《Allentown(Live)》歌词

[00:00:00] Allentown (Live) - Billy Joel (比利·乔)

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[00:00:20] Well we're living here in Allentown

[00:00:24] 我们生活在艾伦镇

[00:00:24] And they're closing all the factories down

[00:00:28] 他们关闭了所有的工厂

[00:00:28] Out in Bethlehem they're killing time

[00:00:32] 他们在伯利恒消磨时间

[00:00:32] Filling out forms

[00:00:34] 填写表格

[00:00:34] Standing in line

[00:00:37] 排队等待

[00:00:37] Well our fathers fought the Second World War

[00:00:41] 我们的父亲参加了二战

[00:00:41] Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore

[00:00:45] 在泽西海岸度过他们的周末

[00:00:45] Met our mothers in the USO

[00:00:49] 在劳军联合组织遇见了我们的母亲

[00:00:49] Asked them to dance

[00:00:51] 邀请她们跳舞

[00:00:51] Danced with them slow

[00:00:54] 与她们慢慢舞动

[00:00:54] And we're living here in Allentown

[00:00:58] 我们生活在艾伦镇

[00:00:58] But the restlessness was handed down

[00:01:02] 但是却感到不安

[00:01:02] And it's getting very hard to stay

[00:01:21] 留下来越来越困难

[00:01:21] Well we're waiting here in Allentown

[00:01:26] 我们在艾伦镇等待

[00:01:26] For the Pennsylvania we never found

[00:01:30] 只为我们不曾发现的宾夕法尼亚州

[00:01:30] For the promises our teachers gave

[00:01:34] 为我们老师给出的承诺

[00:01:34] If we worked hard

[00:01:36] 如果我们努力学习

[00:01:36] If we behaved

[00:01:38] 如果我们好好表现

[00:01:38] So the graduations hang on the wall

[00:01:43] 我们的毕业照就会挂在墙上

[00:01:43] But they never really helped us at all

[00:01:47] 但是他们却永远无法帮助我们

[00:01:47] No they never taught us what was real

[00:01:51] 不 他们从未把现实的东西教授给我们

[00:01:51] Iron and coke

[00:01:52] 铁 焦炭

[00:01:52] And chromium steel

[00:01:55] 还有铬钢

[00:01:55] And we're waiting here in Allentown

[00:01:59] 我们在艾伦镇等待

[00:01:59] But they've taken all the coal from the ground

[00:02:04] 但是他们夺走了所有的煤炭

[00:02:04] And the union people crawled away

[00:02:17] 而且工会的人逃之夭夭

[00:02:17] Every child had a pretty good shot

[00:02:21] 每个孩子的枪法都很精准

[00:02:21] To get at least as far as their old man got

[00:02:26] 能与他们的父亲相提并论

[00:02:26] Something happened on the way to that place

[00:02:29] 但是在前往那里的途中会发生变故

[00:02:29] They threw an American flag in our face

[00:02:44] 他们在我们的面前扔掉了美国国旗

[00:02:44] Well I'm living here in Allentown

[00:02:48] 我住在艾伦镇

[00:02:48] And it's hard to keep a good man down

[00:02:52] 很难打败一个好人

[00:02:52] But I won't be getting up today

[00:03:28] 但是我今天我不会站起来

[00:03:28] And it's getting very hard to stay

[00:03:35] 留下来越来越困难

[00:03:35] And we're living here in Allentown

[00:03:40] 我们生活在艾伦镇