Lagu lain dari Bruce Springsteen
Deskripsi
Nebraska '82: Edisi yang Diperluas
Harmonika, Gitar Akustik, Pemain Terkait, Vokal: Bruce Springsteen
12- Gitar Senar: Larry Campbell
Penulis Lirik, Komposer: B. Springsteen
Insinyur Pencampur, Insinyur Rekaman: Rob Lebret
Insinyur Perekaman: Monty Carlo
Insinyur Master: Brian Lee
Insinyur Utama: Bob Jackson
Lirik dan terjemahan
Asli
My name is Joe Roberts.
I work for the state. I'm a sergeant out of
Perranville, barracks number eight.
I always done an honest job, as honest as I could. I got a brother named Frankie.
Frankie ain't no good.
Now ever since we was young kids, it's been the same come down.
I get a call on the short wave, Frankie's in trouble downtown.
If it was any other man,
I'd put him straight away.
When it's your brother, sometimes you look the other way.
Yeah, me and Frankie laughin' and drinkin'.
Nothing feels better than blood on blood.
Taking turns dancing with Maria as the band played "Night of the Johnstown Flood.
" I catch him when he's strayin' like any brother would.
Man turns his back on his family, he just ain't no good.
Frankie went in the Army back in 1965.
I got a farm deferment, settled down, took Maria for my wife.
Them wheat prices, they kept on dropping till it was like we were getting robbed.
Frankie came home in '68 and me, I took this job.
Yeah, we're laughing and drinking. Nothing feels better than blood on blood.
Taking turns dancing with Maria as the band played "Night of the Johnstown
Flood.
" I catch him when he's straying, teach him how to walk that line.
Man turns his back on his family, he ain't no friend of mine.
Well the night was like any other.
I got a call about quarter to nine.
There was trouble in a roadhouse out on the Michigan line.
With a kid lying on the floor looking bad, bleeding hard from his head.
Was a girl crying at a table.
It was Frankie, see.
Well, I went out and I jumped in my car.
Then I hit the lights.
Well, I must have done 110 through Michigan county that night.
It was out at the crossroads down around Willow Bank.
Seen a Buick with Ohio plates, behind the wheel was Frank.
Well, I chased him through them county roads till a sign said Canadian border five miles from here.
Pulled over the side of the highway and watched his tail lights disappear.
Yeah, me and Frankie laughing and drinking.
Nothing feels better than blood on blood.
Taking turns dancing with Maria as the band played "Night of the Johnstown Flood.
" I catch him when he's straying like any brother would.
Man turns his back on his family, he just ain't no good.
Terjemahan bahasa Indonesia
Nama saya Joe Roberts.
Saya bekerja untuk negara. Aku seorang sersan
Perranville, barak nomor delapan.
Saya selalu melakukan pekerjaan dengan jujur, sejujur yang saya bisa. Saya punya saudara laki-laki bernama Frankie.
Frankie tidak baik.
Sekarang sejak kami masih kecil, hal yang sama selalu terjadi.
Saya mendapat telepon dalam gelombang pendek, Frankie dalam masalah di pusat kota.
Jika itu pria lain,
Aku akan langsung membawanya.
Jika itu saudaramu, terkadang kamu melihat ke arah lain.
Ya, aku dan Frankie tertawa dan minum.
Tidak ada yang terasa lebih baik daripada darah di atas darah.
Bergantian berdansa dengan Maria saat band memainkan "Night of the Johnstown Flood.
"Aku menangkapnya saat dia tersesat seperti yang dilakukan saudara laki-laki lainnya.
Manusia meninggalkan keluarganya, dia tidak baik.
Frankie masuk Angkatan Darat pada tahun 1965.
Saya mendapat penangguhan pertanian, menetap, mengambil Maria sebagai istri saya.
Harga gandum terus turun hingga kami seperti dirampok.
Frankie pulang ke rumah pada tahun '68 dan saya, saya mengambil pekerjaan ini.
Ya, kami tertawa dan minum. Tidak ada yang terasa lebih baik daripada darah di atas darah.
Bergantian berdansa dengan Maria saat band memainkan "Night of the Johnstown
Banjir.
"Aku menangkapnya saat dia tersesat, ajari dia cara berjalan di garis itu.
Manusia meninggalkan keluarganya, dia bukan temanku.
Ya, malam itu sama seperti malam lainnya.
Saya mendapat telepon sekitar pukul sembilan kurang seperempat.
Ada masalah di sebuah roadhouse di jalur Michigan.
Dengan seorang anak tergeletak di lantai tampak buruk, kepalanya mengeluarkan banyak darah.
Adalah seorang gadis menangis di meja.
Itu Frankie, lihat.
Baiklah, aku keluar dan melompat ke dalam mobilku.
Lalu aku menyalakan lampu.
Yah, aku pasti sudah menyelesaikan 110 di wilayah Michigan malam itu.
Letaknya di persimpangan jalan di sekitar Willow Bank.
Terlihat Buick berpelat Ohio, di belakang kemudi ada Frank.
Baiklah, saya mengejarnya melalui jalan-jalan kabupaten sampai ada tanda yang bertuliskan perbatasan Kanada lima mil dari sini.
Menepi ke pinggir jalan raya dan menyaksikan lampu belakangnya menghilang.
Ya, aku dan Frankie tertawa dan minum.
Tidak ada yang terasa lebih baik daripada darah di atas darah.
Bergantian berdansa dengan Maria saat band memainkan "Night of the Johnstown Flood.
"Aku menangkapnya saat dia tersesat seperti yang dilakukan saudara laki-laki lainnya.
Manusia meninggalkan keluarganya, dia tidak baik.