听英文歌曲解析歌词:King of The Road

king of the road


电影《断背山》的插曲，翻唱的是60年代乡村音乐巨匠罗格-米勒（Roger Miller）的名作《公路之王》（King of the Road）。——一首人在旅途的歌。没有电话，没有泳池，没有宠物，一辆能卖也能租的拖车，一个穷途末路又无所不能的男人。“我知道每一辆火车上的每一位机械师，以及他们的孩子，他们孩子的名字。我知道每一个村庄的刊物，以及周围没人的时候，哪扇门是没上锁的”……

King Of The Road 
Rufus Wainwright

Trailers for sale or rent. Rooms to let fifty cents
No phone, no pool, no pets. I ain't got no cigarettes
Ah, but two hours of pushing broom.
Buys an eight by twelve four-bit room
I'm a man of means by no means. King of the road

Third boxcar, midnight train. Destination...bangor, Maine
Old worn out suit and shoes. I don't pay no union dues
I smoke old stogies I have found. Short, but not too big around
I'm a man of means by no means. King of the road

I know every engineer on every train
All of their children, and all of their names
And every handout¹ in every town
And every lock that ain't locked when no one's around

I sing,
Trailers for sale or rent. Rooms to let fifty cents
No phone, no pool, no pets. I ain't got no cigarettes
Ah, but two hours of pushing broom
Buys an eight by twelve four-bit room
I'm a man of means by no means. King of the road

重点词汇

trailer  n. 拖车式活动房屋
   

wear out  v. 穿破，用坏

due  n. （复数）应付款
   

stogie  n. 笨重的长靴

boxcar  n. 货车车厢
   

handout  n. 分发的印刷品

1 handout   

n.散发的文字材料；救济品

参考例句：

• I read the handout carefully.我仔细看了这份分发的资料。
• His job was distributing handout at the street-corner.他的工作是在街头发传单。