《Way Up In NYC》歌词

[00:00:00] Way Up In NYC - Loudon Wainwright III

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[00:00:09] Way up in New York City

[00:00:11] 在纽约市扶摇直上

[00:00:11] That's where we did go

[00:00:13] 那就是我们的目的地

[00:00:13] A fella called Frank Walker there he owns a studio

[00:00:17] 一个叫FrankWalker的家伙在那里开了一间工作室

[00:00:17] We made us a recording right there on old Broadway

[00:00:22] 我们在老百老汇为自己录音

[00:00:22] And for a week or 2 we got the hell away from Spray

[00:00:26] 在一两周的时间里我们远离Spray

[00:00:26] Way up in New York City

[00:00:29] 在纽约市扶摇直上

[00:00:29] That's the place to be

[00:00:31] 这就是我的归宿

[00:00:31] Where the buildings are so high

[00:00:33] 那里的建筑高耸入云

[00:00:33] The sky is hard to see

[00:00:35] 天空一片漆黑

[00:00:35] In a city full of strangers humanity's a show

[00:00:40] 在这满是陌生人的城市里人性就是一场表演

[00:00:40] No it's not like Spray where everyday

[00:00:42] 这不像Spray一样每天都在做

[00:00:42] You meet the folks you know

[00:00:53] 你去见你认识的朋友

[00:00:53] Way up in New York City pretty women everywhere

[00:00:57] 在纽约扶摇直上到处都是漂亮女人

[00:00:57] After awhile a married man forgets who isn't there

[00:01:02] 一段时间后结了婚的男人会忘记身边还有谁

[00:01:02] Those city gals in New York

[00:01:04] 那些纽约城里的姑娘

[00:01:04] Town can turn a cracker's head

[00:01:06] 城里的人都会晕头转向

[00:01:06] And a wife in Spray's so far away

[00:01:08] 妻子在Spray住得好远

[00:01:08] She might as well be dead

[00:01:11] 她可能已经死了

[00:01:11] Way up in New York City

[00:01:12] 在纽约市扶摇直上

[00:01:12] All those taverns and saloons

[00:01:15] 所有的酒馆和酒吧

[00:01:15] You never saw so much sawdust or so many spittoons

[00:01:19] 你从未见过这么多锯末这么多唾沫星子

[00:01:19] There's a cop on every corner

[00:01:21] 每个角落都有警察

[00:01:21] He's there to keep the peace

[00:01:24] 他守护着和平

[00:01:24] And there's lots of trees in Central Park

[00:01:26] 中央公园里有许多树

[00:01:26] Well two or three at least

[00:01:37] 至少有两三个

[00:01:37] We wound up in Passaic

[00:01:39] 我们来到帕塞伊克

[00:01:39] That's a town in New Jersey

[00:01:41] 那是新泽西的一个小镇

[00:01:41] And we stayed with Posey's pal

[00:01:43] 我们和Posey的朋友待在一起

[00:01:43] From Franklin County Jim Holley

[00:01:46] 来自富兰克林县吉姆·霍利

[00:01:46] We took jobs in Jersey just to make a little dough

[00:01:50] 我们在新泽西打工只是为了挣点小钱

[00:01:50] Then we had our audition into New York we did go

[00:01:54] 然后我们去纽约试镜我们真的去了

[00:01:54] We rode an elevator - poor Posey he got sick

[00:01:59] 我们坐电梯可怜的Posey他生病了

[00:01:59] He threw up in a fire bucket not a pretty trick

[00:02:03]

[00:02:03] But we got to the audition

[00:02:05] 但我们去试镜了

[00:02:05] And we played Frank "The Deal"

[00:02:07] 我们扮演的是FrankTheDeal

[00:02:07] He said "Boys let's make a record"

[00:02:10] 他说孩子们让我们录张唱片吧

[00:02:10] Good was how that made us feel

[00:02:21] 这让我们感觉很好

[00:02:21] They paid us for 4 numbers

[00:02:22] 他们给了我们四个电话号码的钱

[00:02:22] Greenback dollars cash in hand

[00:02:25] 手里拿着美元现金

[00:02:25] More than a week's wage in the mill 25 a man

[00:02:29] 比厂里一周的工资还多一个人25块

[00:02:29] 3rd class was all we could afford on

[00:02:32] 我们只能坐上三等舱

[00:02:32] The train back home to Spray

[00:02:34] 坐火车回到家乡

[00:02:34] But we stayed drunk inside that car for 2 nights and 1 day

[00:02:38] 但我们在车里买醉了两天又一天

[00:02:38] Back home from New York City

[00:02:40] 从纽约回到家里

[00:02:40] We were heroes back in Spray

[00:02:42] 在斯普雷我们是英雄

[00:02:42] So guilty and hung over there was not a lot to say

[00:02:47] 心怀愧疚心神不宁无话可说

[00:02:47] It got a little awkward talking to the wives

[00:02:51] 和妻子们谈话有点尴尬

[00:02:51] 'Cause we couldn't tell 'em how

[00:02:53] 因为我们无法告诉他们该怎么做

[00:02:53] We had the best time of out lives

[00:03:21] 我们度过了人生中最美好的时光

[00:03:21] Way up in New York City

[00:03:24] 在纽约市扶摇直上

[00:03:24] That's the place to be

[00:03:26] 这就是我的归宿

[00:03:26] Where the buildings are so high the sky is hard to see

[00:03:30] 那里的建筑高耸入云难以看见天空

[00:03:30] If I go back to New York town next time I'll go alone

[00:03:35] 如果我下次回纽约我会一个人去

[00:03:35] I'll keep all the money

[00:03:36] 我会把所有的钱

[00:03:36] I won't bother goin' home

[00:03:39] 我不想回家

[00:03:39] I'll keep all the money and I'll make New York my home

[00:03:44] 我会留下所有的钱我会把纽约当成我的家