The Boys of Summer为老鹰乐队前成员Don Henley在乐队单飞后的第二张个人专辑(《Building The Perfect Beast》)中的单曲。此曲为Don赢得了1985年度葛莱美奖最佳摇滚男歌手奖。这首歌讲的是一个人想和过去的某人重新联系,却发现再也回不到昨天的故事。
歌曲歌词
Nobody on the road
街上空无一人
nobody on the beach
海滩上愈加空旷
I feel it in the air
我在空气中感受到了什么
the summer's out of reach
夏天已经不可触及
Empty lake
荒凉的湖边
empty streets
空旷的街道
the sun goes down alone
太阳孤独的下山
I'm drivin' by your house
我开车到你家
Though I know you're not home
虽然我知道你并不在家
But I can see you-
但我看得见你
Your brown skin shinin' in the sun
你那棕色的皮肤在阳光下闪耀
You got your hair combed back and your
你梳好了你后背上的头发
sunglasses on, baby
带着你的太阳镜,宝贝
And I can tell you my love for you
我可以告诉你的是我对你的爱
will still be strong after the boys of summer have gone
依然强烈,即使夏天的男孩已经过去
I never will forget those nights
我永远不会忘记那些晚上
I wonder if it was a dream
我在想那也许是个梦
Remember how you made me crazy?
还记得你如何让我疯狂
Remember how I made you scream?
还记得我如何让你尖叫
Now I don't understand what's happened to our love,
但现在我不知道我们的爱是怎么了
But baby when I get you back
但当我紧紧追随着你
I'm gonna show you what I'm made of
我会让你知道我到底是谁
I can see you-
我能看见你
Your brown skin shinin' in the sun
你那棕色的皮肤在阳光下闪耀
I see you walkin' real slow and you're smilin' at everyone
我看到你在漫步,并向每个人微笑
I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
我能告诉你我对你的爱依然强烈
after the boys of summer have gone
即使夏天的男孩已经过去
Out on the road today I saw a DEADHEAD sticker
在路上我看到一个免费乘客
on a Cadillac
在凯迪拉克上
A little voice inside my head said, "Don't
一个声音在我的心中低声说
look back. You can never look back."
不要向后看,以为你无法回到从前
I thought I knew what love was,
即使我知道什么叫爱
What did I know?
但我到底知道什么
Those days are gone forever
那些日子已经远去
I should just let them go but-
我就应该让它们过去
I can see you-
但我能看见你
Your brown skin shinin' in the sun
你那棕色的皮肤在阳光下闪耀
You got that top pulled down and that radio on baby
你把第一拉了下来,收音机仍在播放
And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
但我可以告诉你我对你的爱依旧强烈
after the boys of summer have gone
即使夏天的男孩已经过去
I can see you-
我能看见你
Your brown skin shining in the sun
你那棕色的皮肤在阳光下闪耀
You got that hair slicked back and
你梳好了在后背上的头发
those Wayfarers on, baby
戴着雷朋墨镜
I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
我可以告诉你我对你的爱仍然强烈
after the boys of summer have gone
即使夏天的男孩已经过去