I've been playing some old records 我一直在玩一些老唱片

That I found in Grandpa's trunk 我发现在爷爷的行李箱

Beside a wind-up gramophone 除了风式留声机

Beneath a pile of junk 下方的一堆垃圾

And in that dusty attic 而在这尘土飞扬的阁楼

I enjoyed a music show 我很喜欢音乐秀

Listening to the melodies 听着旋律

Of eighty years ago 八十年前

   

Doo wacka doo wacka doo wacka doo wacka doo 斗wacka斗wacka斗wacka斗wacka斗

The band would play 该乐队将演奏

Doo wacka doo wacka doo wacka doo wacka doo 斗wacka斗wacka斗wacka斗wacka斗

They'd danced the night away 他们会跳舞，晚上离开

   

I long for all the magic 我渴望所有的魔法

And the days of cabaret 和歌舞表演的日子

Bring back those good old melodies of yesterday 把昨天带回来的那些美好的旋律

Bring back those good old melodies of yesterday 把昨天带回来的那些美好的旋律

   

In my youth, I studied music 在我年轻时，我是学音乐

And it taught me how to sing 它教我怎么唱

"Bella signora" “贝拉夫人”

They took me to the opera 他们把我带到戏

And I loved that kind of thing ，我喜欢那种事

But then I'd listen to the stories 但后来我听的故事

That my grandpa used to tell 我的爷爷曾经告诉

About the Roaring Twenties 关于咆哮的二十年代

And the songs he knew so well 和歌，他知道这么好

   

Doo wacka doo wacka doo wacka doo wacka doo 斗wacka斗wacka斗wacka斗wacka斗

The band would play 该乐队将演奏

Doo wacka doo wacka doo wacka doo wacka doo 斗wacka斗wacka斗wacka斗wacka斗

They'd danced the night away 他们会跳舞，晚上离开

   

I long for all the magic 我渴望所有的魔法

And the days of cabaret 和歌舞表演的日子

Bring back those good old melodies of yesterday 把昨天带回来的那些美好的旋律

Bring back those good old melodies of yesterday 把昨天带回来的那些美好的旋律

   

Then he'd talk about the flappers 然后，他会谈谈挡板

And the way they used to dance 而他们的方式来跳舞

About the bootleg liquor 关于私酒

And the ballrooms of romance 与浪漫的宴会厅

Then, later, in the movies 然后，后来，在电影

There's dancing everywhere 这里的舞蹈无处不在

My grandpa said he dreamed 我爷爷说，他的梦想

That he could move like Fred Astaire 他可以移动像弗雷德·阿斯泰尔

   

Oh, doo wacka doo wacka doo wacka doo wacka doo 哦，斗wacka斗wacka斗wacka斗wacka斗

The band would play 该乐队将演奏

Doo wacka doo wacka doo wacka doo wacka doo 斗wacka斗wacka斗wacka斗wacka斗

They'd danced the night away 他们会跳舞，晚上离开

   

I long for all the magic 我渴望所有的魔法

And the days of cabaret 和歌舞表演的日子

Bring back those good old melodies of yesterday 把昨天带回来的那些美好的旋律

Bring back those good old melodies of yesterday 把昨天带回来的那些美好的旋律