Last Great American Whale (LP Version)

歌曲 Last Great American Whale (LP Version)
歌手 Lou Reed
专辑 New York

歌词

[ti:Last Great American Whale (LP Version)]
[ar:Lou Reed]
[al:New York]
[00:00.64] They say he didn't have an enemy
[00:03.18] His was a greatness to behold
[00:05.43] He was the last surviving progeny
[00:11.10] The last one on this side of the world
[00:14.15] He measured a half mile from tip to tail
[00:19.14] Silver and black with powerful fins
[00:22.93] They say he could split a mountain in two
[00:27.92] That's how we got the Grand Canyon
[00:30.47] Last great American whale
[00:34.72] Last great American whale
[00:39.41] Last great American whale
[00:43.05] Last great American whale
[00:47.29] Some say they saw him at the Great Lakes
[00:52.13] Some say they saw him off of Florida
[00:54.83] My mother said she saw him in Chinatown
[01:00.01] But you can't always trust your mother
[01:04.24] Off the Carolinas the sun shines brightly in the day
[01:08.83] The lighthouse glows ghostly there at night
[01:13.07] The chief of a local tribe had killed a racist mayor's son
[01:18.11] And he'd been on death row since 1958
[01:20.95] The mayor's kid was a rowdy pig
[01:24.98] Spit on Indians and lots worse
[01:27.67] The old chief buried a hatchet in his head
[01:33.51] Life compared to death for him seemed worse
[01:36.69] The tribal brothers gathered in the lighthouse to sing
[01:41.53] And tried to conjure up a storm or rain
[01:45.17] The harbor parted, the great whale sprang full up
[01:50.13] And caused a huge tidal wave
[01:53.51] The wave crushed the jail and freed the chief
[01:57.25] The tribe let out a roar
[02:00.50] The whites were drowned, the browns and reds set free
[02:06.28] But sadly one thing more
[02:08.87] Some local yokel member of the NRA
[02:13.46] Kept a bazooka in his living room
[02:17.75] And thinking he had the chief in his sights
[02:21.28] Blew the whale's brains out with a lead harpoon
[02:25.49] Last great American whale
[02:30.37] Last great American whale
[02:34.01] Last great American whale
[02:38.36] Last great American whale
[02:43.97] Well Americans don't care for much of anything
[02:46.72] Land and water the least
[02:49.06] And animal life is low on the totem pole
[02:54.76] With human life not worth more than infected yeast
[03:00.12] Americans don't care too much for beauty
[03:02.77] They'll shit in a river, dump battery acid in a stream
[03:07.16] They'll watch dead rats wash up on the beach
[03:11.22] And complain if they can't swim
[03:14.81] They say things are done for the majority
[03:18.71] Don't believe half of what you see and none of what you hear
[03:23.26] It's like what my painter friend Donald said to me,
[03:27.65] "Stick a fork in their ass and turn them over, they're done"

