所属专辑:Canon
歌手: Ani Difranco
时长: 04:07
Subdivision - Ani Difranco[00:00:00]
以下歌词翻译由微信翻译提供[00:00:21]
White people are so scared of black people[00:00:21]
白人害怕黑人[00:00:26]
They bulldoze out to the country[00:00:26]
他们用推土机向乡村进发[00:00:28]
And put up houses on little loop dee loop streets[00:00:28]
在环线上建造房子[00:00:31]
While america gets it's heart cut right out of[00:00:31]
而美国人的心已经支离破碎[00:00:35]
It's chest[00:00:35]
我的胸膛[00:00:35]
The berlin wall still runs down main street[00:00:35]
柏林墙依然耸立在大街上[00:00:39]
Separating east side from west[00:00:39]
把东西分开[00:00:42]
And nothing is stirring not even a mouse[00:00:42]
什么都没有动就连老鼠也没有[00:00:47]
In the boarded up stores and the broken down houses[00:00:47]
在被木板封起来的商店和破败的房屋里[00:00:52]
So they hang colorful banners off all the street lamps[00:00:52]
于是他们在街灯上挂起了彩旗[00:00:57]
Just to prove they got no manners[00:00:57]
只想证明他们没有礼貌[00:01:00]
No mercy and no sense[00:01:00]
没有怜悯没有理智[00:01:03]
And I'm wondering what it will take[00:01:03]
我不知道要付出什么代价[00:01:07]
For my city to rise[00:01:07]
让我的城市崛起[00:01:09]
First we admit our mistakes[00:01:09]
首先我们承认错误[00:01:12]
Then we open our eyes[00:01:12]
我们睁开双眼[00:01:14]
The ghosts of old buildings are haunting parking lots[00:01:14]
老建筑的幽灵萦绕在停车场[00:01:19]
In the city of good neighbors that history forgot[00:01:19]
在这座历史遗忘的好邻居之城[00:01:49]
I remember the first time I saw someone[00:01:49]
我还记得我第一次见到一个人[00:01:51]
Lying on the cold street[00:01:51]
躺在冰冷的街道上[00:01:54]
I thought can't just walk past here[00:01:54]
我以为你不能从我身边走过[00:01:57]
This can't just be true[00:01:57]
这不可能是真的[00:02:00]
But I learned by example[00:02:00]
但我从中学到了经验[00:02:02]
To just keep moving thing my feet[00:02:02]
我的双脚不停移动[00:02:05]
It's amazing the things that we all learn to do[00:02:05]
令人惊叹的是我们都学会了这样做[00:02:10]
So we're led by denial like lambs to the slaughter[00:02:10]
所以我们被拒绝的感觉指引着就像待宰的羔羊[00:02:16]
Serving empires of style and carbonated sugar water[00:02:16]
为时尚帝国服务和碳酸糖水[00:02:21]
And the old farm road's a four lane that leads[00:02:21]
一条四车道的乡间小路[00:02:26]
To the mall and I[00:02:26]
去商场购物[00:02:27]
Dreams are all guillotines waiting I know fall[00:02:27]
梦想就像断头台等待着我知道会倒下[00:02:32]
I'm wondering what it will take[00:02:32]
我不知道要付出什么代价[00:02:36]
For my country to rise[00:02:36]
让我的国家崛起[00:02:39]
First we admit our mistakes[00:02:39]
首先我们承认错误[00:02:42]
Then we open our eyes[00:02:42]
我们睁开双眼[00:02:44]
Or nature succumbs to one last dumb decision[00:02:44]
或者自然屈服于最后一个愚蠢的决定[00:02:49]
America the beautiful[00:02:49]
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Is just one big subdivision[00:02:51]
只是一个很大的分支[00:02:57]
I'm black[00:02:57]
我是黑人[00:03:02]