Says and last year he died and willed me a whole lotta money

去年他去世了立下遗嘱给我一大笔钱

And I know that that young man sittin' in my car

我知道坐在我车里的那个年轻人

Just wants me for my money uh huh

只想要我的钱

She said but if that's what it takes to keep the young fine thing

她说但如果这就是保持年轻的代价

Oh ho he can get every single dime

他可以得到每一分钱

Because it ain't nothin' an old man can do for me

因为这不是一个老头能为我做的事

But show me which way a young man went hah hah

告诉我年轻人该何去何从

Oh Lord oh oh

上帝啊

Here's what I said huh

这就是我说的

I said you're just

我说你只是

Buying

购买

That's all you're doin'

这就是你所做的一切

Buying a book

买书

That's what I told her huh

这就是我告诉她的

Listen miss lady here's all you're doin' uh

听着小姐这就是你所做的一切

Buying a book for some young girl

为一个年轻女孩买一本书

You oughta quit it huh

你应该收手

To read

阅读

Don't do it

不要这样做

I said that's your car drive him home

我说那是你的车送他回家

Give him all your money

把你所有的钱都给他

I'm sorry I dipped in your business

对不起我打扰了你的事

I won't do it no more

我再也不会这样做

No

不