《Coward Of The County》歌词

[00:00:00] Coward Of The County - Kenny Rogers (肯尼·罗杰斯)

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[00:00:11] Everyone considered him the coward of the county

[00:00:18] 每人都认为他是村里的懦夫

[00:00:18] He'd never stood one single time to prove the county wrong

[00:00:24] 他却从来不单独站出来反驳

[00:00:24] His mama named him Tommy but folks just called him Yellow

[00:00:31] 他母亲叫他汤米,村民们却叫他胆小鬼

[00:00:31] Something always told me they were reading Tommy wrong

[00:00:38] 有些事情提醒我,村民们并不了解汤米

[00:00:38] He was only ten years old when his daddy died in prison

[00:00:45] 他父亲死在监狱时,他才十岁

[00:00:45] I looked after Tommy 'cause he was my brother's son

[00:00:51] 从那以后我一直照顾他,因为我是他叔叔

[00:00:51] I still recall the final words my brother said to Tommy

[00:00:58] 我还记得我哥哥去世前对汤米说的话

[00:00:58] "Son my life is over but yours has just begun"

[00:01:05] 儿子,我的人生结束了,你的才刚开始

[00:01:05] "Promise me son not to do the things I've done

[00:01:11] 答应我,儿子,不要走我的老路子

[00:01:11] Walk away from trouble if you can

[00:01:16] 尽你所能远离麻烦

[00:01:16] It won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek

[00:01:21] 忍气吞声不意味着你懦弱

[00:01:21] I hope you're old enough to understand

[00:01:27] 我希望你能够理解这些

[00:01:27] Son you don't have to fight to be a man"

[00:01:32] 儿子,你没必要用打架的方法来证明你是个爷们

[00:01:32] There's someone for everyone and Tommy's love was Becky

[00:01:39] 有一个支持汤米的人,也是汤米所爱的人,贝基

[00:01:39] In her arms he didn't have to prove he was a man

[00:01:46] 和她拥抱在一起,汤米不会因嘲笑而生气

[00:01:46] One day while he was working the Gatlin boys came calling

[00:01:53] 有一天他工作时，混小子们告诉他

[00:01:53] They took turns at Becky an' there was three of them

[00:02:00] 他们轮番凌辱贝基，一共三人

[00:02:00] Tommy opened up the door and saw his Becky crying

[00:02:07] 汤米冲进房间看见了哭泣的贝基

[00:02:07] The torn dress the shattered look was more than he could stand

[00:02:14] 那凌乱不堪的样子超过了他所能忍受的

[00:02:14] He reached above the fireplace and took down his daddy's picture

[00:02:20] 他摸索着壁炉,取下了父亲的照片

[00:02:20] As his tears fell on his daddy's face he heard these words again

[00:02:27] 他的眼泪落在了父亲的脸上,他似乎又一次听到了父亲在说

[00:02:27] "Promise me Son not to do the things I've done

[00:02:33] 答应我,儿子,不要走我的老路子

[00:02:33] Walk away from trouble if you can

[00:02:38] 尽你所能远离麻烦

[00:02:38] It won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek

[00:02:43] 忍气吞声不意味着你懦弱

[00:02:43] I hope you're old enough to understand

[00:02:48] 我希望你能够理解这些

[00:02:48] Son you don't have to fight to be a man"

[00:02:54] 儿子,你没必要用打架的方法来证明你是个爷们

[00:02:54] The Gatlin boys just laughed at him when he walked into the bar room

[00:03:01] 汤米进入酒吧,混小子们还在嘲笑他

[00:03:01] One of them got up and met him half way cross the floor

[00:03:08] 又一个人半路截住了他

[00:03:08] When Tommy turned around they said "Hey look Old Yellow's leaving"

[00:03:15] 当汤米转身,那个混小子喊,快看,胆小鬼要走了

[00:03:15] But you could've heard a pin drop

[00:03:17] 然而当他们发现汤米只是把门锁死时

[00:03:17] When Tommy stopped and locked the door

[00:03:22] 都鸦雀无声

[00:03:22] Twenty years of crawling were bottled up inside him

[00:03:28] 他受够了二十年的忍耐

[00:03:28] He wasn't holding nothing back he let 'em have it all

[00:03:35] 他抑制不住了,要让他们尝点苦头

[00:03:35] When Tommy left the bar room not a Gatlin boy was standing

[00:03:42] 当汤米离开酒吧,没有一个小流氓是站着的

[00:03:42] He said "This one's for Becky as he watched the last one fall

[00:03:47] 看着最后一个人倒下,他说,这仅仅报了贝基的仇

[00:03:47] An I heard him say

[00:03:49] 我听到他说

[00:03:49] "I promised you Dad not to do the things you've done

[00:03:54] 答应我，儿子，不要走我的老路子

[00:03:54] I walk away from trouble when I can

[00:04:00] 尽你所能远离麻烦

[00:04:00] Now please don't think I'm weak I didn't turn the other cheek

[00:04:05] 忍气吞声不意味着你懦弱

[00:04:05] And Papa I should hope you understand

[00:04:10] 我希望你能够理解这些

[00:04:10] Sometimes you gotta fight when you're a man"

[00:04:16] 儿子，你没必要用打架的方法来证明你是个爷们

[00:04:16] Everyone considered him the coward of the county

[00:04:21] 每个人都认为他是镇上的懦夫