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Beatle bones ‘n’ smokin’ Stones
The dry sands fall
草莓嘴;草莓蛾;草莓毛虫
Strawberry butterfly; strawberry fields
The winged eel slither on the heels of today’s children
Strawberry feels forever
Yeah, roosters, ol’ glass roosters, stick to your race
In a drag-queen, live-wood farmhouse
Tractors are clawin’; the folks are crawlin’
树连续攀登教练，我吹富有
红色，蓝色，黄色日落
Where I set and you set; and I’ve loved and you’ve loved
And I’ve seen and you’ve seen
盐男士刚刚制作了他的标记 - 并粉碎了
黑暗 - 光 - 黑暗 - 当天
瓷器儿童通过白光看
软饼干蝙蝠，柴郡猫命名
黑暗 - 光 - 黑暗 - 当天
通过灰色静脉通过灰色静脉
Cellular sail-boat – ye ole feathered kind
Blow it into a pond swayin’ in circles
红色，蓝色，黄色日落.
Where I’ve set and you’ve set; and I’ve loved and you’ve loved
What I saw and you saw
Strawberry feels forever
(1968)
An unsubtle yet cool dig at the 60s British invasion from Mr Van Vliet.
Totally wrong lyric. “Strawberry FIELDS Forever” is just one.
Quite right. Amazing how long that’s been on here and no on has noticed!
Not so fast!John法国人说that it was “Strawberry feels forever” rather than the more expected “fields” as a very DVV play on words – twisting the Beatles lyric into a bizarre aphorism along the lines of “an elephant never forgets”. I love this subtle twist.
“Strawberry feels forever” is almost certainly the correct lyric.
I knew the guy who wrote out this interpretation. John Ellis. I met him in NYC c1987 – we’d been in contact by mail – he was the only serious Beefheart collector I knew of. I asked him how he got the lyrics to certain songs. He said he figured them out himself by listening.
This lyric for Beatle Bones is pretty far off in places. It’s been circulating for years now and I think it needs to be updated. I suggest a better reading would be (I included Graham’s info above, re Strawberry FEELS):
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Beatle Bones ‘n Smokin Stones
the dry sands fall
草莓嘴草莓蛾
草莓毛虫strawberry butterfly
strawberry feels
‘n all the winged eels slither on the heels of today’s children
草莓感觉永远
是的，公鸡哦玻璃公鸡倾向于你的鸡蛋
在一个（...）清洁白木农舍*
tractors are clawin, people are crawlin
Trees in a row, I’m in a coach and I approach
red blue yellow sunset
“我已经设置了”你已经爱过了“你所爱的人”
‘n I’ve seen ‘n you’ve seen
Chalk man has just made his mark and crumbled
黑暗的光明当天的黑暗
瓷器儿童通过白光看
所以饼干蝙蝠
cheshire cats named the dark the light the dark the day
Blue veins through grey felt tomorrows
帆你的帆船，黄色羽毛
blowin in from palms swayin in circles
red blue yellow sunset
well I’ve set ‘n you’ve set ‘n I’ve loved ‘n you’ve loved
“我看到了”你看到了
草莓感觉永远
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**早期版本说“白木农场” - LP版似乎说“明亮的红色农舍”
括号的词听起来像“chillin”，但它是不可能的