On a stone cold night in Memphis Willie Harper came to town 在一块石头上寒冷的夜晚在孟菲斯威利·哈珀来到小镇

With a blue tick hound at his heels and a dime in his shoe 用蓝色刻度猎犬在他的脚后跟，并在他的鞋一角钱

Uh he could make that guitar sing 呃，他能有这样的吉他唱

You should have heard that pavement ring 你应该听说过，路面环

When Blind Willie Harper played the blues. 当盲人威利·哈珀扮演的布鲁斯。

   

And a-he'd sing hey Jenny, why'd you go and leave me 和A- hed唱哎珍妮，为什么你要离去，让我

All alone in the dark this way 在黑暗中这样孤独

Hey Jenny, why'd you go and leave with me 嘿珍妮，你为什么去和我离开

With these blind man dues to pay and these blues to play. 这些盲人的会费缴纳和忧伤的心情玩。

   

In the scarlet light of Beal Street Willie Harper found a home 在猩红光比尔街威利哈珀找到了家

A any song you name he don't refuse 答：您的名字，他不拒绝任何歌曲

Sweet or dirty white or black just drop a nickel in the hat 甜或污白色或黑色刚落，镍的帽子

And hear Blind Willie Harper play the blues. 并听取盲人威利·哈珀玩蓝调。

   

And a-he'd sing hey Jenny why'd you go and leave me 和A- hed唱哎珍妮为什么你要离去，让我

All alone in the dark this way 在黑暗中这样孤独

Hey Jenny, why'd you go and leave with me 嘿珍妮，你为什么去和我离开

With these blind man dues to pay and these blues to play. 这些盲人的会费缴纳和忧伤的心情玩。

   

Willie stops in the middle of the song as a love dealin' lady walks by 威利停在乐曲中间的爱情戏份“小姐走过

He says a you smell sweet like someone I once knew 他说，一个你闻到甜似人，我曾经认识

Then he touches her face and some words are said 然后，他摸她的脸，并说了一些话

And a knife blade shines and her blood runs red 和刀背照，她的血红色的运行

Blind Willie walks off singin' the blues. 盲人威利走开闷闷不乐，心事重重。

   

On a stone cold night in Memphis they took Blind Willie down 在一块石头上寒冷的夜晚在孟菲斯他们把盲人威利下来

They shaved his head took away his shoes 他们剃光头拿走了他的鞋

Now from a window of a Beal Street jail cell 现在，从比尔街牢房的窗口

Sad as a whipperwill clear as a bell 伤心的whipperwill清澈如钟

We heard Blind Willie Harper singin' the blues. 我们听到盲人威利·哈珀闷闷不乐，心事重重。

   

And a-he'd sing hey Jenny why'd you go and leave me 和A- hed唱哎珍妮为什么你要离去，让我

All alone in the dark this way 在黑暗中这样孤独

Hey Jenny, why'd you go and leave with me 嘿珍妮，你为什么去和我离开

With these blind man dues to pay and these blues to play... 这些盲人的会费缴纳和忧伤的心情玩...