《Bluesman(LP版)》歌词

[00:00:00] Bluesman (蓝调演奏者) (LP版) - Harry Chapin

[00:00:14] The kid heard the word up in Brooklyn

[00:00:17] It was his second year of medical school

[00:00:20] He went and stashed some jeans into his guitar case

[00:00:23] His father said You're a fool

[00:00:26] But the boy jumped on board a Greyhound bus

[00:00:29] It took him two days to get to Mobile

[00:00:32] And though it took two weeks to track the old man down

[00:00:36] He never doubted that the rumor was real

[00:00:40] But there the old man stood by the store front

[00:00:43] With his white cane hanging from his belt

[00:00:47] And he was bending the steel of his guitar strings

[00:00:50] So it seemed like the metal had to melt

[00:00:53] He was the last of the street corner singers

[00:00:56] Paying his final years of dues

[00:00:59] The voice in his throat was like a bullfrog croak

[00:01:03] Yes it's he who invented the blues

[00:01:09] To play the blues boy you got to live 'em

[00:01:12] Got your dues boy you know you got to give 'em

[00:01:15] Got to start sweet like a slow blues rhythm

[00:01:17] Like a heartbeat you'll always be with 'em

[00:01:21] When you're married to the blues boy

[00:01:24] Your guitar is your wife

[00:01:27] It's like that fine old woman

[00:01:30] Who you're faithful to for life

[00:01:35] Well the kid walked up as the blind man finished

[00:01:39] And was bent to put his guitar away

[00:01:41] The old man heard him and said Who are you

[00:01:44] I'm the kid you're gonna teach to play

[00:01:48] The old man laughed but the kid kept talking 'bout

[00:01:51] How he'd help him get around

[00:01:53] That's when the old man said

[00:01:55] I don't need no fool to get me where in the hell I'm bound

[00:02:06] The kid nods his head with a great big grin and says

[00:02:11] When do we begin

[00:02:14] That's when the old man said

[00:02:15] If You're staying with me

[00:02:17] This is how it's got to be

[00:02:20] To play the blues boy you got to live 'em

[00:02:23] Got your dues boy you know you got to give 'em

[00:02:27] Got to start sweet like a slow blues rhythm

[00:02:29] Like a heartbeat you'll always be with 'em

[00:02:32] When you're married to the blues boy

[00:02:35] Your guitar is your wife

[00:02:38] It's like that fine old woman

[00:02:41] Who you're faithful to for life

[00:02:47] You know I ain't no guru

[00:02:49] I'm just a blind black preacher man

[00:02:53] My guitar is my gospel boy

[00:02:56] And I preach with my picking hand

[00:02:59] I ain't gonna be your wet nurse

[00:03:02] Or black father to an albino son

[00:03:05] That's OK the kid up and say

[00:03:08] I just want to pick like a son of a gun

[00:03:12] Whoa boy that ain't no damn typewriter you're playing now

[00:03:16] You've got to caress it like a woman slow and easy

[00:03:20] Like this old man

[00:03:24] No A fool plays the blues like Machine Gun Kelly

[00:03:28] Five hundred notes to the bar

[00:03:31] And if you're going to stick with me

[00:03:34] You've got to learn what the blues really are

[00:03:37] You learn to pick with me and you can stick with me

[00:03:40] But it's time to blow this town

[00:03:43] We gots a gig to preach in a gaming house

[00:03:46] We're Alabama bound

[00:03:49] So the kid took the hand of the old blues man

[00:03:52] To lead him all around the south

[00:03:55] Now it's the old man's turn to make the white boy learn

[00:03:58] You don't play guitar with your mouth

[00:04:03] To play the blues boy you got to live 'em

[00:04:06] Got your dues boy you know you got to give 'em

[00:04:10] Got to start sweet like a slow blues rhythm

[00:04:12] Like a heartbeat you'll always be with 'em

[00:04:15] When you're married to the blues boy

[00:04:19] Your guitar is your wife

[00:04:22] It's like that fine old woman

[00:04:25] Who you're faithful to for life

[00:04:30] All right son let's hear some guitar

[00:04:36] I want you to play it funky like your uncle's carbuncle

[00:04:43] That's right son play it sassy like your sweet mama's pajamas

[00:04:52] That sounds pretty good for a New York boy