You Gotta Pay The Band

You Gotta Pay The Band - Abbey Lincoln (艾比·林肯)

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Written by：Abbey Lincoln

Oh it really isn't easy

哦，这真的不容易

Just to let the good times roll

仅仅让美好时光流逝

Everything is measured at a cost

每件事都有其代价

Everybody living

每个人活着

Pays their share of dues

都要付出他们的份额

And sometimes what you think you got

有时候你以为你拥有的

You lost

却已失去

So ring a ding ding

所以叮叮当当

Do your thing

尽情享受吧

But remember

但别忘了

Darling

亲爱的

When you give a dance

当你举办舞会时

You gotta pay the band

你得支付乐队的报酬

The band that played your song

那支为你演奏的乐队

The whole night through

整晚都在为你演奏

When you give a dance

当你举办舞会时

It's better if you try

最好还是尝试一下

To pay the piper what the piper's due

支付乐手应得的报酬

The moves were free and easy

舞步轻盈自在

As we danced across the floor

我们在地板上翩翩起舞

The spins and the exchanges

旋转与交换

Being what the music's for

正是音乐的意义所在

But when the party's over

但当派对结束

And the revelry is done

狂欢也随之落幕

You gotta pay the band

你得支付乐队的报酬

That played your song

他们为你演奏了歌曲

When you give a dance

当你举办舞会时

You gotta pay the band

你得支付乐队的报酬

The band that played your song

那支为你演奏的乐队

The whole night through

整晚都在为你演奏

When you give a dance

当你举办舞会时

It's better if you try

最好还是尝试一下

To pay the piper what the piper's due

支付乐手应得的报酬

The music pop the magic

音乐响起，魔法绽放

And he found each other chance

他找到了彼此的机会

We dance to the morning

我们舞至清晨

And he new his other chance

他把握了另一个机会

When the party's over

当派对结束

And people all of gone

人们都已离去

You gotta pay the band

你得支付乐队的报酬

Played your song

播放了你的歌

You gotta pay the band

你得支付乐队的报酬

That played your song

他们为你演奏了歌曲

Well you gotta

你得

Pay the band

付钱给乐队

That played your song

他们为你演奏了歌曲