Highway Patrolman

My name is Joe Roberts I work for the state
我名叫Joe Roberts我為州府工作
I'm a sergeant out of Perrineville barracks number 8
我是個軍士來自Perrineville第八營地
I always done an honest job as honest as I could
我一直盡全力誠實勞作
I got a brother named Franky and Franky ain't no good
我有一個弟弟名叫Frankie，可Frankie不是個好小伙
Now ever since we was young kids it's been the same come down
從我們還是小孩時就一直是同樣套路
I get a call on the short wave Franky's in trouble downtown
我接到短波報告Frankie在城裡惹了禍
Well if it was any other man, I'd put him straight away
如果是別人，我會立刻把他逮捕
But when it's your brother sometimes you look the other way
但遇到你的兄弟有時你就會轉頭放過
Yeah, me and Franky laughin' and drinkin' nothin' feels better than blood on blood
我和Frankie大笑著暢飲,沒什麼比血親融洽更讓人忘卻痛楚
Takin' turns dancin' with Maria as the band played 'Night of the Johnstown Flood'
我們聊天，輪流和Maria跳舞，樂隊彈奏“Johnstown的洪水夜”
I catch him when he's strayin' like any brother would
當他像任何兄弟一樣迷失時我抓住了他
Man turns his back on his family well he just ain't no good
他背棄了他的家庭他就是不是個好小伙
Well Franky went in the army back in 1965 I got a farm deferment settled down took Maria for my wife
Frankie參軍在1965，我那時延時付款買了處農場安家落戶，還娶了Maria當老婆
But them wheat prices kept on droppin' 'til it was like we were gettin' robbed
但小麥價格一直下跌，直到我們窮得好比被人搶過
Franky came home in '68 and me I took this job
Frankie 68年回了家，而我，我接了這份工作
Yeah we're laughin' and drinkin' nothin' feels better than blood on blood
是的，我們大笑著暢飲，沒什麼比血親融洽更讓人忘卻痛楚
Takin' turns dancin' with Maria as the band played 'Night of the Johnstown Flood'
我們聊天，輪流和Maria跳舞，樂隊彈奏“Johnstown的洪水夜”
I catch him when he's strayin', teach him how to walk that line
當他迷失時我抓住了他，教給他如何行走人間
Man turns his back on his family he ain't no friend of mine
他背棄了他的家庭他和我也不以朋友互見
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Well, the night was like any other, I got a call 'bout quarter to nine
那天晚上很平常，我接了一個電話在大概8點45前
There was trouble in a roadhouse out on the Michigan line
有了麻煩，就在密歇根線公路旁的酒吧間
There was a kid lyin' on the floor lookin' bad, bleedin' hard from his head
一個孩子躺在地上看起來很糟頭上還流著血
There was a girl cryin' at a table, and it was Frank they said
一個姑娘在桌邊兒哭泣而他們說是Frank做了孽
Well I went out and I jumped in my car and I hit the lights
我出了門跳進我的車我打開了車燈
Well, I must've done 110 through Michigan County that night
那一晚橫穿密歇根郡時我一定開了有110時公里時速那麼瘋
It was out at the crossroads down round Willow Bank
到了岔路口，地方就接近Willow Bank
Seen a Buick with Ohio plates behind the wheel was Frank
我看見一輛俄亥俄州牌號的別克，方向盤後頭坐著的是Frank
Well I chased him through them county roads 'til a sign said Canadian border 5 miles from here
我追著他穿過整個郡直到看見一塊標牌，寫著加拿大國境距此5英里
I pulled over the side of the highway and watched his taillights disappear
我停到高速路路邊，看著他的的尾燈越遠越迷離
Me and Franky laughin' and drinkin' nothin' feels better than blood on blood
我們大笑著暢飲，沒什麼比血親融洽更讓人忘卻痛楚
Takin' turns dancin' with Maria as the band played 'Night of the Johnstown Flood'
我們聊天，輪流和Maria跳舞，樂隊彈奏“Johnstown的洪水夜”
I catch him when he's strayin' like any brother would
當他迷失時我抓住了他，教給他如何行走人間
Man turns his back on his family well he just ain't no good
他背棄了他的家庭他和我也不以朋友互見
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來自satsukiyumi