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Around the time of 'clambake'

在社交集会的时候

Movie number twenty-five

播放着电影

You and the lying dutchman

你和那个不可靠的荷兰人

Are still in overdrive

仍在拼命地工作

You're as strong as when you started

你们一如既往地拼命干着

Mississippi in your soul

密西西比河就在你们的灵魂中

You can still be marlon brando

你们仍然可以成为马龙白兰度

And the king of rock and roll

摇滚之王

It isn't just the records

这并不仅仅只为创造纪录

No you must have hollywood

不，你必须征服好莱坞

The songs alone are not enough

只有歌曲是不够的

That much is understood

显而易见

You'll soon be back in memphis

你很快就会回到孟菲斯

Maybe then you'll know what to do

或许，那时你就会知道自己该做什么

The storylines they're giving you

他们为你所写的故事情节

Are just not ringing true

都不是真的

Oh it's a ways to go

哦，前路漫漫

Back to Tupelo

回到图珀洛

When you're young and beautiful

那时你还年轻貌美

Your dreams are all ideals

你的梦想还停留在理想的阶段

Later on it's not the same

之后，一切都变了

Lord everything is real

天呐，这一切都是真的

Sixteen hundred miles of highway

走过一千六百英里的高速公路

Roll back to the truth

才能回归真理

And a song to give your mother

你的第一张专辑中

In your first recording booth

第一首歌是献给母亲的

Around the time of 'clambake'

在社交集会的时候

That old dream's still rolling on

你还怀揣着儿时的梦想

Sometimes there'll be the feeling

有时，你会觉得

Things are going wrong

事情不对劲

The morning star is fading

黎明到来了，星星褪去了

Lord the Mississippi's cold

天呐，密西西比河好冰凉

You can still be marlon brando

仍然可以成为马龙白兰度

And the king of rock and roll

摇滚之王

But it's a ways to go

但是，前路漫漫

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