《The Downeaster ’Alexa’》歌词

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

[00:00:16] 啊, 我正在Downeaster Alexa号船上

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

[00:00:21] 一路巡航，穿过布拉克岛海峡

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

[00:00:27] 我已经绘制了去Vineyard的航线

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

[00:00:33] 不过，今晚我要向Nantucket出发

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

[00:00:39] 昨天我们在Montauk加满柴油

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

[00:00:44] 今晨一早，就从Gardiner海湾起航

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

[00:00:49] 像所有土著人一样，我不得不卖掉我的房子

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

[00:00:53] 我日以继夜的工作，太过执拗而不曾离开

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

[00:00:59] 所以我能拥有Downeaster Alexa号

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

[00:01:04] 我远赴深邃的大海

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

[00:01:10] 峡谷里满是巨怪

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

[00:01:16] 尽职的船长不能睡去

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

[00:01:21] 一大堆账单等着清还，孩子们也需要新衣

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

[00:01:26] 我知道大海有鱼，但天知道在哪里

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

[00:01:32] 人们说大海已不像过去那么富饶

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

[00:01:35] 但是我的家人在陆上等着我供养

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

[00:01:41] 所以，如果你看到我的Downeaster Alexa号

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

[00:01:47] 如果你在岸边用鱼竿钓鱼

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

[00:01:52] 请转告我的妻子，我正在Atlantis捕鱼

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

[00:02:29] 我人在手握方向盘航行

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

[00:02:35] 现在我正在驾驶Downeaster Alexa号

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

[00:02:40] 每年航海捕鱼都离海岸越来越远

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

[00:02:45] 因为他们告诉我不能卖条纹鱼

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

[00:02:51] 而这里有没有剑鱼

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

[00:02:57] 我像我的父亲一样是个海湾居民

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

[00:03:02] 海湾居民连生计都无法维持

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

[00:03:07] 靠海为生，并没什么前途

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

[00:03:12] 但是像我这样的海湾居民已无处可去