Life Story

Tennessee Williams

After you've been to bed together for the first time，

Without the advantage or disadvantage of any prior acquaintance[熟人，相知]，

The other party very often says to you，

Tell me about yourself， I want to know all about you，

What's your story？

And you think maybe they really and truly do sincerely want to know your life story，

And so you light up a cigarette and begin to tell it to them，

The two of you lying together in completely relaxed positions like a pair of rag dolls a bored child dropped on a bed.

You tell them your story， or as much of your story as time or a fair degree of prudence allows，

And they say，

Oh， oh， oh， oh， oh