Walking in Memphis－Marc Cohn(中文歌詞)

音樂是工業，但它也曾是文化。

Walking in Memphis
原唱者：Marc Cohn
發行年：1991



Put on my blue suede shoes
(穿上我的藍色麂皮鞋)

And I boarded the plane
(我坐上飛機)

Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
(註：密西西比河下游的三角洲一帶，正是藍調音樂的發源地)
(來到藍調音樂之城)

In the middle of the pouring rain
(這天還在下大雨)

W.C. Handy- won't you look down over me
(註：W.C Handy是從曼非斯發跡的藍調歌手)
(WC Handy, 你是不是在天上看著我呢？)

Yeah, I got a first class ticket
(耶，我坐頭等艙)

But I'm as blue as a boy can be
(但是我很憂鬱)

Then I'm walking in Memphis
(我走在曼非斯的街頭)

I was walking with my feet Ten feet off of Beale
(註：Beale Street 是曼非斯最熱鬧的街，許多藍調歌手都在此演唱)
(我好像飄起來)

Walking in Memphis
(註：曼非斯(Memphis) 在美國田納西州，許多著名的藍調歌手都是由此發跡)
(走在曼非斯的街上)


But do I really feel the way I feel
(但我懷疑，我的感覺是真的嗎？)

Saw the ghost of Elvis on Union Avenue
(我看到貓王的靈魂在聯合大道上)

Followed him up to the gates of Graceland
(註：Graceland 是貓王在曼非斯的故居之名)
(我跟著他，走到他家)

And watched him walk right through
(我看著他走進去)

Now security, they did not see him
(保全沒看見他)

They just hovered around his tomb
(保全在他的墓碑旁走來走去)

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But there's a pretty little thing Waiting for the king down in the Jungle Room
(註：Jungle Room是房子裡的客廳，貓王為它取了這個名字)
(我看到有一個可愛的小女孩，在房子裡等他)

When I was walking in Memphis
(當我走在曼非斯的街頭)

I was walking with my feet Ten feet off of Beale
(我感覺我整個人飄起來)
This lyrics is translated by Three Minute Passion
(本歌詞由三分鐘熱度部落格翻譯)
Walking in Memphis
(走在曼非斯的街上)
But do I really feel the way I feel
(這種感覺太不真實了)

They got catfish on the table
(鯰魚是這裡的平民食物)

They got gospel in the air
(福音歌曲也是這裡的生活之所需)

And Reverend Green be glad to see you When you haven't got a prayer
(註：Reverend Green是對Al Green的尊稱，他也是曼非斯有名的藍調歌手)
(艾爾格林看到你會很高興，雖然你不是基督徒)
All lyrics translations from  Three Minutes Passion are original
(三分鐘熱度部落格內，所有翻譯歌詞皆為原創譯作)
But boy you've got a prayer in Memphis
(不過，來到曼非斯你還是會得到靈性的成長)

Now Muriel plays piano Every Friday at the "Hollywood"
(註：Murial是作者在Hollywood Cafe裡遇到的年長女琴師)
(現在，餐廳裡的莫瑞爾繼續彈著鋼琴)

And they brought me down to see her
(他們帶著我去找莫瑞爾)

They asked me if I would Do a little number
(他們請我唱一首歌)

And I sang with all my mind
(而我認真的唱了一首歌)

She said: "tell me are you a Christian, child?"
(莫瑞爾聽完後，問我：『你是基督徒嗎？』)

And I said: "Ma'am I am tonight"
(我說：『今晚我是……』)





註：這整首歌紀錄的是作者馬可．孔恩(Marc Cohn)，到田納西州的曼非斯一遊，深受當地歷史悠久的藍調音樂感動，而得到心靈的啟發。曼非斯是藍調、靈魂和福音歌曲的發源地。前奏的鋼琴聲，正是在模擬下雨的感覺。
 


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