Bartender's Guitar

《Bartender’s Guitar》是我表达的自己远离家乡的感觉，以及多年来的变化。这些变化让我离当初的自己已经那么远了，而我的家人却大多留在了同一地方，没有任何改变。忙碌的日常生活或许会让你看不到如此遥远的地方，但是，希望这首歌能把你短暂地带回去，回想起一些亲近又遥远的记忆。

With Bartender’s Guitar, I want to convey my feeling of being far, far from home and my realization that I have changed so much over the years that I can never really return. I understand that others, who I still feel a strong kinship with, have, by-and-large, stayed in the same place and not changed. When going about your daily busy life, you may lose sight of such a far off place and time. But, if that drink does the trick (i.e. plays the way you want), you may remember it better.

Bartender’s Guitar 调酒师的吉他。
From the album entitled Eric Allen. 这张LP 唱片Eric Allen 的所有歌曲的版权许可获得于2020年.
Songwriter (作词作曲) - Eric Allen.
Vocals & Guitar (演唱和吉他) - Eric Allen.
Violin  (小提琴) - Xin Xin (辛欣).
Harmonica (口琴) - Greg Luttrell.
 
Lyrics:  (歌词):
 
Got a warm, dark heart
有一颗热心又消极的心
Got a bartender’s guitar
有一把调酒师的吉他
That drink don’t play
酒的力量不够
the way I want
无法让我达到想要的境界
I could forget who you are
我只能选择忘记
 
It’s a long way home
回家路千里
When you’re going downhill
当人生走下坡路时
It’s a long way home
回家路千里
When it slowly disappears
当家已经慢慢消失时
 
Well the road runs on
回家的路
Nowhere, on and on
一片渺茫
I know your mind, hasn’t changed
我知道你骨子里没有变
And I know it never will
我知道你永远不会变
 
It’s a long road home
回家路千里
Feel you’re going uphill
感觉困难重重
It’s a long road home
回家路千里
Worn through the years
家随着岁月而变淡
 
Windin’ through the
蜿蜒爬行在
Blindin’ snow,
大雪中
through the secrets
驱逐不去的秘密
that haunt my soul
紧紧缠绕于灵魂
A river‘s a river
只要有水
when the water flows
就是河流
I drift along
我顺水漂流
Nobody ever gonna find me
没人能找到我
 
Got a warm, dark heart
有一颗热心又消极的心
Got a bartender’s guitar
有一把调酒师的吉他
That drink don’t play
酒的力量不够
the way I want
无法让我达到想要的境界
I could forget who you are
我只能选择忘记
 

Production Credits (唱片制作)

Recorded, mixed & mastered by Brad M. Seippel at Brevity of Motion Sounds (2020).
录音、混音、母带 - Brad M. Seippel 制作于 Brevity of Motion Sounds (2020).

All songs, copyright 2020, by Eric Allen. From the LP entitled Eric Allen. All rights reserved.
这张LP 唱片Eric Allen 的所有歌曲的版权许可获得于2020年，版权所有人：Eric Allen。