Текст и перевод песни Tom Waits - King Kong

King Kong

They shot him down
They shot him down
They thought he was a monster
But he was the King

They came to his island
And they brought her with them
They wanted to get his picture
But they were surprised by his enormous size

And when he saw the woman
He took her without question
Because after all
He was the King

And he loved the woman
He loved the way she looked
And she wouldn't stop screaming

But he loved the woman
And he fought a Tyrannosaurus Rex
And it was a bloody battle
But he fought it for his woman

And he climbed up a mountain
And he looked around
Some kind of forest
With all these dinosaurs

And he stripped his woman
He stripped her bare
But there was a pterodactyl
There!

And then a hero
Came and took his woman
And they fell off the mountain
Into some water

And then later
He came looking for his woman
But they were waiting
And they threw a bomb

And they tied him
And took him across the ocean
And they chained him
And put him in the show

And when he saw his woman
He broke loose
And everyone fled in terror
And he was looking for her

And he overtook a train
And he was looking in the street
And then he found her in her apartment

And he climbed up the Empire State building
It was like a phallic symbol
And he took his woman
To the top of that towering temple

And he climbed up and looked around
Some kind of city
With all those skyscrapers
And all the cars

Just him and his screaming woman
And they were finally alone
He loved his woman
You could see it in his eyes
His great big eyes

He loved his woman
From the moment that he saw her
He was all choked up inside

But when the airplanes came
He was soon to die
But he hung on long enough to set his woman down
And make sure that she was safe

And as the bullets pierced
He looked at her so sincere
Before he fell
Because he loved his woman

And they shot him down
They thought he was a monster
But he was the King

Who killed the monkey
'Twas beauty that killed the beast

And Willis O'Brien died
A tragic death
There wasn't much
That he had left

And Ray Harryhousen said
That when Willis died
That's when the King was really dead

They shot him down
They shot him down
They thought he was a monster
But he was the King

King Kong

Ils l'ont abattu
Ils l'ont abattu
Ils le prenaient pour un monstre
Mais c'était le Roi

Ils sont venus sur son île
Et ils l'ont amenée avec eux
Ils voulaient le prendre en photo
Mais ils furent surpris par sa taille démesurée

Et quand il vit la femme
Il la prit sans poser de questions
Parce qu'après tout
C'était le Roi

Et il aimait la femme
Il aimait son allure
Et elle ne cessait de crier

Mais il aimait la femme
Et il combattit un Tyrannosaure Rex
Et ce fut une bataille sanglante
Mais il la mena pour sa femme

Et il escalada une montagne
Et il regarda autour de lui
Une sorte de forêt
Avec tous ces dinosaures

Et il déshabilla sa femme
Il la mit toute nue
Mais il y avait un ptérodactyle
Là !

Et puis un héros
Vint et prit sa femme
Et ils tombèrent de la montagne
Dans une étendue d'eau

Et plus tard
Il vint chercher sa femme
Mais ils l'attendaient
Et ils lancèrent une bombe

Et ils l'attachèrent
Et l'emmenèrent de l'autre côté de l'océan
Et ils l'enchaînèrent
Et le mirent dans le spectacle

Et quand il aperçut sa femme
Il se libéra
Et tout le monde s'enfuit terrorisé
Et il la cherchait

Et il dépassa un train
Et il regardait dans la rue
Et puis il la trouva dans son appartement

Et il escalada l'Empire State Building
C'était comme un symbole phallique
Et il prit sa femme
Au sommet de cet imposante cathédrale

Et il monta et regarda autour de lui
Une sorte de ville
Avec tous ces gratte-ciel
Et toutes les voitures

Eux seuls avec sa femme qui hurlait
Et ils étaient enfin seuls
Il aimait sa femme
On le voyait dans ses yeux
Ses grands yeux

Il aimait sa femme
Dès l'instant où il l'avait vue
Il était tout bouleversé à l'intérieur

Mais quand les avions vinrent
Il allait bientôt mourir
Mais il s'accrocha assez longtemps pour déposer sa femme
Et s'assurer qu'elle était en sécurité

Et tandis que les balles le transperçaient
Il la regarda avec tant de sincérité
Avant de tomber
Parce qu'il aimait sa femme

Et ils l'ont abattu
Ils le prenaient pour un monstre
Mais c'était le Roi

Qui a tué le singe
C'est la beauté qui a tué la bête

Et Willis O'Brien mourut
D'une mort tragique
Il ne restait plus grand chose
De ce qu'il avait laissé

Et Ray Harryhousen a dit
Que lorsque Willis est mort
C'est alors que le Roi était vraiment mort

Ils l'ont abattu
Ils l'ont abattu
Ils le prenaient pour un monstre
Mais c'était le Roi