[00:00.000] 作曲 : Meredith Willson[00:00.782]HAROLD:[00:02.823]Well, either you're closing your eyes[00:03.843]To a situation you do now wish to acknowledge[00:05.923]Or you are not aware of the caliber of disaster indicated[00:08.504]By the presence of a pool table in your community.[00:11.650]Ya got trouble, my friend, right here,[00:13.835]I say, trouble right here in River City.[00:15.574]Why sure I'm a billiard player,[00:16.930]Certainly mighty proud I say[00:18.301]I'm always mighty proud to say it.[00:19.995]I consider that the hours I spend[00:21.582]With a cue in my hand are golden.[00:24.442]Help you cultivate horse sense[00:26.054]And a cool head and a keen eye.[00:27.929]Never take and try to give[00:29.723]An iron-clad leave to yourself[00:30.791]From a three-reail billiard shot?[00:32.846]But just as I say,[00:33.937]It takes judgement, brains, and maturity to score[00:35.888]In a balkline game,[00:37.095]I say that any boob kin take[00:39.185]And shove a ball in a pocket.[00:41.190]And they call that sloth.[00:42.551]The first big step on the road[00:43.715]To the depths of deg-ra-Day--[00:45.468]I say, first, medicinal wine from a teaspoon,[00:48.474]Then beer from a bottle.[00:49.547]An' the next thing ya know,[00:51.028]Your son is playin' for money[00:52.599]In a pinch-back suit.[00:54.182]And list'nin to some big out-a-town Jasper[00:56.433]Hearin' him tell about horse-race gamblin'.[00:59.102]Not a wholesome trottin' race, no![01:00.723]But a race where they set down right on the horse![01:03.408]Like to see some stuck-up jockey'boy[01:04.906]Sittin' on Dan Patch? Make your blood boil?[01:07.814]Well, I should say.[01:09.351]Friends, lemme tell you what I mean.[01:11.136]Ya got one, two, three, four, five, six pockets in a table.[01:15.509]Pockets that mark the diff'rence[01:16.935]Between a gentlemen and a bum,[01:19.132]With a capital "B,"[01:20.099]And that rhymes with "P" and that stands for pool![01:22.960]And all week long your River City[01:24.393]Youth'll be frittern away,[01:26.042]I say your young men'll be frittern![01:27.964]Frittern away their noontime, suppertime, choretime too![01:31.638]Get the ball in the pocket,[01:32.698]Never mind gittin' Dandelions pulled[01:34.035]Or the screen door patched or the beefsteak pounded.[01:36.891]Never mind pumpin' any water[01:38.279]'Til your parents are caught with the Cistern empty[01:40.823]On a Saturday night and that's trouble,[01:42.105]Oh, yes we got lots and lots a' trouble.[01:44.130]I'm thinkin' of the kids in the knickerbockers,[01:45.909]Shirt-tail young ones, peekin' in the pool[01:47.924]Hall window after school, look, folks![01:50.341]Right here in River City.[01:52.790]Trouble with a capital "T"[01:53.875]And that rhymes with "P" and that stands for pool![01:56.175]Now, I know all you folks are the right kinda parents.[01:58.838]I'm gonna be perfectly frank.[02:00.768]Would ya like to know what kinda conversation goes[02:03.043]On while they're loafin' around that Hall?[02:05.180]They're tryin' out Bevo, tryin' out cubebs,[02:06.988]Tryin' out Tailor Mades like Cigarette Feends![02:10.067]And braggin' all about[02:11.515]How they're gonna cover up a tell-tale breath with Sen-Sen.[02:14.300]One fine night, they leave the pool hall,[02:16.943]Headin' for the dance at the Arm'ry![02:18.452]Libertine men and Scarlet women![02:20.426]And Rag-time, shameless music[02:22.465]That'll grab your son and your daughter[02:24.259]With the arms of a jungle animal instink![02:26.743]Mass-staria![02:28.381]Friends, the idle brain is the devil's playground![02:29.867][02:31.166]PEOPLE:[02:31.603]Trouble, oh we got trouble,[02:32.522]Right here in River City![02:34.539]With a capital "T"[02:35.535]That rhymes with "P"[02:36.667]And that stands for Pool,[02:37.829]That stands for pool.[02:38.791]We've surely got trouble![02:40.901]Right here in River City,[02:42.260]Right here![02:43.169]Gotta figger out a way[02:44.083]To keep the young ones moral after school![02:46.306]Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble...[02:47.592][02:48.065]HAROLD:[02:48.731]Mothers of River City![02:50.450]Heed the warning before it's too late![02:53.530]Watch for the tell-tale sign of corruption![02:55.919]The moment your son leaves the house,[02:57.719]Does he rebuckle his knickerbockers below the knee?[03:01.326]Is there a nicotine stain on his index finger?[03:04.013]A dime novel hidden in the corn crib?[03:06.208]Is he starting to memorize jokes from Capt.[03:08.495]Billy's Whiz Bang?[03:10.270]Are certain words creeping into his conversation?[03:12.611]Words like 'swell?"[03:16.353]And 'so's your old man?"[03:18.678]Well, if so my friends,[03:20.049]Ya got trouble,[03:22.089]Right here in River city![03:24.356]With a capital "T"[03:25.023]And that rhymes with "P"[03:26.150]And that stands for Pool.[03:27.722]We've surely got trouble![03:30.963]Right here in River City![03:32.993]Remember the Maine, Plymouth Rock and the Golden Rule![03:38.322]Oh, we've got trouble.[03:39.712]We're in terrible, terrible trouble.[03:41.386]That game with the fifteen numbered balls is a devil's tool![03:45.489]Oh yes we got trouble, trouble, trouble![03:50.554]With a "T"! Gotta rhyme it with "P"![03:54.523]And that stands for Pool!!!