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[00:00.000]There Only Was One Choice (LP版) - Harry Chapin
[00:08.761]以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
[00:08.761]There's a kid out on my corner hear him strumming like a fool
[00:13.191]街角有个少年 痴迷地拨弄琴弦
[00:13.191]Shivering in his dungarees but still he's going to school
[00:17.031]工装裤里瑟缩发抖 仍坚持音乐修行
[00:17.031]His cheeks are made of peach fuzz his hopes may be the same
[00:21.431]稚嫩脸颊绒毛未褪 理想也如此新鲜
[00:21.431]But he's signed up as a soldier out to play the music game
[00:26.511]却已签下战士契约 投身音乐硝烟
[00:26.511]There are fake patches on his jacket
[00:28.781]夹克上缝着冒牌徽章
[00:28.781]He's used bleach to fade his jeans
[00:30.951]漂白剂刻意做旧牛仔裤
[00:30.951]With a brand new stay pressed shirt
[00:32.881]崭新的免烫衬衫
[00:32.881]And some creased and wrinkled dreams
[00:34.841]那些褶皱褪色的梦想
[00:34.841]His face a blemish garden but his eyes are virgin clear
[00:38.961]他脸上布满沧桑 眼神却清澈如初
[00:38.961]His voice is Chicken Little's but he's hearing Paul Revere
[00:44.521]声音怯懦如小鸡 内心却呐喊着警世钟
[00:44.521]When he catches himself giggling
[00:46.641]当发现自己傻笑时
[00:46.641]He forces up a sneer
[00:48.651]便强装出轻蔑表情
[00:48.651]Though he'd rather have a milk shake
[00:50.811]虽渴望纯真奶昔
[00:50.811]He keeps forcing down the beer
[00:53.141]却强迫咽下苦涩啤酒
[00:53.141]Just another folkie late in coming down the pike
[00:57.281]不过是又一个迟来的民谣浪人
[00:57.281]Riding his guitar he left Kid brother with his bike
[01:04.111]他抱着吉他远行 把单车留给弟弟
[01:04.111]And he's got Guthrie running in his bones
[01:06.881]格思里的灵魂在他血液里奔涌
[01:06.881]He's the hobo kid who's left his home
[01:08.631]这个离家流浪的浪子
[01:08.631]And his Beatles records and the Rolling Stones
[01:10.741]告别了披头士和滚石的唱片
[01:10.741]This boy is staying acoustic
[01:12.801]他坚持着纯净的民谣
[01:12.801]There's Seeger singing in his heart
[01:15.011]西格的声音在他心中回荡
[01:15.011]He hopes his songs will somehow start
[01:17.101]期盼自己的歌声能
[01:17.101]To heal the cracks that split apart
[01:19.311]弥合这分裂世界的裂缝
[01:19.311]America gone plastic
[01:23.001]美国已变得虚假浮华
[01:23.001]And now there's Dylan dripping from his mouth
[01:26.540]如今他口中流淌着迪伦的诗句
[01:26.540]He's hitching himself way down south
[01:29.820]他一路搭车向南漂泊
[01:29.820]To learn a little black and blues
[01:32.950]向街头老艺人讨教蓝调真谛
[01:32.950]From old street men who paid their dues
[01:36.180]那些早已付出代价的前辈们
[01:36.180]'Cause they knew they had nothing to lose
[01:38.280]因为他们明白已无所失去
[01:38.280]They knew it so they just got to it
[01:43.330]心知肚明便义无反顾
[01:43.330]With cracked old Gibsons and red clay shoes
[01:46.209]弹着破旧的吉布森 踏着红土靴
[01:46.209]Playing 1 4 5 chords like good news
[01:49.569]弹着简单的和弦 如同传递福音
[01:49.569]And cursed with skin that calls for blood
[01:52.739]却被嗜血的宿命所诅咒
[01:52.739]They put their face and feet in mud
[01:56.049]他们深陷泥泞 面目模糊
