所属专辑:Tambourine / Bramble Rose
歌手: Tift Merritt
时长: 03:53
Laid A Highway (Album Version) - Tift Merritt[00:00:00]
以下歌词翻译由微信翻译提供[00:00:04]
Written by:Tift Merritt[00:00:04]
Written by:Tift Merritt[00:00:09]
This was a town took care of it's own[00:00:09]
这是一座属于自己的小镇[00:00:14]
That's what me and my children have known[00:00:14]
这是我和我的孩子知道的[00:00:18]
I worked the mill the way my parents did[00:00:18]
我像我父母一样拼命挣钱[00:00:22]
I remember this town when I was a kid[00:00:22]
我还记得小时候的这个小镇[00:00:26]
Sitting through the movies twice[00:00:26]
坐着看两遍电影[00:00:31]
Open windows late at night[00:00:31]
深夜打开窗户[00:00:35]
Slipping out in the summer heat[00:00:35]
在炎炎夏日偷偷溜走[00:00:39]
To meet John Miller in the middle of the street[00:00:39]
去见约翰·米勒[00:00:44]
They laid a highway a few years back[00:00:44]
几年前他们开辟了一条高速公路[00:00:48]
Next town over by the railroad track[00:00:48]
铁路旁的下一个城镇[00:00:52]
Some nights I'm glad it passed us by[00:00:52]
有些夜晚我很高兴与你擦肩而过[00:00:57]
Some nights I sit and watch my hometown die[00:00:57]
有些夜晚我坐着看着我的家乡死去[00:01:09]
I'm fifty-five and when the mill burned down[00:01:09]
我五十五岁当我的工厂付之一炬[00:01:13]
I wasn't much past a pretty young gal[00:01:13]
我只是个年轻貌美的女孩[00:01:17]
Boss lit a match in the oily night[00:01:17]
老大在漆黑的夜晚点燃一根火柴[00:01:22]
Cops never had enough to set it right[00:01:22]
警察总是无能为力[00:01:25]
So while the company traded with our lives[00:01:25]
所以当公司拿我们的性命做交易时[00:01:30]
We were busy watching that slow moon rise[00:01:30]
我们忙着看缓缓升起的月亮[00:01:35]
Dancing on the dry grass bridge[00:01:35]
在干枯的草桥上翩翩起舞[00:01:39]
Making love down by the Cedar County Bridge[00:01:39]
在锡达县大桥边缠绵[00:01:43]
They laid a highway a few years back[00:01:43]
几年前他们开辟了一条高速公路[00:01:48]
Next town over by the railroad track[00:01:48]
铁路旁的下一个城镇[00:01:52]
Some nights I'm glad it passed us by[00:01:52]
有些夜晚我很高兴与你擦肩而过[00:01:56]
Some nights I sit and watch my hometown die[00:01:56]
有些夜晚我坐着看着我的家乡死去[00:02:26]
They never came to tear that old place down[00:02:26]
他们从未将那片故土摧毁[00:02:30]
They roped it off but you can walk around[00:02:30]
他们用绳子绑起来了但你可以到处走[00:02:35]
See the rust on the painted doors[00:02:35]
看那漆过的门生锈了[00:02:39]
Watch the rain fall through the burned out floors[00:02:39]
看着雨滴落在烧毁的地板上[00:02:43]
This was a town took care of it's own[00:02:43]
这是一座属于自己的小镇[00:02:47]
This was a town doing fine all alone[00:02:47]
这是一个独自过得很好的小镇[00:02:52]
The mill got out a quarter to five[00:02:52]
一刻钟到五点之间挣到了一百万[00:02:56]
You could eat supper with any family you liked[00:02:56]
你可以和你喜欢的家人共进晚餐[00:03:01]
They laid a highway a few years back[00:03:01]
几年前他们开辟了一条高速公路[00:03:05]
Next town over by the railroad track[00:03:05]
铁路旁的下一个城镇[00:03:09]
Some nights I'm glad it passed us by[00:03:09]
有些夜晚我很高兴与你擦肩而过[00:03:13]
Some nights I sit and watch my hometown die[00:03:13]
有些夜晚我坐着看着我的家乡死去[00:03:18]