Walt Whitman's Niece-Billy Bragg and Wilco

[ti:Walt Whitman's Niece] [ar:Billy Bragg and Wilco] [al:Mermaid Avenue] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Walt Whitman's Niece (LP版) - Billy Bragg and Wilco [00:07.00]Last night or the night before that
是昨晚，还是更早的夜晚 [00:09.63]And I won't say which night
我也记不清了 [00:13.02]A seaman friend of mine
我的一个海员朋友 [00:15.34] [00:16.39]And I'll not say which seaman
我也说不清是哪一个 [00:19.44]Walked up to a big old building
在一栋古老的大楼里醒过来 [00:22.74]And I won't say which building
我也说不清是哪一栋大楼 [00:25.03]And would have not walked up the stairs
本来不该走上那个楼梯 [00:29.23]Not to say which stairs
也说不清是哪个楼梯 [00:32.16]If there had not been two girls
要不是那边有两个女孩 [00:35.43]Leaving out the names of those two girls
留下了她们的名字 [00:38.54]I recall a door a big long room
我记得一扇门，在那个又大又宽敞的房间里 [00:41.58]And I'll not tell which room
我也说不清是哪个房间 [00:44.63]I remember a deep blue rug
我记得有一块深蓝色的地毯 [00:47.10] [00:48.01]But I can't say which rug
我也说不准是什么样子的地毯 [00:51.19]A girl took down a book of poems
一个女孩取下了一本诗歌 [00:54.53]Not to say which book of poems
我也说不清是哪本 [00:57.82]And as she read I laid my head
她静静地读着书 [01:00.82]And I can't tell which head
我也说不清 [01:03.60] [01:04.17]Down in her lap
她的双膝上，枕着谁的头 [01:06.28] [01:06.99]And I can't mention which lap
我也说不清是哪一边的膝盖 [01:09.33] [01:11.03]My seaman buddy and his girl moved off
我的海员朋友和他的女朋友离开了 [01:13.62]After a couple of pages
一段时间过后 [01:14.87] [01:15.90]And there I was all night long
我仍在，整晚 [01:19.14] [01:19.69]Laying and listening and forgetting the poems
躺着，聆听着，想要忘记那些诗歌 [01:22.39] [01:24.25]And as well as I could recall
我还能回想起 [01:25.92] [01:26.66]Or my seaman buddy could recollect
或者说，我的海员朋友还能再找到 [01:28.35] [01:29.70]The girl had told us that she was a niece
那个女孩告诉我们 [01:31.95]Of Walt Whitman but not which niece
她是沃尔特惠特曼的侄女，可没说是哪个侄女 [01:34.34] [01:36.20]And it takes a night and a girl
那女孩一整晚 [01:38.37]And a book of this kind
都在读这本书 [01:40.07]A long long time to find it's way back
花了很久的时间，想要找到回去的路 [01:42.80] [02:16.54]Last night or the night before that
是昨晚，还是更早的夜晚 [02:19.16]And I won't say which night
我也记不清了 [02:22.62]A seaman friend of mine
我的一个海员朋友 [02:24.86] [02:25.97]And I'll not say which seaman
我也说不清是哪一个 [02:29.05]Walked up to a big old building
在一栋古老的大楼里醒过来 [02:32.29]And I won't say which building
我也说不清是哪一栋大楼 [02:35.27]And would have not walked up the stairs
本来不该走上那个楼梯 [02:37.99] [02:38.69]Not to say which stairs
也说不清是哪个楼梯 [02:41.61]If there had not been two girls
要不是那边有两个女孩 [02:44.55]Leaving out the names of those two girls
留下了她们的名字 [02:47.85]I recall a door a big long room
我记得一扇门，在那个又大又宽敞的房间里 [02:51.23]And I'll not tell which room
我也说不清是哪个房间 [02:53.99]I remember a deep blue rug
我记得有一块深蓝色的地毯 [02:56.35] [02:57.41]But I can't say which rug
我也说不准是什么样子的地毯 [03:00.77]A girl took down a book of poems
一个女孩取下了一本诗歌 [03:03.16] [03:03.89]Not to say which book of poems
我也说不清是哪本 [03:06.91]And as she read I laid my head
她静静地读着书 [03:10.12]But I can't tell which head
我也说不清 [03:13.38]Down in her lap
她的双膝上，枕着谁的头 [03:15.46] [03:16.20]And I can't mention which lap
我也说不清是哪一边的膝盖