Girl America - Mat Kearney (马特·科尔尼)
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My girl America is just a youth in this world
我的美国姑娘只是这世界上的一个年轻人
Her smile is more precious than the sparkle of pearls
她的微笑比珍珠的光芒更珍贵
And though her age reads she's just a young girl
尽管她有点年岁了，但依然是个年轻女孩
The age behind her eyes show the pain that she's swirled
眉目间的岁月痕迹显示出她经受的痛苦
Through the hand that's been dealt though it's quiet as kept
历经桑田，她依然安宁
The weight that she felt last night when she slept
当她昨晚入睡时，依然感受到肩负的重量
And as she crept into the dreams of the things of her past
她潜入曾经的梦中
Seems to have grown so fast way beyond her own class
似乎在快速成长，超越自己的级别
Though they're right there with her her brothers and her sisters
尽管她的兄弟姐妹们陪伴着她
A natural born leader even when her peers dis her
尽管同伴侮辱她，她是天生的领导者
My girl she's at a crossroads people praying for her
我的女孩，她处在十字路口，人们为她祈祷
Some are preying on her magazine ads sex drama
有人在祈祷拥有她的杂志广告，电视剧，与她缠绵
Smoking m*******a longer for a father to call her 'daughter'
**，期待父亲能叫她女儿
She's part of a generation longing for reconciliation
她是渴望和平的一代
And this future that they're facing and this poison that they're tasting
这就是他们要面对的未来和即将饮下的毒药
My girl America's crying when she's lying on her bed at night
当夜晚她躺在床上时，我的美国姑娘在哭泣
I can see that she's screaming when she's dreaming for her freedom
当她梦到自己未来时，我明白她在哭喊
My girl America's dying while she's trying just to stop this fight
当她试图阻止争斗时，自己也在渐渐死去
Boys with hungry eyes have been beating her door
满眼渴望的男孩在敲她的房门
Telling her that's what she's for trying to rob at her core
告诉她这就是她的使命，想要掠夺她的内心
Then leave calling her a whore but still she knows there's more
大骂着她是混蛋然后离去，但她知道还有更多侮辱
I know she knows there's more because there is a voice she can't ignore
我明白，她知道还有更多侮辱，因为有个无法忽略的声音告诉她
'Cause it was founded in the foundations from the day of her creation
因为在建立初始便已注定，从她创立的那一日起
In God we trust engraved on the treasures of her nation
我们信任上帝，铭记在祖国最宝贵的珍宝上
And the void that the boys can't fill
那些男孩无法填满空虚
With the tipping of the bottle or the popping of the pill
无论是酒精还是药物
But still most of her friends don't care as they glare
尽管大多数她的朋友怒目而视，却漠不关心
Ready to drown down the funnel as they frown down the tunnel
准备着
They stumble and they tumble breaking down into rubble
他们摔倒了，粉身碎骨
My girl America stop can't you see
我的美国姑娘，停下吧，你还不明白吗
It's not the circumstances that determine who you're gonna be
周围环境并不是塑造你人格的因素
But how you deal with these problems and pains that come your way
而是你处理问题和遭遇痛苦的态度
It's for you that I pray with hope for a brighter day
我为你祈祷，带着希望，祈祷更明朗的未来
And so I say your deliverance is coming
我说，有人要来解救你
My girl America's dying while she's trying just to stop this fight
当她试图阻止争斗时，自己也在渐渐死去
Faith like a child from your first birth
信仰就像你第一次生下的孩子
You left it in the dirt on your worst hurt
被你抛弃在尘土中，伤你最深
And I see each tear and every scar
我看见了每一滴眼泪和每一道伤痕
The hands that have held you where you are
曾经扶持你的双手，如今在哪里
And I can see we've strayed so far
我发现我们已走入歧路太远
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