美添音乐 Everyday music 《Summer Cannibals》
美添音乐
Everyday music
第272添
我们朝思暮想着，意外之财。
——Patti Smith 《Free Money》
歌名:《Summer Cannibals》
歌者： Patti Smith
词曲：Patti Smith Fred Smith
流派： 朋克摇滚
歌曲评分：满分五星，歌词意境、旋律动听程度（包括歌手的演唱是否优美）、情感的丰富性、配乐水平、流行程度等五个方面判断。
学习难度：最容易的为1星，最难为5星。
歌词
I was down in Georgia
nothing was as real
as the street beneath my feet
descending into air
The cauldron was a-bubbling
the flesh was lean
and the women moved forward
like piranhas in a stream
they spread themselves before me
an offering so sweet
and they beckoned and they beckoned
come on darling eat
Eat the summer cannibals
eat eat eat
you eat the summer cannibals
eat eat eat
They circled around me
natives in a ring
and I saw their souls a-withering
like snakes in chains
and they wrapped themselves around me
ummm what a treat
and they rattled their tales hissin'
come on let's eat
Eat the summer cannibals
eat eat eat
you eat the summer cannibals
eat eat eat
I felt a rising in my throat
the girls a-saying grace
and the air the viscous air
pressed against my face
and it all got too damn much for me
just got too damn rough
and I pushed away my plate
and said boys I've had enough
and I laid upon the table
another piece of meat
and I opened up my veins to them
and said come on eat
Eat the summer cannibals
eat eat eat
you eat the summer cannibals
eat eat eat
you eat the summer cannibals
eat eat eat
you eat the summer cannibals
eat eat eat
Cause I was down in Georgia
nothing was as real
as the street beneath my feet
descending into hell
So eat eat eat
you eat eat eat
you eat eat eat
eat eat eat
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多添一点：
今天分享一首来自Patti Smith的《Summer Cannibals》。
有人说昨天分享的万年青年旅店的《乌云典当记》像这首。而万青曾说很喜欢听Patti Smith的歌。今天我们来了解一下这位朋克教母。
Patricia Lee “Patti” Smith，出生于芝加哥，美国歌手、诗人和视觉艺术家。Patricia的母亲贝弗利(Beverly)是一位爵士歌手，父亲格兰特(Grant)在霍尼韦尔的工厂工作。她接受过虔诚的以圣经为基础的教育，但十几岁时就离开了宗教，因为她觉得那太束缚人了。
1967年，她离开格拉斯博罗州立师范学院(现在的罗文大学)，搬到纽约市。她和诗人Janet Hamill一起在书店工作。1969年，她去了巴黎，开始街头表演和表演艺术。
她在70年代早期从事绘画、写作和表演。1974年，开始表演摇滚音乐，是纽约朋克摇滚运动中极具影响力的人物之一，尤其是她1975年的首张专辑《Horses》。这张专辑融合了朋克摇滚和诗歌朗诵，范·莫里森(Van Morrison)的《格洛里亚》(Gloria)的封面和她的开场白:“耶稣为某人的罪而死，但不是我的罪。”
她最著名的歌曲是与Bruce Springsteen合作的《Because the Night》，这首歌在1978年的公告牌百强单曲榜上名列第13位。2007年，她入选摇滚名人堂。
《Summer Cannibals》是Patti Smith和 Fred Smith共同创作的歌曲，并作为Patti Smith1996年专辑《Gone Again》的主打歌发行。
Every night before I go to sleep
每晚睡觉前
Find a ticket win a lottery
我会买一注乐透，争取中奖
Scoop the pearls up from the sea
就好像从大海里淘到一颗珍珠
Cash them in and buy you all the things you need
将它换成现金，给你买所有需要的东西
Every night before I rest my head
每晚睡觉前
See those dollar bills go swirling 'round my bed
看着散落床边的美元
I know they're stolen but I don't feel bad
我知道他们是偷来的，但我并不担心
I take that money buy you things you never had
我拿那些钱，买给你从未拥有过的东西
Oh baby it would mean so much to me
噢，宝贝，这对我来说很重要
Oh baby to buy you all the things you need for free
噢，宝贝，用意外之财给你买所有需要的东西
I'll buy you a jet plane baby
宝贝，我要给你买一架飞机
Get you on a higher plane to a jet stream
带着你乘坐喷气式飞机
And take you through the stratosphere
穿过大气层
And check out the planets there and then take you down
翱翔在行星间，然后降落
Deep where it's hot hot in Arabia babia
降落在火热的阿拉伯
Then cool cold fields of snow
或是有雪的寒冷地带
And we'll roll dream roll dream roll roll dream dream
我们朝思暮想
When we dream it when we dream it when we dream it
当我们梦想着
We'll dream it dream it for free free money
我们朝思暮想着，意外之财
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