[01:56.049]But oh they learned the music from way down there
[02:00.429]但啊 他们从深渊里学会了音乐真谛
[02:00.429]The real ones learn it somewhere
[02:02.289]真正的歌者自有领悟之道
[02:02.289]Strum your guitar sing it kid
[02:08.479]拨动琴弦吧 唱出来孩子
[02:08.479]Just write about your feelings not the things you never did
[02:13.409]只需书写真实感受 而非虚构的传奇
[02:13.409]Inexperience it once had cursed me
[02:17.818]年少无知的诅咒曾笼罩着我
[02:17.818]But your youth is no handicap it's what makes you thirsty
[02:24.898]但青春并非阻碍 它让你充满渴望
[02:24.898]Hey kid you know you can hear your footsteps
[02:31.177]嘿小子 你听得到自己的脚步声吧
[02:31.177]As you're kicking up the dust
[02:33.217]当你扬起尘土时
[02:33.217]And the rustling in the shadows tells you secrets you can trust
[02:37.197]阴影中的沙沙声 诉说着可信的秘密
[02:37.197]The capturing of whispers is the way to write a song
[02:41.327]捕捉耳语私语 正是写歌的诀窍
[02:41.327]It's when you get to microphones the music can go wrong
[02:52.517]可当你靠近麦克风 音乐却容易走调
[02:52.517]You can't see the audience with spotlights in your eyes
[02:56.247]聚光灯刺眼时 你看不清台下观众
[02:56.247]Your feet can't feel the highway from where the Lear jet flies
[03:00.267]坐在豪华客机里 双脚感受不到公路的震动
[03:00.267]When you glide in silent splendor in your padded limousines
[03:04.247]当你乘着豪华轿车无声滑行
[03:04.247]Only you are crying there behind the silver screen
[03:11.957]只有你在银幕后独自哭泣
[03:11.957]Now you battle dragons but they'll all turn into frogs
[03:15.507]如今你与恶龙搏斗 它们终将化为蟾蜍
[03:15.507]When you grab the wheel of fortune you get caught up in the cog
[03:27.527]当你握住命运之轮 却被齿轮无情绞入
[03:27.527]First your art turns into craft then the yahoos start to laugh
[03:31.516]先是艺术沦为技艺 接着庸众哄笑四起
[03:31.516]Then you'll hear the jackals howl 'cause they love to watch the fall
[03:35.676]豺狼开始嚎叫 它们最爱看人坠落
[03:35.676]They're the lost ones out there feeding
[03:37.886]那些迷失者在荒野游荡
[03:37.886]On the wounded and the bleeding
[03:39.756]啃噬着流血受伤的灵魂
[03:39.756]They always are the first to see the cracks upon the walls
[03:55.646]他们总是最先察觉墙上的裂缝
[03:55.646]When I started this song I was still thirty-three
[04:00.116]当我开始这首歌时 才三十三岁
[04:00.116]The age that Mozart died and sweet Jesus was set free
[04:03.986]莫扎特逝去的年纪 耶稣获救的年纪
[04:03.986]Keats and Shelley too soon finished Charley Parker would be
[04:08.426]济慈与雪莱英年早逝 查理·帕克亦如是
[04:08.426]And I fantasized some tragedy'd be soon curtailing me
[04:15.316]我曾幻想悲剧很快会降临我身
[04:15.316]Well just today I had my birthday I made it thirty-four
[04:19.936]而今天刚过完生日 我已活到三十四岁
[04:19.936]Mere mortal not immortal not star-crossed anymore
[04:23.896]凡胎肉体 不再是不朽的受难者
[04:23.896]I've got this problem with my aging I no longer can ignore
[04:28.466]这个关于衰老的问题 我再也无法逃避
[04:28.466]A tame and toothless tabby can't produce a lion's roar
[04:35.616]温顺无牙的家猫 永远发不出雄狮的怒吼
[04:35.616]And I can't help being frightened on these midnight afternoons
