2026-07-25 13:26:48流浪阿狗

老歌亂談(1320)It's Nothing to Me

此曲為美國創作歌手Leon Payne於1957所寫,同年首由民謠搖滾歌手Loy Clingman錄唱發行,之後翻唱者眾,包含有知名鄉村歌手Jim Reeves (1961 ) 等,而將此曲唱紅的,應是Sanford Clark於1967所發行的版本。


歌名「It's Nothing to Me」 的字面意思有「這對我來說不算甚麼」、「這跟我無關」或「我不在乎」。歌曲述說的是,敘事者勸酒吧中的一位老兄,不要搭訕一位已有男伴 ( 此男伴看來脾氣暴躁嫉妒心重 ) 的女生,但這位老兄不受勸,結局是這位老兄被殺死躺在了地板上。對敘事者來說,好話說盡,也只能冷眼旁觀了。


外國歌曲的題材的確相當的多樣化,歌曲呈現的是生活中對問題應對的態度,你自己若不在乎,結果如何也就不干別人的事了。

Take your drink to the end of the bar, buddy
Let her stay there, now don’t be a fool
I’d as soon have a hot seat in Sing Sing Prison
Than to sit down by her on that stool
老兄,將你的酒杯拿到吧檯的那一頭
讓她待在那,別犯傻了
寧願坐在辛辛監獄的熱椅子上
也好過坐在那位女生旁的凳子

What's that you say?
I guess you’re right
It's nothing to me
你說甚麼
我猜你說得對
這對我來說沒甚麼

See that man? She belongs to him, buddy
Better drink up and go while you can
I can tell by the way he looks at you, buddy
That he’s sure a quick-tempered jealous man
看到那傢伙了沒?她是他的,老兄
最好趕快喝完趁著還能走時閃人
老兄,從他看你的眼神我能告訴你
他一定是個脾氣暴躁、嫉妒心重的人

What's that you say?
I guess you’re right
It's nothing to me

( 此時歌曲中有兩聲槍響 )

There you are, stretched out on the floor, buddy
Now you see what you made him do
Here they come to take him off to jail, buddy
And tomorrow, someone will bury you
你現在已躺平在地板上了,老兄
看看你都讓他做了甚麼
他們要把他抓進監獄了,老兄
明天,有人會將你埋了


Oh, well, that’s life
Or it was
It's nothing to me
哦,好吧。這就是人生
或者說曾經是
這對我來說沒甚麼