作词 : Bob Dylan 作曲 : Bob Dylan Come you ladies and you gentlemen, a-listen to my song Sing it to you right, but you might think it’s wrong Just a little glimpse of a story I’ll tell ’Bout an East Coast city that you all know well It’s hard times From the country, living’ down in New York town Old New York City is a friendly old town From Washington Heights to Harlem on down There’s a-mighty many people all milling’ all around They’ll kick you when you’re up and knock you when you’re down It’s hard times From the country, living’ down in New York town Well, the weekend is strong and the rich and the poor Get there together in roof an' no more Crowdin' up 'bove and crowdin' down below And someone disappears, you never even know And it's hard times from the country, livin' down in New York town It’s a mighty long ways from the Golden Gate To Rockefeller Plaza ’n’ the Empire State Mister Empire sets up as high as a bird Old Mister Rockefeller never says a word It’s hard times from the country Living’ down in New York town Well, it’s up in the morning’ trying’ to find a job of work Stand in one place till your feet begin to hurt If you got a lot o’ money you can make yourself merry If you only got a nickel, it’s the Staten Island Ferry And it’s hard times From the country, living’ down in New York town Mister Hudson come a-sailing down the stream And old Mister Minuet paid for his dream Bought your city on a one-way track ’F I had my way I’d sell it right back And it’s hard times From the country, living’ down in New York town I’ll take all the smog in Cal-i-for-ne-ay ’N’ every bit of dust in the Oklahoma plains ’N’ the dirt in the caves of the Rocky Mountain mines It’s all much cleaner than the New York kind And it’s hard times In the country, living’ down in New York town So all you newsy people, spread the news around You can listen to m’ story, listen to m’ song You can step on my name, you can try ’n’ get me beat When I leave New York, I’ll be standing’ on my feet And it’s hard times From the country, living’ down in New York town
[00:00.000] 作词 : Bob Dylan [00:01.000] 作曲 : Bob Dylan [00:02.38]Come you ladies and you gentlemen, a-listen to my song [00:05.59]Sing it to you right, but you might think it’s wrong [00:07.97]Just a little glimpse of a story I’ll tell [00:10.71]’Bout an East Coast city that you all know well [00:13.24]It’s hard times [00:14.48]From the country, living’ down in New York town [00:17.63]Old New York City is a friendly old town [00:22.38]From Washington Heights to Harlem on down [00:24.74]There’s a-mighty many people all milling’ all around [00:27.36]They’ll kick you when you’re up and knock you when you’re down [00:30.08]It’s hard times [00:30.88]From the country, living’ down in New York town [00:34.57]Well, the weekend is strong and the rich and the poor [00:39.95]Get there together in roof an' no more [00:42.43]Crowdin' up 'bove and crowdin' down below [00:44.95]And someone disappears, you never even know [00:47.38]And it's hard times from the country, livin' down in New York town [00:51.90]It’s a mighty long ways from the Golden Gate [00:56.15]To Rockefeller Plaza ’n’ the Empire State [00:58.69]Mister Empire sets up as high as a bird [01:01.24]Old Mister Rockefeller never says a word [01:03.60]It’s hard times from the country [01:05.96]Living’ down in New York town [01:08.12]Well, it’s up in the morning’ trying’ to find a job of work [01:12.62]Stand in one place till your feet begin to hurt [01:14.68]If you got a lot o’ money you can make yourself merry [01:17.13]If you only got a nickel, it’s the Staten Island Ferry [01:19.81]And it’s hard times [01:20.66]From the country, living’ down in New York town [01:24.07]Mister Hudson come a-sailing down the stream [01:29.61]And old Mister Minuet paid for his dream [01:32.00]Bought your city on a one-way track [01:34.19]’F I had my way I’d sell it right back [01:37.01]And it’s hard times [01:37.65]From the country, living’ down in New York town [01:42.75]I’ll take all the smog in Cal-i-for-ne-ay [01:45.47]’N’ every bit of dust in the Oklahoma plains [01:47.91]’N’ the dirt in the caves of the Rocky Mountain mines [01:50.36]It’s all much cleaner than the New York kind [01:52.75]And it’s hard times [01:53.88]In the country, living’ down in New York town [01:58.40]So all you newsy people, spread the news around [02:01.41]You can listen to m’ story, listen to m’ song [02:03.67]You can step on my name, you can try ’n’ get me beat [02:06.16]When I leave New York, I’ll be standing’ on my feet [02:08.74]And it’s hard times [02:09.76]From the country, living’ down in New York town
