《Living For The City》歌词

歌曲： Living For The City

所属专辑：The Definitive Collection (CD2)

歌手： Stevie Wonder

时长： 03:40

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A boy is born in hard time mississippi[00:00:12]

一个男孩艰难地出生在密西西比[00:00:16]

Surrounded by four walls that ain’t so pretty[00:00:16]

被四面简陋的墙围着[00:00:21]

His parents give him love and affection[00:00:21]

他的父母给他爱和关心[00:00:26]

To keep him strong moving in the right direction[00:00:26]

让他坚强，走向正确的方向[00:00:30]

Living just enough just enough for the city ee ha [00:00:30]

在这城市生存下去就已足够，呃，哈[00:00:41]

His father works some days for fourteen hours[00:00:41]

他的爸爸有一段时间每天工作14个小时[00:00:45]

And you can bet he barely makes a dollar[00:00:45]

你可以打赌他有没有挣到钱[00:00:48]

His mother goes to scrub the floors for many[00:00:48]

他的妈妈帮有钱人擦地板[00:00:55]

And you’d best believe she hardly gets a penny[00:00:55]

你最好相信她几乎没有挣到一便士[00:00:59]

Living just enough just enough for the city yeah [00:00:59]

只要能生存在这个城市就足够了，耶[00:01:27]

His sister’s black but she is sho’nuff pretty[00:01:27]

他的姐姐回来了，已经长大[00:01:32]

Her skirt is short but lord her legs are sturdy[00:01:32]

她的裙子很短，但是她的腿很健康[00:01:37]

To walk to school she’s got to get up early[00:01:37]

为了走到学校去她要早早起床[00:01:41]

Her clothes are old but never are they dirty[00:01:41]

她的衣服很旧但是永远是干净的[00:01:45]

Living just enough just enough for the city um hum[00:01:45]

只要能生存在这个城市就足够了，嗯，嗯[00:01:56]

Her brother’s smart he’s got more sense than many[00:01:56]

她的弟弟很聪明，比别的孩子都懂事[00:02:01]

His patience’s long but soon he won’t have any[00:02:01]

他很耐心，但是这无法长久[00:02:06]

To find a job is like a haystack needle[00:02:06]

找到一份工作就如大海捞针[00:02:11]

Cause where he lives they don’t use colored people[00:02:11]

因为他们生活的地方不看好黑人[00:02:15]

Living just enough just enough for the city [00:02:15]

只要能生存在这个城市就足够了[00:02:52]

Living just enough For the city [00:02:52]

只要能生存在这个城市就足够了[00:03:00]

His hair is long his feet are hard and gritty[00:03:00]

他的头发很长，他的脚步很坚定[00:03:03]

He spends his life walking the streets of new york city[00:03:03]

他的一生都走在纽约市的街头[00:03:08]

He’s almost dead from breathing in air pollution[00:03:08]

空气污染让他几乎无法呼吸[00:03:13]

He tried to vote but to him there’s no solution[00:03:13]

他想要投票，但是没有解决的办法[00:03:19]

Living just enough just enough for the city [00:03:19]

只要能生存在这个城市就足够了[00:03:22]

Yeah yeah yeah [00:03:22]

耶耶耶[00:03:23]

I hope you hear inside my voice of sorrow[00:03:23]

我希望你能听见我的声音里的悲伤[00:03:25]

And that it motivates you to make a better tomorrow[00:03:25]

那会促使你过好明天[00:03:30]

This place is cruel no where could be much colder[00:03:30]

这个地方很残忍，没有比这个城市更冷的地方[00:03:35]

If we don’t change the world will soon be over[00:03:35]

如果我们不改变世界，马上就要结束了[00:03:39]

Living just enough stop giving just enough for the city[00:03:39]

活下去就足够了，不要再付出，只要活在这个城市就足够[00:03:44]