吉它活动暖场时发了一首Johnny Cash的《Jackson》,老地雷提起他那首著名监狱歌,正好我也会唱,今天就录了一版。
这首歌跨了美国流行歌曲的两个类别,分别是火车歌(train song)和犯罪歌(outlaw song)。Johnny Cash当年写这首歌时借鉴了Gordon Jenkins的Crescent City Blues的歌词和结构,他经常去监狱唱这首歌,后来出名后,被原作者告了,最终和解付了7.5万美元,在当时这就是一幢独立屋的钱。
"Folsom Prison Blues"
I hear the train a comin'
It's rolling round the bend
And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when
I'm stuck in Folsom prison, and time keeps draggin' on
But that train keeps a rollin' on down to San Antone
When I was just a baby my mama told me
"Son, always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns"
But I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die
When I hear that whistle blowing, I hang my head and cry
I bet there's rich folks eating in a fancy dining car
They're probably drinkin' coffee and smoking big cigars
Well I know I had it coming, I know I can't be free
But those people keep a movin'
And that's what tortures me
Well if they freed me from this prison
If that railroad train was mine
I bet I'd move it on a little farther down the line
Far from Folsom prison, that's where I want to stay
And I'd let that lonesome whistle blow my blues away