《The Downeaster ’Alexa’》歌词

[00:00:10] Well I'm on the Downeaster Alexa

[00:00:16] 我在Downeaster Alexa

[00:00:16] And I'm cruising through Block Island Sound

[00:00:21] 我穿过Block Island Sound巡航

[00:00:21] I have charted a course to the Vineyard

[00:00:27] 我绘制了一条通往Vineyard的路线

[00:00:27] But tonight I am Nantucket bound

[00:00:33] 但今晚我在Nantucket遇到了困境

[00:00:33] We took on diesel back in Montauk yesterday

[00:00:39] 我们昨天穿上迪赛回到Montauk

[00:00:39] And left this morning from the bell in Gardiner's Bay

[00:00:44] 今天清晨从Gardiner's Bay离开

[00:00:44] Like all the locals here I've had to sell my home

[00:00:49] 像所有的当地人一样 我不得不卖了我的家

[00:00:49] Too proud to leave I worked my fingers to the bone

[00:00:53] 我太骄傲而不愿离开 我努力地工作

[00:00:53] So I could own my Downeaster Alexa

[00:00:59] 所以我就能够拥有我自己的Downeaster Alexa

[00:00:59] And I go where the ocean is deep

[00:01:04] 我去深海所在的地方

[00:01:04] There are giants out there in the canyons

[00:01:10] 在峡谷里有巨人

[00:01:10] And a good captain can't fall asleep

[00:01:16] 一个好的船长不能入睡

[00:01:16] I've got bills to pay and children who need clothes

[00:01:21] 我有账单要付还有需要衣服的孩子

[00:01:21] I know there's fish out there but where God only knows

[00:01:26] 我知道有鱼但是只有上帝知道在哪里

[00:01:26] They say these waters aren't what they used to be

[00:01:32] 他们说这水不是从前的样子了

[00:01:32] But I've got people back on land who count on me

[00:01:35] 但是陆地上还有很多人要依靠我

[00:01:35] So if you see my Downeaster Alexa

[00:01:41] 所以如果你看到我的Downeaster Alexa

[00:01:41] And if you work with the rod and the reel

[00:01:47] 如果你用杆和轴工作

[00:01:47] Tell my wife I am trolling Atlantis

[00:01:52] 告诉我的妻子 我在大声歌唱Atlantis

[00:01:52] And I still have my hands on the wheel

[00:02:29] 我的手仍然放在方向盘上

[00:02:29] Now I drive my Downeaster Alexa

[00:02:35] 现在我开着我的Downeaster Alexa

[00:02:35] More and more miles from shore every year

[00:02:40] 每一年都离海岸更远

[00:02:40] Since they tell me I can't sell no stripers

[00:02:45] 自从他们告诉我 我不能卖掉

[00:02:45] And there's no luck in swordfishing here

[00:02:51] 在这的剑鱼没有运气了

[00:02:51] I was a bayman like my father was before

[00:02:57] 我是一个港湾居民就像我父亲从前一样

[00:02:57] Can't make a living as a bayman anymore

[00:03:02] 无法再作为港湾居民而生活

[00:03:02] There ain't much future for a man who works the sea

[00:03:07] 对于一个在海上工作的男人来说没有太多未来

[00:03:07] But there ain't no island left for islanders like me

[00:03:12] 在那里不是没有岛民喜欢我