Turn off the TV 关掉电视

Turn off the crap 关闭废话

Kick off your high heels 您可以脱掉高跟鞋

Climb up in my lap 爬到我腿上

And I'll play music 我会放音乐

A song from me to you 从我一首歌给你

   

Simple six string music 简单的六弦的音乐

A ballad or the blues 民谣或蓝调

   

No interruptions from the telephone 从电话没有中断

Don't need call waiting 不需要呼叫等待

Just you and me alone 只有你和我一个人

And my six string music 我的六弦的音乐

A song from me to you 从我一首歌给你

Simple six string music 简单的六弦的音乐

A ballad or the blues 民谣或蓝调

   

Oh I remember that night in Africa 哦，我记得那天晚上在非洲

My daughter and my little guitar 我的女儿和我的小吉他

Straddling the equator 跨越赤道

The king of Zanzibar 桑给巴尔之王

Those shy black hidden faces 那些害羞的黑面孔隐藏

They didn't know me from Adam's cat 他们没有从亚当的猫认识我

But the words and the singing 但话和唱

And the people in a ring 百姓的一环

And the whole night went like that 而整个晚上就这样

   

Some folks like icing, some folks like cake 有些人喜欢锦上添花，有些人喜欢蛋糕

Some swim in the ocean, some paddle in a lake 有些游泳在海洋，在湖中的一些桨

You can get into Beethoven, you can groove on Jimmy Reed 你可以进入贝多芬，你可以在麦苇沟

But keep it simple stupid 但保持简单愚蠢

All we really need 我们真正需要的

   

Is six string music 是六弦的音乐

A song from me to you 从我一首歌给你

Simple six string music 简单的六弦的音乐

A ballad or the blues 民谣或蓝调

   

Six string music 六弦的音乐

Ain't no symphony 是不是没有交响乐

It's just six string music 这只是六弦的音乐

So elementary 所以基本