所属专辑:The Devil You Know
歌手: Todd Snider
时长: 03:52
Happy New Year - Todd Snider[00:00:00]
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Everybody[00:00:02]
大家看过来[00:00:12]
There's an overweight man with an overweight woman[00:00:12]
一个肥胖的男人和一个肥胖的女人[00:00:14]
On a sofa watching TV[00:00:14]
坐在沙发上看着电视[00:00:17]
He's yelling his opinion at the television[00:00:17]
他在大肆评价电视节目 [00:00:19]
She looks up from her food and agrees[00:00:19]
她从食物中抬起头来 对他的观点表示同意[00:00:22]
They got two bumper stickers on there pick up truck[00:00:22]
他们的保险杠上贴着两张贴纸[00:00:24]
They keep the pick up parked outside[00:00:24]
他们总是把车停在外面[00:00:27]
One sticker says What would Jesus do [00:00:27]
一张贴纸写着 耶稣会怎么做[00:00:29]
The other bumper sticker says Power of pride[00:00:29]
另一张写着 骄傲的力量[00:00:32]
I was thumbing through the stations on my own television[00:00:32]
我不停换台 将节目浏览了一遍[00:00:35]
When I come across a guy on this religious station[00:00:35]
我在教堂遇见一个人[00:00:37]
Singing Somebody's coming[00:00:37]
他在纵情歌唱 有人就要来到你身旁[00:00:38]
He's sounding whiter than me somehow[00:00:38]
他的声音听起来纯净响亮 超出我想象[00:00:41]
Wow it took me back in time through dwindling joy[00:00:41]
让我重新回到快乐的时光[00:00:45]
To when I was such a guilt ridden Catholic boy[00:00:45]
那时我还是个罪恶深重的天主教信徒[00:00:47]
I'm evangelical agnostic now[00:00:47]
如今 我是福音派信徒[00:00:54]
I don't know what we're doing here[00:00:54]
我不知道我们在做什么[00:00:56]
You don't know what we're doing here[00:00:56]
你也不知道我们在做什么[00:01:03]
Now Christians don't walk out on me just yet[00:01:03]
现在 基督徒不会弃我于不顾[00:01:05]
You know whose name I'll be yelling as I'm clutching my chest[00:01:05]
当我几欲窒息 你知道 我会呼唤谁的名字[00:01:08]
The one my dad told me to and his told him to[00:01:08]
我的爸爸将祖辈的训言传承给我[00:01:10]
And I probably pray as much or more than you do[00:01:10]
我会向上帝祈祷 比你更加虔诚[00:01:13]
Believing sh*t every word I sing[00:01:13]
我相信颂歌里的每字每句[00:01:15]
But believing and knowing those are two different things[00:01:15]
但是相信和了解是两件截然不同的事情[00:01:18]
And if your trying to change the way a strangers life will have to go[00:01:18]
如果你想改变一个陌生人的人生 那你必须踏上征途[00:01:21]
I believe this is where I wanna stick to what I know[00:01:21]
我相信 这就是我一直坚持的信仰[00:01:23]
Which is nothing you know nothing for sure[00:01:23]
前路漫漫 充满未知[00:01:26]
So just chill till the next episode[00:01:26]
所以 保持冷静 直到翻开新的篇章[00:01:28]
Now back to the lecture at hand[00:01:28]
现在 回到教堂[00:01:31]
Seems like my neighbor wants to kill what he can't understand[00:01:31]
我的邻居似乎想要让一切疑惑销声匿迹[00:01:33]
I say we can't just kill what we don't understand[00:01:33]
我说 我们无法消除我们心中的疑惑[00:01:36]
But I turn on my TV and see that oh yeah we can[00:01:36]
但我打开电视 终于明白[00:01:39]
We can and we have since then dawn of man[00:01:39]
自从人类诞生 我们就能力非凡[00:01:41]
For countless gods whose only real seeming plan[00:01:41]
对于无数神灵而言 他们唯一的目的[00:01:43]
Was to see to it that clinging to life was our fate[00:01:43]
就是看到我们掌控自己的命运[00:01:46]
And you gotta admit that life's pretty great[00:01:46]
你必须承认 人生如此美好[00:01:51]
But can we deny that it's killing us [00:01:51]
但我们是否可以否认 我们濒临窒息[00:01:56]
I'll be here all week[00:01:56]
整个星期我都会待在这里[00:01:59]
Happy New Year everybody[00:01:59]
大家新年快乐[00:02:04]
Happy Birthday country joe[00:02:04]
生日快乐 乔[00:02:09]
I resolve to do like I always do[00:02:09]
我下定决心 如往常般勇往直前[00:02:14]
I ain't hurtin' you[00:02:14]
我不会伤害你[00:02:51]
If life is anything it's embarrassing[00:02:51]
如果生活令人尴尬[00:02:54]
A rusty nail through a careless shoe[00:02:54]
就像一根生锈的钉子 刺穿了破旧的鞋子[00:02:56]
You can't help but sit around and wonder sometimes[00:02:56]
你会情不自禁坐下思考 有时候[00:02:58]
Why there's never anything the nail can do[00:02:58]
为何钉子一无所用[00:03:01]
Or think about how unfair it is[00:03:01]
为何一切如此不公[00:03:03]
That the shoe is always going where it's got to[00:03:03]
鞋子总在自己相对的位置[00:03:06]
If you ain't the dumb kid out running around[00:03:06]
如果你是个傻傻的孩子[00:03:08]
You kinda gotta do what you're born to do[00:03:08]
你必须做好自己天生的任务[00:03:11]
Hey happy new year everybody[00:03:11]
嘿 大家新年快乐[00:03:16]
And specifically Happy Birthday to you country joe[00:03:16]
在这特别的一天 生日快乐 乔[00:03:21]
I resolve to do what I always do[00:03:21]
我下定决心 如往常般勇往直前[00:03:26]
And I only ever make it a day or two[00:03:26]
我只会坚持一天或者两天[00:03:31]