歌词大意

[00:00.64] tā men shuō tā méi yǒu tiān dí
[00:03.18] tā shì gè qí guān
[00:05.43] tā shì zuì hòu yí gè cún huó de hòu yì
[00:11.10] shì jiè zhè yī biān de zuì hòu yí gè
[00:14.15] tā cóng tóu dào wěi yǒu bàn yīng lǐ cháng
[00:19.14] yín hēi xiāng jiàn, yǒu qiáng zhuàng de qí
[00:22.93] tā men shuō tā kě yǐ bǎ shān mài yī fēn wéi èr
[00:27.92] zhè jiù shì dà xiá gǔ de yóu lái
[00:30.47] zuì hòu de dà měi lì jiān jīng
[00:34.72] zuì hòu de dà měi lì jiān jīng
[00:39.41] zuì hòu de dà měi lì jiān jīng
[00:43.05] zuì hòu de dà měi lì jiān jīng
[00:47.29] yǒu rén shuō zài wǔ dà hú kàn jiàn le tā
[00:52.13] yǒu rén shuō kàn jiàn tā lí kāi le fú luó lǐ dá
[00:54.83] wǒ mǔ qīn shuō tā zài táng rén jiē kàn jiàn le tā
[01:00.01] dàn nǐ bù néng zǒng shì xìn nǐ mǔ qīn
[01:04.24] zài kǎ luó lái nà zhōu, bái tiān yáng guāng míng mèi
[01:08.83] yè wǎn nà lǐ de dēng tǎ xiàng guǐ hún yí yàng fā liàng
[01:13.07] yí gè yuán zhù mín bù luò de shǒu lǐng shā le yí gè zhǒng zú zhǔ yì shì zhǎng de ér zi
[01:18.11] tā cóng 1958 nián kāi shǐ jiù shì sǐ qiú
[01:20.95] shì zhǎng de hái zi shì zhǐ chǎo nào de zhū
[01:24.98] duì yìn dì ān rén tǔ kǒu shuǐ, hái yǒu gèng zāo de
[01:27.67] nà gè lǎo shǒu lǐng zài tā de nǎo zi lǐ mái xià yī bǐng fǔ zi
[01:33.51] duì tā ér yán, huó zhe bǐ sǐ qù gèng zāo
[01:36.69] bù luò lǐ de xiōng dì xiāng jù zài dēng tǎ gē chàng
[01:41.53] xiǎng yào zhào huàn chū yī chǎng kuáng fēng huò bào yǔ
[01:45.17] gǎng kǒu duàn liè, jīng yú zhà xiàn
[01:50.13] zào chéng le yī chǎng hǎi xiào
[01:53.51] nà hǎi xiào chōng huǐ le jiān yù, hái shǒu lǐng yǐ zì yóu
[01:57.25] nà bù luò hū hǎn zhe
[02:00.50] bái rén dōu yān sǐ le, qí tā rén dōu zì yóu le
[02:06.28] dàn kě xī de shì gù shì hái méi wán
[02:08.87] dāng dì mǒu gè quán guó bù qiāng xié huì de xiāng bā lǎo
[02:13.46] zài wò shì lǐ fàng le yí gè huǒ jiàn tǒng
[02:17.75] tā wù yǐ wéi tā kàn jiàn le nà gè bù luò shǒu lǐng
[02:21.28] yòng yī bǎ qiān zhì yú chā jiāng jīng yú de tóu lú hōng suì
[02:25.49] zuì hòu de dà měi lì jiān jīng
[02:30.37] zuì hòu de dà měi lì jiān jīng
[02:34.01] zuì hòu de dà měi lì jiān jīng
[02:38.36] zuì hòu de dà měi lì jiān jīng
[02:43.97] hǎo ba, měi guó rén jī hū shén me dōu bù zài hu
[02:46.72] gèng bù yòng shuō tǔ dì yǔ shuǐ liú
[02:49.06] dòng wù de xìng mìng děng jí hěn dī
[02:54.76] rén lèi de xìng mìng yě bù bǐ chuán rǎn jiào mǔ jūn gèng zhí qián
[03:00.12] měi guó rén yě bù zěn me zài hu měi
[03:02.77] tā men huì zài hé lǐ lā shǐ, wǎng xī liú lǐ dào diàn píng yè
[03:07.16] tā men huì kàn zhe sǐ lǎo shǔ bèi chōng shàng hǎi tān
[03:11.22] bìng bào yuàn tā men bú huì yóu yǒng
[03:14.81] tā men shuō yī qiè dōu shì wèi le duō shù rén
[03:18.71] ěr tīng wèi xū, yǎn jiàn yě wèi bì wèi shí
[03:23.26] jiù xiàng wǒ de huà jiā péng yǒu táng nà dé duì wǒ shuō de
[03:27.65] " bǎ yí gè chā zǐ chā rù tā men de pì gǔ zài bǎ tā men fān guò lái, tā men jiù wán le."