Billy's Band - Gunstreet Girl - translation of the lyrics into English

Lyrics and translation Billy's Band - Gunstreet Girl




Gunstreet Girl
Gunstreet Girl
Однажды ночью я спустился в бар гостиницы, купил
One night, I went down to the hotel bar, bought a
бутылку виски в коричневой картонной упаковке,
bottle of whiskey in a brown paper bag,
сидя на корточках прислонившись к барной стойке
squatting down, leaning against the bar,
влил в себя эту очередную порцию отравляющей
poured myself another dose of that poisonous
радости, подумал, что это было в последний раз,
joy, thought it was the last time,
поднялся наверх, покричал в унитаз и написал новый
went upstairs, yelled into the toilet, and wrote a new
блюз. Он назывался - Завтрак в тюрьме. На самом
blues. It was called - Breakfast in Jail. Actually,
деле это был танец, хотя и необычный. Да, и вот
it was a dance, though an unusual one. Oh, and one more thing -
ещё что - все мужики, все, кто сидел там внизу,
all the guys, everyone who was sitting down there,
все, с кем я разговаривал, все они там из-за
everyone I talked to, they're all in there because of
женщины...
a woman...
Falling James in the Tahoe mud
Falling James in the Tahoe mud
Stick around to tell us all the tale
Stick around to tell us all the tale
Well he fell in love with a Gun Street girl
Well he fell in love with a Gun Street girl
And now he's dancing in the Birmingham jail
And now he's dancing in the Birmingham jail
Dancing in the Birmingham jail
Dancing in the Birmingham jail
He took a hundred dollars off a slaughterhouse Joe
He took a hundred dollars off a slaughterhouse Joe
Brought a brand new Michigan twenty-gauge
Brought a brand new Michigan twenty-gauge
He got all liquored up on that road house corn
He got all liquored up on that road house corn
Blew a hole in the hood of a yellow Corvette
Blew a hole in the hood of a yellow Corvette
A hole in the hood of a yellow Corvette
A hole in the hood of a yellow Corvette
He bought a second-hand Nova from a Cuban Chinese
He bought a second-hand Nova from a Cuban Chinese
And dyed his hair in the bathroom of a Texaco
And dyed his hair in the bathroom of a Texaco
With a pawnshop radio, quarter past four
With a pawnshop radio, quarter past four
Now he left for Waukegan at the slamming of the door
Now he left for Waukegan at the slamming of the door
Left for Waukegan at the slamming of the door
Left for Waukegan at the slamming of the door
I said John, John, he's long gone
I said John, John, he's long gone
Gone to Indiana, ain't never coming home
Gone to Indiana, ain't never coming home
I said John, John, he's long gone
I said John, John, he's long gone
Gone to Indiana, ain't never coming home
Gone to Indiana, ain't never coming home
Now we's sitting in a sycamore in St. John's wood
Now we's sitting in a sycamore in St. John's wood
Soaking day-old bread in kerosene
Soaking day-old bread in kerosene
He was blue as a robin's egg and brown as a hog
He was blue as a robin's egg and brown as a hog
He's staying out of circulation 'til the dogs get tired
He's staying out of circulation 'til the dogs get tired
Out of circulation 'til the dogs get tired
Out of circulation 'til the dogs get tired
Shadow fixed the toilet with an old trombone
Shadow fixed the toilet with an old trombone
He never get up in the morning on a Saturday
He never get up in the morning on a Saturday
Sitting by the Erie with a bull-whipped dog
Sitting by the Erie with a bull-whipped dog
Telling everyone he saw - "They went that-a-way, boys"
Telling everyone he saw - "They went that-a-way, boys"
Telling everyone he saw - "They went that-a-way"
Telling everyone he saw - "They went that-a-way"
I said John, John, he's long gone
I said John, John, he's long gone
Gone to Indiana, ain't never coming home
Gone to Indiana, ain't never coming home
I said John, John, he's long gone
I said John, John, he's long gone
Gone to Indiana, ain't never coming home
Gone to Indiana, ain't never coming home
Now the rain's like gravel on an old tin roof
Now the rain's like gravel on an old tin roof
And the Burlington Northern pulling out of the world
And the Burlington Northern pulling out of the world
With the head full of bourbon and a dream in the straw
With the head full of bourbon and a dream in the straw
And a Gun Street girl was the cause of it all
And a Gun Street girl was the cause of it all
A Gun Street girl was the cause of it all
A Gun Street girl was the cause of it all
Sitting in the table with an old tin cup
Sitting in the table with an old tin cup
Sing I’ll never kiss the gun street girl again
Sing I’ll never kiss the gun street girl again
Never kiss the gun street girl again
Never kiss the gun street girl again
I’ll never kiss the gun street girl again
I’ll never kiss the gun street girl again
I’ll never kiss the gun street girl again
I’ll never kiss the gun street girl again
Oh, John, John...
Oh, John, John...
Oh, John, John...
Oh, John, John...
Oh, John, John...
Oh, John, John...
John, John...
John, John...
John, John...
John, John...






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