《The Carpenter(LP版)》歌词

[00:00:00] The Carpenter (木匠) (LP版) - Guy Clark

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[00:00:00] Let us now praise a carpenter

[00:00:03] 让我们来赞美木匠

[00:00:03] And the things that he made

[00:00:06] 和他做的东西

[00:00:06] And the way that he lived by the tools of his trade

[00:00:13] 他靠着木匠工具谋生

[00:00:13] I can still hear his hammer singing ten penny time

[00:00:18] 我仍能听见他的敲击声

[00:00:18] Working by the hour till the day he died

[00:00:24] 他一直工作到生命的最后一小时

[00:00:24] Oh he was tough as a crowbar quick as a chisel

[00:00:30] 他就像铁撬棍一样硬 像凿子一样快

[00:00:30] Fair as a plane and true as a level

[00:00:35] 像飞机一样平稳 无比真实

[00:00:35] He was straight as a chalkline

[00:00:37] 他像粉笔线一样笔直

[00:00:37] And right as a rule

[00:00:40] 像规则一样正确

[00:00:40] He was square with the world

[00:00:42] 他没有留下债务

[00:00:42] He took good care of his tools

[00:00:55] 他仔细保养他的工具

[00:00:55] Oh he worked his hands in wood

[00:00:58] 他的手在木头上工作

[00:00:58] From the crib to the coffing

[00:01:01] 做过摇篮也做过棺材

[00:01:01] With a care and a love you don't see too often

[00:01:07] 以你不常见到的关心和爱

[00:01:07] He built boats out of wood big boats working in a shipyard

[00:01:13] 他在船坞用木头造船

[00:01:13] Mansions on the hill and a birdhouse in the backyard

[00:01:19] 在山上和院子里筑鸟巢

[00:01:19] He was tough as a crowbar

[00:01:22] 他就像铁撬棍一样硬

[00:01:22] Quick as a chisel

[00:01:25] 像凿子一样快

[00:01:25] Fair as a plane and true as a level

[00:01:29] 像飞机一样平稳 无比真实

[00:01:29] He was straight as a chalkline

[00:01:32] 他像粉笔线一样笔直

[00:01:32] And right as a rule

[00:01:34] 像规则一样正确

[00:01:34] He was square with the world

[00:01:37] 他没有留下债务

[00:01:37] He took good care of his tools

[00:02:00] 他仔细保养他的工具

[00:02:00] He said anything that's worth cutting down a tree for

[00:02:06] 他说的话并不惊天动地

[00:02:06] Is worth doing right don't the Lord love a two by four

[00:02:12] 好好做事永远是对的 上帝也喜欢宽四寸厚二尺的木材

[00:02:12] Well they asked him how to do

[00:02:14] 他们要求他怎么做

[00:02:14] Some he'd say just like Noah built the ark

[00:02:18] 有时他会说就像诺亚造方舟一样

[00:02:18] You got to hold your mouth right son

[00:02:21] 你要管好自己的嘴 孩子

[00:02:21] And never miss your mark

[00:02:24] 不忘本心

[00:02:24] To be tough as a crowbar

[00:02:27] 他就像铁撬棍一样硬

[00:02:27] Quick as a chisel

[00:02:30] 像凿子一样快

[00:02:30] Fair as a plane and true as a level

[00:02:35] 他像粉笔线一样笔直

[00:02:35] He was straight as a chalkline

[00:02:37] 他像粉笔线一样笔直

[00:02:37] And right as a rule

[00:02:40] 像规则一样正确

[00:02:40] He was square with the world

[00:02:42] 他没有留下债务

[00:02:42] He took good care of his tools

[00:02:45] 他仔细保养他的工具

[00:02:45] Oh he was tough as a crowbar quick as a chisel

[00:02:50] 他就像铁撬棍一样硬 像凿子一样快

[00:02:50] Fair as a plane and true as a level

[00:02:56] 他像粉笔线一样笔直

[00:02:56] He was straight as a chalkline

[00:02:58] 他像粉笔线一样笔直

[00:02:58] And right as a rule

[00:03:01] 像规则一样正确

[00:03:01] He was square with the world

[00:03:03] 他对这世界很公正

[00:03:03] He took good care of his tools

[00:03:08] 他仔细保养他的工具

[00:03:08] 他