Everybody wants to know 每个人都想知道

Why I sing the blues 为什么我唱蓝调

Yes, I say everybody wanna know 是的，我说大家想知道

Why I sing the blues 为什么我唱蓝调

Well, I've been around a long time 好吧，我已经在很长一段时间

I really have paid my dues 我真的付了会费

   

When I first got the blues 当我第一次拿到了蓝调

They brought me over on a ship 他们给我带来了在船上

Men were standing over me 男子站在我面前

And a lot more with a whip 和更多的用鞭子

And everybody wanna know 每个人都想要知道

Why I sing the blues 为什么我唱蓝调

Well, I've been around a long time 好吧，我已经在很长一段时间

Mm, I've really paid my dues 嗯，我真的付了会费

   

I've laid in a ghetto flat 我已经奠定了在一个贫民窟平

Cold and numb 冷和麻木

I heard the rats tell the bedbugs 我听到老鼠告诉臭虫

To give the roaches some 为了让一些蟑螂

Everybody wanna know 大家想知道

Why I'm singing the blues 为什么我唱蓝调

Yes, I've been around a long time 是的，我已经在很长一段时间

People, I've paid my dues 人，我已经付了会费

   

I stood in line 我站在行

Down at the County Hall 下来在市政厅

I heard a man say, "We're gonna build 我听到一个男人说：“我们要构建

Some new apartments for y'all" 一些新的公寓，你们都“

And everybody wanna know 每个人都想要知道

Yes, they wanna know 是的，他们想知道

Why I'm singing the blues 为什么我唱蓝调

Yes, I've been around a long, long time 是的，我已经在很长一段时间

Yes, I've really, really paid my dues 是的，我真的，真的付出我的会费

   

Now I'm gonna play Lucille. 现在，我要玩露西尔。

   

My kid's gonna grow up 我的孩子的要长大

Gonna grow up to be a fool 会成长为一个傻瓜

'Cause they ain't got no more room 因为他们没有得到任何更多的空间

No more room for him in school 他在学校里没有更多的空间

And everybody wanna know 每个人都想要知道

Everybody wanna know 大家想知道

Why I'm singing the blues 为什么我唱蓝调

I say I've been around a long time 我说我已经在很长一段时间

Yes, I've really paid some dues 是的，我真的付出不少代价

   

Yeah, you know the company told me 是啊，你知道公司对我

Guess you're born to lose 想你是天生的输

Everybody around me, people 我周围的每个人，人

It seems like everybody got the blues 这似乎是每个人都拿到了蓝调

But I had 'em a long time 但我有时间很长的时间

I've really, really paid my dues 我真的，真的付出我的会费

You know I ain't ashamed of it, people 你知道我是不是羞耻，人

I just love to sing my blues 我只是爱唱歌我的蓝调

   

I walk through the cities, people 我在的城市，走的人

On my bare feet 我光着脚

I had a fill of catfish and chitterlings 我有鲶鱼和猪肠的填充

Up in Downbill Street 在Downbill街

You know I'm singing the blues 你知道我在唱蓝调

Yes, I really 是的，我真的

I just have to sing my blues 我要唱我的蓝调

I've been around a long time 我已经在很长一段时间

People, I've really, really paid my dues 人，我真的，真的付出我的会费

   

Now Father Time is catching up with me 现在，父亲时间正赶上我

Gone is my youth 飘是我的青春

I look in the mirror everyday 我看着镜子每天都在

And let it tell me the truth 让它跟我说实话

I'm singing the blues 我唱蓝调

Mm, I just have to sing the blues 嗯，我只是要唱衰

I've been around a long time 我已经在很长一段时间

Yes, yes, I've really paid some dues 是的，是的，我真的付出不少代价

   

Yeah, they told me everything 是的，他们告诉了我一切

Would be better out in the country 会更好，在该国

Everything was fine 一切都很好

I caught me a bus uptown, baby í住宅区抓住了我一辆公交车，婴儿

And every people, all the people 而每一个民族​​，所有的人

Got the same trouble as mine 得到了同样的烦恼像我

I got the blues, huh huh 我得到了蓝调，呵呵呵呵

I say I've been around a long time 我说我已经在很长一段时间

I've really paid some dues 我真的付出不少代价

   

One more time, fellows! 一次，研究员！

   

Blind man on the corner 盲人的角落

Begging for a dime 乞讨一角钱

The rollers come and caught him 滚轮来抓住他

And throw him in the jail for a crime 把他丢在监狱犯罪

I got the blues 我得到了蓝调

Mm, I'm singing my blues 嗯，我唱我的蓝调

I've been around a long time 我已经在很长一段时间

Mm, I've really paid some dues 嗯，我真的付出不少代价

   

Can we do just one more? 我们能做的只是多一个？

   

Oh I thought I'd go down to the welfare 哦，我想我会下到福利

To get myself some grits and stuff 为了让自己有些糁和东西

But a lady stand up and she said 但一位女士站起来，她说

"You haven't been around long enough" “你还没有足够长的时间”

That's why I got the blues 这就是为什么我得到了蓝调

Mm, the blues 嗯，蓝调

I say, I've been around a long time 我说，我已经在很长一段时间

I've really, really paid my dues 我真的，真的付出我的会费

   

Fellows, tell them one more time. 研究员，告诉他们更多的时间。

   

Ha, ha, ha. That's all right, fellows. 哈，哈，哈。没关系，研究员。

Yeah! 是啊！