唱给盛夏的歌：Put your records on(MTV)--BOB国际英语--www.bobEnglish.org

Lyrics

Put your records on by Corinne Bailey Rae

Three little birds, sat on my window.
And they told me I don't need to worry.
Corinne Bailey Rae 肯妮贝儿 Summer came likecinnamon
So sweet,
Little girlsdouble-dutchon theconcrete.

Maybe sometimes, we've got it wrong, but it's alright
The more things seem to change, the more they stay the same.
Oh, don't you hesitate.

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favorite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

You're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow.

Blue as the sky, sunburnt and lonely,
Sipping tea in a bar by the roadside,
(just relax, just relax)
Don't you let those other boys fool you,
Got to love thatAfro hairdo.

Maybe sometimes, we feel afraid, but it's alright
The more you stay the same, the more they seem to change.
Don't you think it's strange?

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favorite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Corinne Bailey Rae 肯妮贝儿 Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

You're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow.

'Twasmore than I could take, pity for pity's sake
Some nights kept me awake, I thought that I was stronger
When you gonna realize, that you don't even have to try any longer.
Do what you want to.

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

Oh, you're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow

Words & Phrases

1. Cinnamon：肉桂（桂皮香料）。肉桂的味道香中带辣，呈黄褐色；而夏天的气候也是热辣辣的，这是两者的相似之处。

2. Double-dutch：具体解析，详看“词海拾贝”之系列词汇“游转‘荷兰’”

在歌中，“double-dutch”是一种跳绳游戏。

3. concrete：pavement, street, sidewalk（人行道，用混凝土铺成的路）

4. sapphire and faded jeans：褪色的蓝色牛仔裤，歌中喻指“comfort and relaxed”

5. Afro hairdo：非洲式发型，歌中喻指“carefree and relaxed”

6. 'Twas：此为“It was”的缩写形式