[04:39.766]在这午夜的黄昏里 我总忍不住心生恐惧
[04:39.766]When I ask the loaded questions
[04:41.866]当我问出那些沉重的问题
[04:41.866]Why does winter come so soon
[04:44.086]为何寒冬总是来得太急
[04:44.086]And where are all the golden girls that I was singing for
[04:47.996]那些我曾为之歌唱的金发姑娘 如今都在哪里
[04:47.996]The daybreak chorus of my dreams serenades no more
[04:55.146]黎明时分的梦想合唱 再无人应和
[04:55.146]Yeah the minute man is going soft the mirror's on the shelf
[04:59.426]是啊 时刻准备的人开始软弱 镜子被束之高阁
[04:59.426]Only when the truth's up there can you fool yourself
[05:03.506]唯有当真相高悬头顶 你才能欺骗自我
[05:03.506]I am the aged jester who won't gracefully retire
[05:07.166]我是那不肯优雅谢幕的老丑角
[05:07.166]A clumsy clown without a net caught staggering on the high wire
[05:11.246]笨拙的小丑无网可依 在高空钢索上踉跄
[05:11.246]Yesterday's a collar that has settled round my waist
[05:14.746]昨日如衣领 已滑落腰间缠绕
[05:14.746]Today keeps slipping by me it leaves no aftertaste
[05:18.646]今日匆匆掠过 不留半分味道
[05:18.646]Tomorrow is a daydream the future's never true
[05:22.606]明日是场幻梦 未来从未真实
[05:22.606]Am I just a fading fire or a breeze passing through
[05:39.336]我究竟是渐熄的篝火 还是穿堂的清风
[05:39.336]Hello my Country I once came to tell everyone your story
[05:51.486]祖国啊 我曾想向世人诉说你的传奇
[05:51.486]Your passion was my poetry
[05:59.346]你的热血曾是我的诗行
[05:59.346]And your past my most potent glory
[06:08.216]你的过往是我最耀眼的荣光
[06:08.216]Your promise was my prayer
[06:16.065]你的承诺曾是我的信仰
[06:16.065]Your hypocrisy my nightmare
[06:22.065]你的虚伪化作我的梦魇
[06:22.065]And your problems fill my present
[06:31.525]你的困境填满我的现在
[06:31.525]Are we both going somewhere
[06:46.535]我们是否都在追寻远方
[06:46.535]Step right up young lady
[06:48.655]来吧 年轻的女士
[06:48.655]Your two hundred birthdays make you old if not senile
[06:53.275]两百岁诞辰让你垂垂老矣
[06:53.275]And we see the symptoms there in your rigor mortise smile
[06:57.335]你那僵硬的微笑中 我们看到了征兆
[06:57.335]With your old folks eating dog food and your children eating paint
[07:02.025]老人们啃着狗粮 孩子们舔食油漆
[07:02.025]While the pirates own the flag and sell us sermons on restraint
[07:10.225]海盗们高举旗帜 却向我们贩卖克制的说教
[07:10.225]And while blood's the only language
[07:12.335]当鲜血成为唯一语言
[07:12.335]That your deaf old ears can hear
[07:14.655]你那失聪的耳朵才能听见
[07:14.655]And still you will not answer with that message coming clear
[07:18.975]可你仍不愿回应 任凭讯息清晰传来
[07:18.975]Does it mean there's no more ripples in your tired old glory stream
[07:23.535]是否意味着 你疲惫的荣光之河再无波澜
[07:23.535]And the buzzards own the carcass of your dream
[07:30.245]而秃鹫正啃食着你梦想的残骸
[07:30.245]Oh B U Y Centennial
[07:32.665]噢 百年纪念品
[07:32.665]Sell 'em pre-canned laughter
[07:34.935]兜售预制笑声
[07:34.935]America Perennial
[07:36.915]永恒的美国梦
[07:36.915]Sing happy ever after
[07:47.815]唱着从此幸福美满
[07:47.815]There's a dance band on the Titanic
[07:52.055]泰坦尼克号上乐队仍在演奏
