《The Obvious Child》歌词

[00:00:00] The Obvious Child - Paul Simon (保罗·西蒙)

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[00:00:29] I'm accustomed to a smooth ride

[00:00:32] 总是习惯于一帆风顺

[00:00:32] Or maybe i'm a dog who's lost its bite

[00:00:35] 或许我是一只没有野性的狗吧

[00:00:35] I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more

[00:00:38] 我不想再被当傻子耍了

[00:00:38] I don't expect to sleep through the night

[00:00:39] 我也不指望能整夜安睡

[00:00:39] Some people say a lie's a lie's a lie

[00:00:43] 有人说 你撒谎 你撒谎 你撒谎

[00:00:43] But i say

[00:00:44] 可我反问道

[00:00:44] Why deny the obvious child

[00:00:47] 为什么要为难这个寻常孩子呢

[00:00:47] Why deny the obvious child

[00:00:50] 为什么要为难这个寻常孩子呢

[00:00:50] And in remembering a road sign

[00:00:53] 在回忆一个路标时

[00:00:53] I am remembering a girl when i was young

[00:00:59] 我想起了我年轻时遇到的一个姑娘

[00:00:59] And we said these songs are true

[00:01:02] 那时我们总说 歌里唱的都是真的

[00:01:02] These days are ours

[00:01:03] 过去的日子是属于我们的

[00:01:03] These tears are free And hey

[00:01:06] 流过的眼泪都无所谓 还有

[00:01:06] The cross is in the ballpark

[00:01:08] 重担一直在肩上

[00:01:08] The cross is in the ballpark

[00:01:11] 重担一直在肩上

[00:01:11] We had a lot of fun

[00:01:14] 我们有过许多

[00:01:14] We had a lot of money

[00:01:16] 我们有过许多财富

[00:01:16] We had a little son and we thought we'd call him sonny

[00:01:22] 我们有个儿子 我们想把他的名字取作桑尼

[00:01:22] Sonny gets married and moves away

[00:01:26] 桑尼结婚搬走了

[00:01:26] Sonny has a baby and bills to pay

[00:01:29] 桑尼有了孩子 要养家糊口

[00:01:29] Sonny gets sunnier

[00:01:30] 桑尼一天比一天快乐了

[00:01:30] Day by day by day by day

[00:01:35] 一天又一天

[00:01:35] I've been waking up at sunrise

[00:01:47] 我常常在日出时醒来

[00:01:47] I've been following the light across my room

[00:01:50] 我常常循着光亮走过房间

[00:01:50] I watch the night receive the room of my day

[00:01:54] 我静观黑夜收纳白昼

[00:01:54] Some people say the sky is just the sky

[00:01:58] 有人说 天空只是天空

[00:01:58] But i say

[00:01:59] 可我反问道

[00:01:59] Why deny the obvious child

[00:02:02] 为什么要为难这个寻常孩子呢

[00:02:02] Why deny the obvious child en

[00:02:22] 为什么要为难这个寻常孩子呢

[00:02:22] Sonny sits by his window and thinks to himself

[00:02:28] 桑尼坐到窗户旁 沉思道

[00:02:28] How it's strange that some rooms are like cages

[00:02:33] 好奇怪 有些房间就像笼子一样

[00:02:33] Sonny's yearbook from high school

[00:02:36] 桑尼的高中纪念册

[00:02:36] Is down from the shelf

[00:02:38] 从书架上掉了下来

[00:02:38] And he idly thumbs through the pages

[00:02:44] 于是他随便翻着看了看

[00:02:44] Some have died

[00:02:47] 有人已经死了

[00:02:47] Some have fled from themselves

[00:02:49] 有人失去了初心

[00:02:49] Or struggled from here to get there

[00:02:55] 还有人四处奔波求生

[00:02:55] Sonny wanders beyond his interior walls

[00:03:00] 桑尼徘徊到了另一边

[00:03:00] Runs his hand through his thinning brown hair

[00:03:04] 用手捋着他稀疏的棕色头发

[00:03:04] Well i'm accustomed to a smoother ride

[00:03:08] 我习惯于一帆风顺

[00:03:08] Maybe i'm a dog that's lost his bite

[00:03:10] 或许我是一只没有野性的狗吧

[00:03:10] I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more

[00:03:13] 我不想再被当傻子耍了

[00:03:13] I don't expect to sleep the night

[00:03:16] 我也不指望能整夜安睡

[00:03:16] Some people say a lie is just a lie

[00:03:18] 有人说 你撒谎

[00:03:18] But i say the cross is in the ballpark

[00:03:22] 可我说 重担一直在肩上

[00:03:22] Why deny the obvious child

[00:03:27] 为什么要为难这个寻常孩子呢