《Living For The City》歌词

[00:00:02] Living For The City

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[00:00:11] A boy is born in hard time mississippi

[00:00:16] 一个男孩在艰难的岁月里出生在mississippi

[00:00:16] Surrounded by four walls that ain’t so pretty

[00:00:21] 被四面丑陋的墙围着

[00:00:21] His parents give him love and affection

[00:00:25] 他的父母给他爱和关心

[00:00:25] To keep him strong moving in the right direction

[00:00:30] 让他坚强 走向正确的方向

[00:00:30] Living just enough just enough for the city ee ha

[00:00:41] 在这城市生存下去就已足够

[00:00:41] His father works some days for fourteen hours

[00:00:45] 他的爸爸有一段时间每天工作14个小时

[00:00:45] And you can bet he barely makes a dollar

[00:00:50] 你可以打赌他几乎没有挣到钱

[00:00:50] His mother goes to scrub the floors for many

[00:00:55] 他的妈妈帮有钱人擦地板

[00:00:55] And you’d best believe she hardly gets a penny

[00:00:59] 你最好相信她几乎没有挣到一便士

[00:00:59] Living just enough just enough for the city yeah

[00:01:27] 只要能生存在这个城市就足够了

[00:01:27] His sister’s black but she is sho’nuff pretty

[00:01:31] 他的姐姐回来了 已经长大

[00:01:31] Her skirt is short but lord her legs are sturdy

[00:01:36] 她的裙子很短 但是她的腿很强健

[00:01:36] To walk to school she’s got to get up early

[00:01:41] 为了走到学校 她要早早起床

[00:01:41] Her clothes are old but never are they dirty

[00:01:45] 她的衣服很旧但是永远是干净的

[00:01:45] Living just enough just enough for the city um hum

[00:01:56] 只要能生存在这个城市就足够了

[00:01:56] Her brother’s smart he’s got more sense than many

[00:02:01] 她的弟弟很聪明 比别的孩子都懂事

[00:02:01] His patience’s long but soon he won’t have any

[00:02:06] 他很耐心 但是这无法长久

[00:02:06] To find a job is like a haystack needle

[00:02:10] 找到一份工作就如大海捞针

[00:02:10] Cause where he lives they don’t use colored people

[00:02:15] 因为他们生活的地方不看好黑人

[00:02:15] Living just enough just enough for the city

[00:02:52] 只要能生存在这个城市就足够了

[00:02:52] Living just enough For the city

[00:05:17] 只要能生存在这个城市就足够了

[00:05:17] His hair is long his feet are hard and gritty

[00:05:22] 他的头发很长 他的脚步很坚定

[00:05:22] He spends his life walking the streets of new york city

[00:05:27] 他的一生都走在纽约市的街头

[00:05:27] He’s almost dead from breathing in air pollution

[00:05:32] 空气污染让他几乎无法呼吸

[00:05:32] He tried to vote but to him there’s no solution

[00:05:36] 他想要投票 但是没有解决的办法

[00:05:36] Living just enough just enough for the city

[00:05:43] 只要能生存在这个城市就足够了

[00:05:43] Yeah yeah yeah

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[00:05:46] I hope you hear inside my voice of sorrow

[00:05:51] 我希望你能听见我的声音里的悲伤

[00:05:51] And that it motivates you to make a better tomorrow

[00:05:56] 那会促使你过好明天

[00:05:56] This place is cruel no where could be much colder

[00:06:00] 这个地方很残忍 没有比这个城市更冷的地方

[00:06:00] If we don’t change the world will soon be over

[00:06:04] 如果我们不改变世界 马上就要结束了

[00:06:04] Living just enough stop giving just enough for the city

[00:06:09] 活下去就足够了 不要再付出 只要活在这个城市就足够

[00:06:09] 活