[07:52.055]Singing nearer my God to thee
[07:56.245]吟唱着更近我主
[07:56.245]And the iceberg's on the starboard bow
[08:01.285]冰山已迫近右舷
[08:01.285]Won't you dance with me
[08:12.065]可愿与我共舞
[08:12.065]Yes I read it in the New York Times
[08:14.275]我在《纽约时报》上读到
[08:14.275]That was on the stands today
[08:16.105]今天刚出的那期报纸
[08:16.105]It said that dreams were out of fashion
[08:18.365]上面说梦想已经过时
[08:18.365]We'll hear no more empty promises
[08:20.575]我们不再听信空头承诺
[08:20.575]There'll be no more wasted passions
[08:22.735]不再浪费炽热情感
[08:22.735]To clutter up our play
[08:24.775]来扰乱我们的生活
[08:24.775]It really was a good sign
[08:27.215]这确实是个好兆头
[08:27.215]The words went on to say
[08:29.045]文章继续这样写道
[08:29.045]It shows that we are growing up
[08:31.035]这昭示着我们正在成长
[08:31.035]In oh so many healthy ways
[08:33.575]以无数健康的方式蜕变
[08:33.575]And I told myself this is exactly where I'm at
[08:38.145]我告诉自己这就是我的现状
[08:38.145]But I don't much like thinking about that
[08:51.155]却不愿过多思量
[08:51.155]Harry are you really so naive
[08:54.865]哈利啊 你当真如此天真
[08:54.865]You can honestly believe
[08:57.065]竟能真诚地相信
[08:57.065]That the country's getting better
[08:59.155]这个国家正在好转
[08:59.155]When all you do is let her alone
[09:03.545]而你只是袖手旁观
[09:03.545]Harry can you really be surprised
[09:07.385]哈利 难道你真的感到惊讶
[09:07.385]When it's there before your eyes
[09:09.395]当真相就摆在眼前
[09:09.395]When you hold the knife that carves her
[09:11.935]当你握着伤害她的刀
[09:11.935]You live the life that starves her to the bone
[09:17.615]你过着让她骨瘦如柴的生活
[09:17.615]Good dreams don't come cheap
[09:21.635]美好的梦想从不廉价
[09:21.635]You've got to pay for them
[09:25.735]你必须为之付出代价
[09:25.735]If you just dream when you're asleep
[09:29.725]若只在梦中幻想
[09:29.725]There is no way for them to come alive to survive
[09:50.204]它们永远无法存活绽放
[09:50.204]It's not enough to listen it's not enough to see
[09:53.954]仅仅聆听远远不够 仅仅观望也不足够
[09:53.954]When the hurricane is coming on it's not enough to flee
[09:57.764]当飓风来袭时 逃避也于事无补
[09:57.764]It's not enough to be in love we hide behind that word
[10:01.884]以爱为名远远不够 我们躲在虚妄背后
[10:01.884]It's not enough to be alive when your future's been deferred
[10:13.964]当未来被搁置时 苟活也毫无意义
[10:13.964]What I've run through my body what I've run through my mind
[10:17.804]流淌在我血液中的 萦绕在我脑海里的
[10:17.804]My breath's the only rhythm and the tempo is my time
[10:21.674]呼吸是我唯一的节拍 心跳就是我的韵律
[10:21.674]My enemy is hopelessness my ally honest doubt
[10:25.844]绝望是我的宿敌 而诚实的疑虑才是盟友
[10:25.844]The answer is a question that I never will find out
[10:33.094]答案永远是个 我终其一生也解不开的谜题
[10:33.094]Is music propaganda should I boogie rock and roll
[10:37.024]音乐是宣传工具吗 我该摇摆摇滚吗
[10:37.024]Or just an early warning system hitched up to my soul
[10:40.824]还是灵魂深处的预警系统在作响
[10:40.824]Am I observer or participant or huckster of belief
