《$2 Novels》歌词

[00:00:00] $2 Novels - Darden Smith

[00:00:12] 以下歌词翻译由微信翻译提供

[00:00:12] I turned right on first left on white oak

[00:00:19] 我在白橡树路上向左一拐

[00:00:19] Back to my old neighborhood

[00:00:25] 回到我的老街区

[00:00:25] I saw old Doc Randolph

[00:00:29] 我看见了兰道夫医生

[00:00:29] He was mowing his yard

[00:00:32] 他正在修剪他的院子

[00:00:32] He's kept it up the best he could

[00:00:38] 他已经竭尽所能保持下去

[00:00:38] And Evelyn his wife of thirty two years

[00:00:41] 他结婚三十二年的妻子伊芙琳

[00:00:41] She smiled as I drove by

[00:00:44] 我开车经过她微微一笑

[00:00:44] She waved from her front porch screen

[00:00:50] 她在门廊的屏幕前挥挥手

[00:00:50] She went back to reading her two dollar novel

[00:00:57] 她回去读那本价值两美元的小说

[00:00:57] Playing with her wedding ring

[00:01:03] 玩弄着她的婚戒

[00:01:03] A few houses needed painting

[00:01:06] 几栋房子需要粉刷

[00:01:06] A few gates were unhinged

[00:01:09] 几扇大门敞开

[00:01:09] But generally the place looked the same

[00:01:15] 但总的来说这个地方看起来没什么变化

[00:01:15] The driveways were full of bikes and Buick sedans

[00:01:22] 车道上停满了自行车和别克轿车

[00:01:22] Things any good American would claim

[00:01:28] 任何一个优秀的美国人都会这样说

[00:01:28] And all them other lovers

[00:01:31] 还有其他的恋人

[00:01:31] That married for cover

[00:01:34] 结婚只是为了找掩护

[00:01:34] They were out for the sacred nightly stroll

[00:01:40] 他们出去进行神圣的夜间漫步

[00:01:40] They were wishing they were characters in two dollar novels

[00:01:48] 他们希望自己是二本小说里的人物

[00:01:48] Wishing for their weight in gold

[00:02:08] 希望自己能变成金子

[00:02:08] Now Mary Elizabeth

[00:02:10] 现在是玛丽·伊丽莎白

[00:02:10] She's my high school sweetheart

[00:02:14] 她是我高中时期的恋人

[00:02:14] She married my best high school friend

[00:02:19] 她嫁给了我高中时最好的朋友

[00:02:19] He manages the hardware store

[00:02:23] 他经营五金店

[00:02:23] She became a nurse

[00:02:26] 她成为了一名护士

[00:02:26] And I became a memory to them

[00:02:32] 我成了他们的回忆

[00:02:32] And all my other buddies

[00:02:35] 我的其他朋友

[00:02:35] They just got lost in outer space

[00:02:38] 他们迷失在外太空

[00:02:38] And they ran off and served their country well

[00:02:44] 他们落荒而逃为国家尽忠职守

[00:02:44] They're all fighting in a war of two dollar novels

[00:02:51] 他们都在打一场不值一提的战争

[00:02:51] Where only the toughest live to tell

[00:02:57] 只有最顽强的人才能存活下来

[00:02:57] So I turned right on white oak left on first

[00:03:05] 所以我在白橡树路上向右走在最前面

[00:03:05] Out of that old neighborhood

[00:03:10] 离开那个破旧的街区

[00:03:10] I left Doctor and

[00:03:12] 我离开了医生

[00:03:12] Mrs Randolph sipping ice tea on their sun porch

[00:03:17] 伦道夫夫人在他们家的门廊上啜饮冰茶

[00:03:17] Wondering if I'd ever come to any good

[00:03:23] 不知道我会不会有好结果

[00:03:23] And on a thousand shady streets

[00:03:27] 在无数阴凉的街道上

[00:03:27] In a thousand other towns

[00:03:30] 在上千个城镇

[00:03:30] Now people Lord they're doing just the same

[00:03:36] 现在人们都在做同样的事

[00:03:36] They're all living their lives in two dollar novels

[00:03:43] 他们都过着虚幻的生活

[00:03:43] Wondering why the world is so insane

[00:03:49] 不知道为什么这世界如此疯狂

[00:03:49] They're all living their lives in two dollar novels

[00:03:56] 他们都过着虚幻的生活

[00:03:56] And wondering why there's nothing left to gain

[00:04:01] 不知道为什么没有什么收获