Duncan (live from A prairie home companion)

Couple in the next room
隔壁的情侶
Bound to win a prize
一定是想突破記錄
They've been going at it all night long
因為他們整夜做個不停
Well, I'm trying to get some sleep
我試著進入夢鄉
But these motel walls are cheap
無奈於旅館廉價的隔牆
Lincoln Duncan is my name
我是林肯鄧肯
And here's my song, here's my song
而這，是我的歌
My father was a fisherman
父親是名漁夫
My mama was the fisherman's friend
母親則是漁夫的朋友
And I was born in the boredom
而我誕生在無趣
And the chowder
與海鮮雜燴湯中
So when I reached my prime
所以在我成年之時
I left my home in the Maritimes
離開了在海濱的家
Headed down the turnpike for
沿著漫長的高速路
New England, sweet New England
前往新英格蘭，那誘人的新英格蘭
Holes In my confidence
底氣千瘡百孔
Holes In the knees of my jeans
如同牛仔褲上的洞
I was left without a penny in my pocket
口袋裡也空空蕩盪
Oo-we I was about destituted
如此窮困潦倒
As a kid could be
就像孩童一般
And I wished I wore a ring
我渴望能擁有一枚戒指
So I could hock it
至少那樣能典當它
Seeing a young girl in a parking lot
在停車場，遇到一個姑娘
She was preaching to a crowd
她在對人們佈道
Singing sacred songs and reading
唱聖歌
From the Bible
讀聖經
Well, I told her I was lost
“我迷失了”，我說
And she told me all about the Pentecost
她則告訴我關於五旬節的所有
I seen that girl as the road
這個姑娘可能就是
To my survival
指引我救贖的道路
Just later on the very same night
就在當晚
She crept to my tent with a flashlight
她拿著手電來到我的帳篷裡
And my long years of innocence ended
我多年的純潔悄然逝去
Well, she took me to the woods
她領著我來到林中
Saying here comes something and it feels so good
她說：“有些事物浮現，感覺不錯”
And just like a dog I was befriended, I was befriended
我就像忠犬一樣，與她結實
Oh, oh, what a night
多美好的夜晚
Oh what a garden of delight
彷彿歡愉的樂園
Even now that sweet memory lingers
甜蜜的回憶直到現在依舊徘徊
I was playing my guitar
沐浴在星光下
Lying underneath the stars
彈著我的吉他
Just thanking the Lord
一遍遍的感謝上帝
For my fingers
賜予我這雙
For my fingers
靈巧手指