《Great Midwest》歌词

[00:00:00] Great Midwest - John Mellencamp

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[00:00:35] Everything is slower here

[00:00:39] 在这里一切都变得很缓慢

[00:00:39] Everybody's got a union card

[00:00:43] 每个人都有一张工会会员卡

[00:00:43] They get up on Sunday

[00:00:45] 他们星期天起床

[00:00:45] Go to church of their choice

[00:00:47] 去教堂就是他们的选择

[00:00:47] Come back home

[00:00:48] 然后回到家

[00:00:48] Cook out in the backyard

[00:00:52] 在后院里野餐

[00:00:52] And they call this the Great Midwest

[00:00:56] 他们将这里称为伟大的中西部

[00:00:56] Where the cornfields grow and flow

[00:01:00] 这里的大片玉米地里生长着玉米

[00:01:00] They're all 5 years ahead of their time

[00:01:04] 他们都超前了五年的时光

[00:01:04] Or 25 behind I just don't know

[00:01:09] 或是落后了二十五年的时光 我不知道

[00:01:09] And all the young men talk

[00:01:10] 年轻的男人们谈论着

[00:01:10] About their 4 wheel drives

[00:01:13] 他们的四轮汽车

[00:01:13] How much money

[00:01:14] 他们准备赚多少钱

[00:01:14] They're gonna make on Friday night

[00:01:18] 在周五的晚上

[00:01:18] And they like to brag about

[00:01:19] 他们喜欢吹嘘

[00:01:19] How they mistreat their girlfriends

[00:01:22] 他们是如何虐待自己的女友

[00:01:22] Hey let's get drunk

[00:01:23] 我们来喝个不醉不归

[00:01:23] Party it up start a fight

[00:01:27] 分清立场 来打一架

[00:01:27] And they call this the Great Midwest

[00:01:30] 他们称之为伟大的中西部

[00:01:30] Sure make a hell of a car

[00:01:35] 这糟糕的车

[00:01:35] And the old hearts

[00:01:36] 还有破旧的引擎

[00:01:36] They race their way through the night

[00:01:39] 他们在晚上飙车

[00:01:39] The upheaval of who they really are

[00:02:02] 这一切都发生了巨变 他们到底是谁

[00:02:02] Growin' up under normal conditions

[00:02:05] 在这基础条件下成长

[00:02:05] Television and radio

[00:02:10] 电话和电台

[00:02:10] That's just about all of this whole world

[00:02:14] 就是这个世界的全部

[00:02:14] That any of us get to see

[00:02:15] 我们中有些人会看到

[00:02:15] Get to know

[00:02:19] 会了解

[00:02:19] And they call this the Great Midwest

[00:02:22] 他们称之为伟大的中西部

[00:02:22] Where you sacrifice body and soul

[00:02:27] 你为之牺牲躯体与灵魂

[00:02:27] No one really wants to get even

[00:02:31] 没有人真的想这样

[00:02:31] Most of us find it hard enough

[00:02:32] 我们许多人都发现这很艰苦

[00:02:32] Just lettin' go

[00:02:35] 却也只是无可奈何

[00:02:35] Don't get me wrong

[00:02:36] 不要误会我

[00:02:36] I ain't complaining

[00:02:38] 我不是在抱怨

[00:02:38] I ain't braggin'

[00:02:40] 我没有吹嘘

[00:02:40] Nor do I mean to place blame

[00:02:44] 我也不是谴责这个地方

[00:02:44] That's just the way things are around here

[00:02:47] 我只是说说这周围的一切

[00:02:47] And there's a future carryin'

[00:02:49] 这里的将来

[00:02:49] My name on it

[00:02:50] 会镌刻上我的名字

[00:02:50] Sayin' hey man

[00:02:52] 你好

[00:02:52] You gonna stick around here

[00:02:53] 你会困在这里

[00:02:53] You better get on it

[00:02:54] 你最好继续往前走

[00:02:54] If you're gonna stick around here

[00:02:56] 如果你被困在这里

[00:02:56] You better make yourself

[00:02:57] 你最好让你自己

[00:02:57] Some real good friends

[00:03:33] 交一些可信的好朋友

[00:03:33] Well I wasn't born with a silver

[00:03:35] 我并没有

[00:03:35] Spoon in my mouth

[00:03:37] 嘴里含着金勺出生

[00:03:37] So I can't talk about the big city hi-life

[00:03:41] 因此我无法评说大城市里的生活

[00:03:41] You wanna talk about bein'

[00:03:42] 你想要聊聊

[00:03:42] Bored and runnin'

[00:03:43] 这无聊的生活

[00:03:43] Away from yourself hell

[00:03:46] 逃离这个地狱

[00:03:46] I can talk to you all night

[00:03:50] 我可以整晚和你聊天

[00:03:50] And they call this the Great Midwest

[00:03:53] 他们称之为伟大的中西部

[00:03:53] Where livin' is just gettin' by

[00:03:57] 这里的生活还在继续

[00:03:57] And people

[00:03:58] 人们

[00:03:58] They trade in their happiness

[00:04:01] 活在自己的幸福里

[00:04:01] For a smokestack

[00:04:02] 为了工厂的运转

[00:04:02] A big money deal in the sky

[00:04:07] 一大笔交易正在进行中

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