[10:44.984]我是旁观者 参与者 还是信仰的贩子
[10:44.984]Making too much of a life so mercifully brief
[11:07.663]在这短暂仁慈的生命里过分张扬
[11:07.663]So I stride down sunny streets and the band plays back my song
[11:12.703]我漫步阳光街道 乐队奏响我的歌谣
[11:12.703]They're applauding at my shadow long after I am gone
[11:17.403]身影远去后 掌声仍在回荡
[11:17.403]Should I hold this wistful notion that the journey is worthwhile
[11:22.313]该坚持这惆怅信念 相信旅途值得吗
[11:22.313]Or tiptoe cross the chasm with a song and a smile
[11:31.223]还是带着歌与笑 轻跃过深渊悬崖
[11:31.223]Well I got up this morning I don't need to know no more
[11:35.673]今晨醒来 我已无需知晓更多
[11:35.673]It evaporated nightmares that had boiled the night before
[11:41.213]昨夜沸腾的梦魇 已随晨雾消散无踪
[11:41.213]With every new day's dawning my kid climbs in my bed
[11:44.923]每个黎明时分 孩子爬上我的床榻
[11:44.923]And tells the cynics of the board room your language is dead
[11:53.293]对着董事会里的世故者说 你们的陈词已死
[11:53.293]And as I wander with my music through the jungles of despair
[11:58.223]当我带着音乐穿越绝望丛林
[11:58.223]My kid will learn guitar and find his street corner somewhere
[12:02.783]我的孩子将学会吉他 在某个街角驻足
[12:02.783]There he'll make the silence listen to the dream behind the voice
[12:07.243]让寂静聆听歌声背后的梦想
[12:07.243]And show his minstrel Hamlet daddy that there only was one choice
[12:16.273]向吟游诗人父亲证明 我们别无选择
[12:16.273]Strum your guitar sing it kid
[12:20.713]拨动琴弦吧 唱出来孩子
[12:20.713]Just write about your feelings not the things you never did
[12:27.623]写下你真实的感受 而非虚构的故事
[12:27.623]Inexperience it once had cursed me
[12:32.532]年少无知的诅咒曾笼罩着我
[12:32.532]But your youth is no handicap it's what makes you thirsty hey kid
[12:44.881]但年轻不是缺陷 它让你充满渴望 嘿小子
[12:44.881]Strum your guitar sing it kid
[12:49.070]拨动琴弦吧 唱出来孩子
[12:49.070]Just write about your feelings not the things you never did
[12:58.140]写下你真实的感受 而非虚构的故事
[12:58.140]Dance band on the Titanic
[13:02.040]泰坦尼克上的舞曲乐队
[13:02.040]Singing nearer my God to thee
[13:06.670]吟唱着更近我主
[13:06.670]The iceberg's on the starboard bow
[13:11.240]冰山就在右舷前方
[13:11.240]Won't you dance with me
[13:15.580]可愿与我共舞
[13:15.580]The dance band on the Titanic
[13:19.710]泰坦尼克上的乐队
[13:19.710]Singing nearer my God to thee
[13:24.270]吟唱着更近我主
[13:24.270]And the iceberg's on the starboard bow
[13:28.900]冰山已迫近右舷
[13:28.900]Won't you dance with me
[13:32.980]可愿与我共舞
[13:32.980]Yeah the dance band on the Titanic
[13:36.940]泰坦尼克上的乐队
[13:36.940]Singing nearer my God to thee
[13:41.190]吟唱着更近我主
[13:41.190]And the iceberg's on the starboard bow
[13:45.690]冰山已迫近右舷
[13:45.690]Won't you dance with me
[13:49.050]可愿与我共舞
[13:49.050]Come on
[13:50.110]来吧
[13:50.110]Yeah the dance band on the Titanic
[13:53.870]泰坦尼克上的乐队
[13:53.870]Singing nearer my God to thee
[13:58.200]吟唱着更近我主
[13:58.200]And the iceberg's on the starboard bow
[14:01.510]冰山已迫近右舷
[14:01.510]