The Kindness of Strangers
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
The Kindness of Strangers 歌詞
They found Mary Bellows cuffed to the bed
人們發現瑪麗.貝洛斯被拷在床上
With a rag in her mouth and a bullet in her head
嘴裡緊塞著布團,腦袋挨了一槍
O poor Mary Bellows
噢,可憐的瑪麗.貝洛斯
Shed grown up hungry, shed grown up poor
她這一生過得飢寒交迫
She left her home in Arkansas
她離開了故鄉阿肯色
O poor Mary Bellows
噢,可憐的瑪麗.貝洛斯
She wanted to see the deep blue sea
她想去看看那藍色的大海
She travelled across Tennessee
她獨自一人遊遍了田納西
O poor Mary Bellows
噢,可憐的瑪麗.貝洛斯
She met a man along the way
在旅途中她遇見了一個人
He introduced himself as Richard Slade
他說自己叫理查德.斯雷德
O poor Mary Bellows
噢,可憐的瑪麗.貝洛斯
Poor Mary thought that she might die
可憐的瑪麗覺得沒有遺憾了
When she saw the ocean for the first time
因為她終於見到了海洋
O poor Mary Bellows
噢,可憐的瑪麗.貝洛斯
She checked into a cheap little place
她住進了一家便宜的小旅館
Richard Slade carried in her old suitcase
理查德.斯雷德幫她提著破舊的行李箱
O poor Mary Bellows
噢,可憐的瑪麗.貝洛斯
'Im a good girl, sir', she said to him
我是個本分的好姑娘
I couldnt possibly permit you in
抱歉不能請您進來了
O poor Mary Bellows
噢,可憐的瑪麗.貝洛斯
Slade tipped his hat and winked his eye
斯雷德歪了歪帽子眨了眨眼
And turned away without goodbye
一言不發地離開了
O poor Mary Bellows
噢,可憐的瑪麗.貝洛斯
She sat on her bed and thought of home
她靜靜地坐在床邊思念故鄉
With the sea breeze whistling all alone
只有陣陣的海風在呼呼地響
O poor Mary Bellows
噢,可憐的瑪麗.貝洛斯
In hope and loneliness she crossed the floor
滿懷著孤獨和希望
And undid the latch on the front door
她打開了房間的門閂
O poor Mary Bellows
噢,可憐的瑪麗.貝洛斯
They found her the next day cuffed to the bed
第二天人們發現她被拷在床上
A ragin her mouth and a bullet in her head
嘴裡緊塞著布團,腦袋挨了一槍
O poor Mary Bellows
噢,可憐的瑪麗.貝洛斯
So mothers keep your girls at home
所以請各位母親看好你的姑娘
Dont let them journey all alone
不要讓她們獨自出門遊蕩
Tell them this world is full of danger
讓她們知道這世界充滿了危險
And to shun the company of strangers
避開那些看似友善的陌生臉龐
O poor Mary Bellows
噢,可憐的瑪麗.貝洛斯
O poor Mary Bellows
噢,可憐的瑪麗.貝洛斯