The Ballad Of Curtis Loew-Lynyrd Skynyrd

[00:00.00] Well I used to wake the morning before the rooster crowed
我曾常常在公鸡啼叫前就早早起床 [00:17.70]Searching for soda bottles to get myself some dough
尝试去找几个空汽水瓶来给自己弄几个小钱 [00:25.02]Brought 'em down to the corner, down to the country store
我把它们带到了街角，那个小乡村商店 [00:32.04]Cash 'em in and give my money to a man named Curtis Loew
将它们兑成现钱，并交给一个叫柯蒂斯勒夫的男人 [00:38.94]Old Curt was a black man with white curly hair
老科特是一个黑人，留着白色卷发 [00:45.60]When he had a fifth of wine he did not have a care
当他喝了五分之一的酒，他并没有在意什么 [00:52.14]He used to own an old Dobro, used to play it across his knee
他有一把老多布罗吉他，常常放在膝盖上演奏 [00:59.07]I'd give old Curt my money, he'd play all day for me
我会把我的钱给他，他会为我弹上一整天 [01:02.49]Play me a song Curtis Loew, Curtis Loew
请为我弹一首歌吧，柯蒂斯勒夫 [01:12.00]Well I got your drinking money, tune up your Dobro
我这里有给你的酒钱，你快调好你的吉他 [01:18.66]People said he was useless, them people are the fools
有人说你一无是处，然而那些人才是真正的平庸之辈 [01:26.04]'Cause Curtis Loew was the finest picker to ever play the blues
因为我的老科特斯是最棒的蓝调演奏家 [01:40.11]He looked to be sixty, and maybe I was ten
他看起来得有六十多了，我那时也许只有十岁 [01:46.71]Mama used to whip me but I'd go see him again
母亲过去总是因此鞭打我，但我却仍去找他 [01:53.10]I'd clap my hands, stomp my feets, try to stay in time
我会拍起手，跺起脚，努力多呆一会 [01:59.85]He'd play me a song or two then take another drink of wine
他会给我唱一两首歌，然后再喝一口酒 [02:06.36]Play me a song Curtis Loew, Curtis Loew
请为我弹一首歌吧，柯蒂斯勒夫 [02:12.66]Well I got your drinking money, tune up your Dobro
我这里有给你的酒钱，你快调好你的吉他 [02:19.26]People said he was useless, them people are the fools
有人说你一无是处，然而那些人才是真正的平庸之辈 [02:26.58]'Cause Curtis Loew was the finest picker to ever play the blues
因为我的老科特斯是最棒的蓝调演奏家 [02:38.79]Yes sir
是的先生 [03:34.50]On the day old Curtis died, nobody came to pray
有一天，老科特斯去世了，没有一人来为他祈祷 [03:41.13]Ol' preacher said some words, and they chunked him in the glade
牧师只是为他说了几句话，却被人们按在地上毒打 [03:47.55]But he lived a lifetime playin' the black man's blues
但他一生都在演奏黑人的布鲁斯音乐 [03:54.15]And on the day he lost his life, that's all he had to lose [04:00.78]Play me a song Curtis Loew, hey Curtis Loew
请再为我弹一首歌吧，柯蒂斯勒夫 [04:07.17]I wish that you was here so everyone would know
我多么希望此刻你还在这里，这样每个人都会知道--- [04:13.68]People said he was useless, them people all are fools
有人说你一无是处，然而那些人才是真正的平庸之辈 [04:20.97]'Cause Curtis you're the finest picker to ever play the blues
---因为我的老科特斯啊，你是最棒的蓝调演奏家