The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest - Bob Dylan.mp3

[00:00.000] 作词 : Bob Dylan
[00:01.000] 作曲 : Bob Dylan
[00:13.499]Well, Frankie Lee and Judas Priest,
[00:17.128]They were the best of friends.
[00:20.298]So when Frankie Lee needed money one day,
[00:23.183]Judas quickly pulled out a roll of tens
[00:26.758]And placed them on a footstool
[00:29.847]Just above the plotted plain,
[00:33.401]Sayin', "Take your pick, Frankie Boy,"
[00:36.307]My loss will be your gain."
[00:40.309]Well, Frankie Lee, he sat right down
[00:43.031]And put his fingers to his chin,
[00:46.201]But with the cold eyes of Judas on him,
[00:48.884]His head began to spin.
[00:52.682]"Would ya please not stare at me like that," he said,"
[00:55.812]"It's just my foolish pride,"
[00:59.225]But sometimes a man must be alone
[01:02.008]And this is no place to hide."
[01:05.746]Well, Judas, he just winked and said,
[01:09.160]"All right, I'll leave you here,“
[01:12.411]But you'd better hurry up and choose
[01:14.950]Which of those bills you want,
[01:16.210]Before they all disappear."
[01:19.155]"I'm gonna start my pickin' right now,“
[01:21.533]Just tell me where you'll be."
[01:25.210]Judas pointed down the road
[01:28.278]And said, "Eternity!"
[01:31.589]"Eternity?" said Frankie Lee,“
[01:34.780]With a voice as cold as ice.
[01:38.152]"That's right," said Judas Priest, "Eternity,“
[01:40.367]Though you might call it 'Paradise.'
[01:44.226]"I don't call it anything,"
[01:46.745]Said Frankie Lee with a smile.
[01:50.342]"All right," said Judas Priest,
[01:53.409]"I'll see you after a while."“
[01:57.229]Well, Frankie Lee, he sat back down,
[02:00.095]Feelin' low and mean,
[02:03.355]When just then a passing stranger
[02:05.245]Burst upon the scene,
[02:09.207]Saying, "Are you Frankie Lee, the gambler,Whose father is deceased?
[02:16.053]Well, if you are,
[02:16.927]There's a fellow callin' you down the road
[02:18.817]And they say his name is Priest."
[02:21.945]"Oh, yes, he is my friend,"
[02:25.095]Said Frankie Lee in fright
[02:28.631]"I do recall him very well,“
[02:31.596]In fact, he just left my sight."
[02:35.051]"Yes, that's the one," said the stranger,“
[02:37.590]As quiet as a mouse,
[02:41.186]"Well, my message is, he's down the road,“
[02:44.152]Stranded in a house."
[02:47.525]Well, Frankie Lee, he panicked,
[02:50.714]He dropped ev'rything and ran
[02:54.006]Until he came up to the spot
[02:56.403]Where Judas Priest did stand.
[03:00.141]"What kind of house is this," he said,“
[03:03.880]"Where I have come to roam?"“
[03:07.070]"It's not a house," said Judas Priest,“
[03:09.731]"It's not a house . . . it's a home."
[03:13.266]Well, Frankie Lee, he trembled,
[03:15.928]He soon lost all control
[03:19.788]Over ev'rything which he had made
[03:22.409]While the mission bells did toll.
[03:25.700]He just stood there staring
[03:28.199]At that big house as bright as any sun,
[03:32.386]With four and twenty windows
[03:35.148]And a woman's face in ev'ry one.
[03:38.642]Well, up the stairs ran Frankie Lee
[03:41.507]With a soulful, bounding leap,
[03:44.879]And, foaming at the mouth,
[03:47.724]He began to make his midnight creep.
[03:50.955]For sixteen nights and days he raved,
[03:54.205]But on the seventeenth he burst
[03:57.537]Into the arms of Judas Priest,
[04:00.564]Which is where he died of thirst.
[04:04.181]No one tried to say a thing
[04:07.106]When they took him out in jest,
[04:10.459]Except, of course, the little neighbor boy
[04:13.548]Who carried him to rest.
[04:17.041]And he just walked along, alone,
[04:19.662]With his guilt so well concealed,
[04:21.247]And muttered underneath his breath,
[04:25.595]"Nothing is revealed."“
[04:42.173]Well, the moral of the story,
[04:45.039]The moral of this song,
[04:48.390]Is simply that one should never be
[04:51.419]Where one does not belong.
[04:54.710]So when you see your neighbor carryin' somethin',
[04:57.818]Help him with his load,
[05:01.149]And don't go mistaking Paradise
[05:04.093]For that home across the road.