Taxi (LP版) - Harry Chapin 以下歌词翻译由微信翻译提供 It was raining hard in 'Frisco 旧金山下着倾盆大雨 I needed one more fare to make my night 我还需要一个人陪我度过美好的夜晚 A lady up ahead waved to flag me down 前方一位女士挥手示意我停下 She got in at the light 她在聚光灯下现身 Oh where you going to my lady blue 你要去哪里我的女人碧池 It's a shame you ruined your gown in the rain 真可惜你在雨中毁掉了你的礼服 She just looked out the window she said 她望着窗外她说 "Sixteen Parkside Lane" 十六公园旁小路 Something about her was familiar 对她有点熟悉 I could swear I'd seen her face before 我发誓我以前见过她的脸 But she said "I'm sure you're mistaken" 但她说我肯定你搞错了 And she didn't say anything more 她什么都没说 It took a while but she looked in the mirror 过了一段时间她看着镜子里的自己 And she glanced at the license for my name 她瞥了一眼驾照上我的名字 A smile seemed to come to her slowly 她似乎慢慢地露出了笑容 It was a sad smile just the same 那是一个悲伤的微笑 And she said "How are you Harry " 她说你好吗哈利 I said 我说 How are you Sue 你好吗苏 Through the too many miles 跨越千山万水 And the too little smiles 笑容太少 I still remember you 我依然记得你 It was somewhere in a fairy tale 就像童话故事里的场景 I used to take her home in my car 我曾经开车送她回家 We learned about love in the back of the Dodge 我们在道奇车的后座上学会了爱 The lesson hadn't gone too far 教训并没有太深 You see she was gonna be an actress 你看她本来打算成为演员 And I was gonna learn to fly 我要学会飞翔 She took off to find the footlights 她走了去寻找脚下的光 And I took off to find the sky 我远走高飞寻找一片天空 Oh I've got something inside me 我的心中有一种感觉 To drive a princess blind 让公主盲目无知 There's a wild man wizard 有个狂野的巫师 He's hiding in me illuminating my mind 他藏在我的心里照亮我的心灵 Oh I've got something inside me 我的心中有一种感觉 Not what my life's about 我的人生不是这样的 Cause I've been letting my outside tide me 因为我一直让我的外表给我一点鼓舞 Over 'till my time runs out 直到我的时代结束 Baby's so high that she's skying 宝贝嗨到忘乎所以 Yes she's flying afraid to fall 她翱翔天际害怕坠落 I'll tell you why baby's crying 我会告诉你为什么宝贝在哭 Cause she's dying aren't we all 因为她奄奄一息我们不都一样吗 There was not much more for us to talk about 我们之间已经没什么好说的了 Whatever we had once was gone 我们曾经拥有的一切都不复存在 So I turned my cab into the driveway 于是我开着出租车驶入私人车道 Past the gate and the fine trimmed lawns 经过大门和修剪整齐的草坪 And she said we must get together 她说我们必须在一起 But I knew it'd never be arranged 可我知道这是天意 And she handed me twenty dollars 她递给我二十美元 For a two fifty fare she said 为了二十五万的车费她说 "Harry keep the change " 哈里不用找了 Well another man might have been angry 换一个人可能会生气 And another man might have been hurt 另一个人可能会受伤 But another man never would have let her go 但换一个男人永远不会放开她 I stashed the bill in my shirt 我把钞票藏在衬衫里 And she walked away in silence 她默默地离去 It's strange how you never know 真奇怪你怎么会不知道 But we'd both gotten what we'd asked for 可我们都如愿以偿 Such a long long time ago 很久很久以前 You see she was gonna be an actress 你看她本来打算成为演员 And I was gonna learn to fly 我要学会飞翔 She took off to find the footlights 她走了去寻找脚下的光 And I took off for the sky 我一飞冲天 And here she's acting happy 她现在表现得很开心