You Don't Mess Around With Jim
Jim Croce
You Don't Mess Around With Jim 歌詞
Uptown got its hustlers
小區裡面有一無所事事的小混混
The bowery got its bums
他將包厘街一把火燒了
42nd Street got Big Jim Walker
42街一個有出名的吉姆的行者
Hes a pool-shootin son of a gun
他是一個放蕩不羈的壞傢伙
Yeah, he big and dumb as a man can come
是的,他是個頭腦簡單四肢發達的傢伙
But he stronger than a country hoss
他比那國家的駕馬還要強壯
And when the bad folks all get together at night
當壞人們都在晚上聚在一起
You know they all call big Jim 'Boss', just because
你知道他們都稱大吉姆“老闆”,只是因為
And they say
他們說
You dont tug on Supermans cape
你不拽超人的斗篷
You dont spit into the wind
你在風中不隨地吐痰
You dont pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger
你不揭開那老獨行俠的面具
And you dont mess around with Jim
你從與吉姆不浪費時間
Well outta south Alabama come a country boy
失控的南阿拉巴馬來了一個鄉村男孩
He say Im lookin for a man named Jim
他說我追尋的一個叫吉姆的人
I am a pool-shootin boy
我是一個放蕩不羈的男孩
By name a Willie McCoy
名叫威利·麥科伊
But down home they call me Slim
但在老家他們叫我斯利姆
Yeah Im lookin for the king of 42nd Street
是的,我追尋的第42街的王
He drivin a drop top Cadillac
他駕駛著跌幅居前凱迪拉克
Last week he took all my money
上週,他帶走了我所有的錢
And it may sound funny
這聽起來真有趣
But I come to get my money back
我去把我的錢要回來
And everybody say Jack dont you know
然後所有人都說傑克並不知道
You dont tug on Supermans cape
你從不拽超人的斗篷
You dont spit into the wind
你從在風中不隨地吐痰
You dont pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger
你也不拉老獨行俠的面具
And you dont mess around with Jim
你不與吉姆浪費時間
Well ahush fell over the pool room
這個破房子一下子安靜了下來
Jimmy come boppin in off the street
吉姆離開了那條街來到了boppin
And when the cuttin was done
當切割完了以後
The only part that wasnt bloody
這不是血腥的唯一部分
Was the soles of the big mans feet, ooh
這是男人的腿,ohh
And he was cut in about a hundred places
被分切成了上百個部分
And he were shot in a couple more
他射向了一對夫妻
And you better believe
你最好相信
There come another kind of story
還有其它的這類故事發生
When big Jim hit the floor now they say
當大吉姆,砸在地板上,現在他們說
You dont tug on Supermans cape
你從不拽超人的斗篷
You dont spit into the wind
你從在風中不隨地吐痰
You dont pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger
你也不拉老獨行俠的面具
And you dont mess around with Slim
你從不與slim浪費時間
Yeah, Uptown got its hustlers
是啊,大吉姆得到了他的帽子
Find out where its at
找出它在哪
And its not hustlin people strange to you
而且它不是忙亂的人對奇怪的你
Even if you do got a two-piece custom-made pool cue
即使你得到了兩件特製的的球桿
Yeah you dont tug on Supermans cape
是的你從不拽超人的斗篷
You dont spit into the wind
你在風中從不隨地吐痰
You dont pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger
你也不拉老獨行俠的面具
And you dont mess around with Slim
你從與slim不浪費時間