Gather round cats and I'll tell you a story 围着猫，我会告诉你一个故事

'Bout how to become an all American boy “布特如何成为一个所有美国男孩

Buy you a guitar and put it in tune 你买一把吉他，并把它放在调

You'll be a rockin' and a rollin' soon 你会成为一个摇滚和罗林一声

Impressin' the girls pickin' hot licks and all that jazz. Impressin “女孩捡热乐句和所有爵士乐。

   

Ah, I bought me a guitar a year ago 嗯，我在一年前我买了一把吉他

Learned how to play in a day or so 学会了如何在一天左右打

And all around town it was well understood 和所有城镇周围人们很好地理解

That I was knockin' 'em out like Johnny B. Goode 我被敲响时间了像约翰尼B.古德

Hot licks showin' off, ah, number one. 热舔舒了啊，头号。

   

Yeah, I practiced all day and up into the night 是啊，我练了一整天，到了晚上

My papa's hair was turnin' white 我爸爸的头发是撇开白

'Cause he didn't like rock'n roll 因为他不喜欢摇滚

He said, ''You can stay boy but that's gotta go.'' 他说， 你可以留男孩但那是得走了。

He's a square he just didn't dig me at all. 他是方形，他只是不挖我。

   

So I took my guitar picks and all 所以我把我的吉他拨片和所有

Bid farewell to my poor ol' pa 告别我的OL可怜的“ PA

Split for Memphis where they say y'all 拆分孟菲斯，他们说你们都

Them swingin' cats are havin' a ball 他们荡秋千“猫就吃一球

Sessions hot licks and all, they dig me. 会议热舔和所有他们挖我。

   

I was rockin' and a boppin' and I was gettin' the breaks 我是摇滚和boppin ，我是刚开了休息时间

The girls all said that I have what it takes 所有的女孩说，我有什么需要

When up stepped a man with big cigar 当踩到了一个人的大雪茄

He said, ''Come here cat, I'm gonna make you a star. 他说：“到这里来的猫，我要让你成为明星。

I'll put you on bandstand, buy you a Cadillac, sign here kid.'' 我把你的音乐台，你买一辆凯迪拉克，在这里签名的孩子。

   

I signed my name and became a star, havin' a ball with my guitar 我签了我的名字，成为一个明星，就吃了我的吉他一球

Drivin' a big long Cadillac and fightin' the girls off of my back 驾乘着大长凯迪拉克和格斗的女孩了我的背

They just kept a comin', a screamin', yeah they liked it. 他们只是保持着今儿，一个尖叫，是的，他们很喜欢它。

   

So I picked my guitar with a great big grin 于是，我拿起我的吉他有一个大大的笑容

And the money just kept on pourin' in 而这些钱只是一个劲儿pourin “中

But then one day my Uncle Sam he said, (bang bang) ''Here I am. 可是有一天我的山姆大叔，他说， （哐哐） “”我在这里。

Uncle Sam needs you boy, I'm a gonna cut your hair off. 山姆大叔需要你的男孩，我是要去把头发剪了。

Ah, take this rifle kid, give me that guitar, yeah...'' 嗯，借此步枪小子，给我的吉他，是啊......“”