《Living For The City》歌词

[00:00:00] Living For The City

[00:00:10] 为这城市而活

[00:00:10] A boy is born in hard time mississippi

[00:00:15] 一个男孩艰难地出生在密西西比

[00:00:15] Surrounded by four walls that ain’t so pretty

[00:00:20] 被四面简陋的墙围着

[00:00:20] His parents give him love and affection

[00:00:25] 他的父母给他爱和关心

[00:00:25] To keep him strong moving in the right direction

[00:00:29] 让他坚强，走向正确的方向

[00:00:29] Living just enough just enough for the city ee ha

[00:00:39] 在这城市生存下去就已足够，呃，哈

[00:00:39] His father works some days for fourteen hours

[00:00:44] 他的爸爸有一段时间每天工作14个小时

[00:00:44] And you can bet he barely makes a dollar

[00:00:49] 你可以打赌他有没有挣到钱

[00:00:49] His mother goes to scrub the floors for many

[00:00:53] 他的妈妈帮有钱人擦地板

[00:00:53] And you’d best believe she hardly gets a penny

[00:00:58] 你最好相信她几乎没有挣到一便士

[00:00:58] Living just enough just enough for the city yeah

[00:01:26] 只要能生存在这个城市就足够了，耶

[00:01:26] His sister’s black but she is sho’nuff pretty

[00:01:30] 他的姐姐回来了，已经长大

[00:01:30] Her skirt is short but lord her legs are sturdy

[00:01:35] 她的裙子很短，但是她的腿很健康

[00:01:35] To walk to school she’s got to get up early

[00:01:40] 为了走到学校去她要早早起床

[00:01:40] Her clothes are old but never are they dirty

[00:01:44] 她的衣服很旧但是永远是干净的

[00:01:44] Living just enough just enough for the city um hum

[00:01:55] 只要能生存在这个城市就足够了，嗯，嗯

[00:01:55] Her brother’s smart he’s got more sense than many

[00:02:00] 她的弟弟很聪明，比别的孩子都懂事

[00:02:00] His patience’s long but soon he won’t have any

[00:02:04] 他很耐心，但是这无法长久

[00:02:04] To find a job is like a haystack needle

[00:02:09] 找到一份工作就如大海捞针

[00:02:09] Cause where he lives they don’t use colored people

[00:02:13] 因为他们生活的地方不看好黑人

[00:02:13] Living just enough just enough for the city

[00:02:51] 只要能生存在这个城市就足够了

[00:02:51] Living just enough For the city

[00:02:56] 只要能生存在这个城市就足够了