《Living For The City》歌词

[00:00:12] A boy is born in hard time mississippi

[00:00:16] 一个男孩艰难地出生在密西西比

[00:00:16] Surrounded by four walls that ain’t so pretty

[00:00:21] 被四面简陋的墙围着

[00:00:21] His parents give him love and affection

[00:00:26] 他的父母给他爱和关心

[00:00:26] To keep him strong moving in the right direction

[00:00:30] 让他坚强，走向正确的方向

[00:00:30] Living just enough just enough for the city ee ha

[00:00:41] 在这城市生存下去就已足够，呃，哈

[00:00:41] His father works some days for fourteen hours

[00:00:45] 他的爸爸有一段时间每天工作14个小时

[00:00:45] And you can bet he barely makes a dollar

[00:00:48] 你可以打赌他有没有挣到钱

[00:00:48] His mother goes to scrub the floors for many

[00:00:55] 他的妈妈帮有钱人擦地板

[00:00:55] And you’d best believe she hardly gets a penny

[00:00:59] 你最好相信她几乎没有挣到一便士

[00:00:59] Living just enough just enough for the city yeah

[00:01:27] 只要能生存在这个城市就足够了，耶

[00:01:27] His sister’s black but she is sho’nuff pretty

[00:01:32] 他的姐姐回来了，已经长大

[00:01:32] Her skirt is short but lord her legs are sturdy

[00:01:37] 她的裙子很短，但是她的腿很健康

[00:01:37] To walk to school she’s got to get up early

[00:01:41] 为了走到学校去她要早早起床

[00:01:41] Her clothes are old but never are they dirty

[00:01:45] 她的衣服很旧但是永远是干净的

[00:01:45] Living just enough just enough for the city um hum

[00:01:56] 只要能生存在这个城市就足够了，嗯，嗯

[00:01:56] Her brother’s smart he’s got more sense than many

[00:02:01] 她的弟弟很聪明，比别的孩子都懂事

[00:02:01] His patience’s long but soon he won’t have any

[00:02:06] 他很耐心，但是这无法长久

[00:02:06] To find a job is like a haystack needle

[00:02:11] 找到一份工作就如大海捞针

[00:02:11] Cause where he lives they don’t use colored people

[00:02:15] 因为他们生活的地方不看好黑人

[00:02:15] Living just enough just enough for the city

[00:02:52] 只要能生存在这个城市就足够了

[00:02:52] Living just enough For the city

[00:03:00] 只要能生存在这个城市就足够了

[00:03:00] His hair is long his feet are hard and gritty

[00:03:03] 他的头发很长，他的脚步很坚定

[00:03:03] He spends his life walking the streets of new york city

[00:03:08] 他的一生都走在纽约市的街头

[00:03:08] He’s almost dead from breathing in air pollution

[00:03:13] 空气污染让他几乎无法呼吸

[00:03:13] He tried to vote but to him there’s no solution

[00:03:19] 他想要投票，但是没有解决的办法

[00:03:19] Living just enough just enough for the city

[00:03:22] 只要能生存在这个城市就足够了

[00:03:22] Yeah yeah yeah

[00:03:23] 耶耶耶

[00:03:23] I hope you hear inside my voice of sorrow

[00:03:25] 我希望你能听见我的声音里的悲伤

[00:03:25] And that it motivates you to make a better tomorrow

[00:03:30] 那会促使你过好明天

[00:03:30] This place is cruel no where could be much colder

[00:03:35] 这个地方很残忍，没有比这个城市更冷的地方

[00:03:35] If we don’t change the world will soon be over

[00:03:39] 如果我们不改变世界，马上就要结束了

[00:03:39] Living just enough stop giving just enough for the city

[00:03:44] 活下去就足够了，不要再付出，只要活在这个城市就足够