Martin Simpson - Never Any Good
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[ti:Never Any Good]
[ar:Martin Simpson]
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[00:00.470]You were never any good with money
[00:03.360]你向来不善理财之道
[00:03.360]You couldn't even hold a job
[00:06.333]连份工作都难以保住
[00:06.333]Not steady enough for the office
[00:10.022]文职嫌你不够稳重
[00:10.022]Not hard enough for the hod
[00:12.822]苦力又嫌你不够硬朗
[00:12.822]You'd rather be riding your Norton
[00:15.350]你宁愿骑着诺顿摩托飞驰
[00:15.350]Or going fishing with your split cane rod
[00:18.822]或是带着竹钓竿去垂钓
[00:18.822]You were never any good with money
[00:22.278]你向来不善理财之道
[00:22.278]You couldn't even hold a job
[00:25.241]连份工作都难以保住
[00:25.241]When your grammar school days were over
[00:28.380]当你的文法学校时光结束
[00:28.380]It was nineteen-seventeen
[00:31.612]那是1917年
[00:31.612]And you did the right and proper thing
[00:35.249]你做了正确而体面的事
[00:35.249]You were just eighteen
[00:37.349]那时你才十八岁
[00:37.349]You were never mentioned in dispatches
[00:39.937]战报中从未提及你的名字
[00:39.937]You never mentioned what you did or saw
[00:43.683]你也从不提起所见所闻
[00:43.683]You were just another keen young man
[00:47.059]你只是又一个热血青年
[00:47.059]In the mud and stink of war
[00:50.199]深陷战争的泥泞与硝烟
[00:50.199]You were never any good with money
[00:53.273]你向来不善理财之道
[00:53.273]You couldn't even hold a job
[00:56.152]连份工作都难以保住
[00:56.152]Not steady enough for the office
[00:59.512]文职嫌你不够稳重
[00:59.512]Not hard enough for the hod
[01:02.290]苦力又嫌你不够硬朗
[01:02.290]You'd rather be singing the Pirate King
[01:05.117]你宁愿高唱海盗之王
[01:05.117]Or going fishing with your split cane rod
[01:08.281]或是带着竹钓竿去垂钓
[01:08.281]You were never any good with money
[01:11.692]你向来不善理财之道
[01:11.692]You couldn't even hold a job
[01:14.503]连份工作都难以保住
[01:14.503]You came home from the Great War
[01:17.582]你从大战中归来
[01:17.582]With the pips of a captain's rank
[01:20.594]肩章上缀着上尉军衔
[01:20.594]A German officer's Luger
[01:23.267]带着德国军官的鲁格手枪
[01:23.267]And no money in the bank
[01:25.804]却身无分文
[01:25.804]Your family sent you down in the coal mine
[01:29.442]家人将你送往煤矿
[01:29.442]To learn to be captain there
[01:32.166]想让你在那里当个工头
[01:32.166]But you didn't stand it very long
[01:35.349]但你没能坚持太久
[01:35.349]You needed the light and the air
[01:38.208]你渴望阳光与自由
[01:38.208]You were never any good with money
[01:41.330]你向来不善理财之道
[01:41.330]You couldn't even hold a job
[01:44.162]连份工作都难以保住
[01:44.162]Not steady enough for the office
[01:47.320]文职嫌你不够稳重
[01:47.320]Not hard enough for the hod
[01:50.256]苦力又嫌你不够硬朗
[01:50.256]You'd rather be watching performers fly
[01:53.376]你宁愿看飞鸟掠过天际
[01:53.376]Or fishing with your split cane rod
[01:56.011]或是执竹竿静待鱼讯
[01:56.011]You were never any good with money
[01:59.449]你向来不善理财之道
[01:59.449]You couldn't even hold a job
[02:02.761]连份工作都难以保住
[02:02.761]When the second war came along
[02:05.385]当二战烽烟再起时
[02:05.385]You knew what should be done
[02:07.835]你明白使命在召唤
[02:07.835]You would re-enlist to teach young men
[02:11.243]重返军营教导新兵
[02:11.243]The booby trap and the gun
[02:13.840]陷阱布设与枪械操练
[02:13.840]And they sent you home to Yorkshire
[02:17.042]而后你带着机枪班
[02:17.042]With a crew and a Lewis gun
[02:19.660]奉命驻守约克郡海岸
[02:19.660]So you could save your seaside town
[02:23.149]为守护海滨故乡
[02:23.149]From the bombers of the Hun
[02:25.647]抵御敌机狂轰滥炸
[02:25.647]You were never any good with money
[02:28.847]你向来不善理财之道
[02:28.847]You couldn't even hold a job
[02:31.781]连份工作都难以保住
[02:31.781]Not steady enough for the office
[02:34.915]文职嫌你不够稳重
[02:34.915]Not hard enough for the hod
[02:37.709]苦力又嫌你不够硬朗
[02:37.709]You'd rather be finding the nightjar's nest
[02:40.861]你更愿寻觅夜莺的巢
[02:40.861]Going fishing with your split cane rod
[02:43.627]带着竹钓竿逐浪垂钓
[02:43.627]You were never any good with money
[02:47.023]你向来不善理财之道
[02:47.023]You couldn't even hold a job
[02:49.585]连份工作都难以保住
[02:49.585]And when my mother came to your door
[02:52.814]当母亲抱着婴儿来到你门前
[02:52.814]With a baby in her arm
[02:55.751]臂弯里躺着九岁的我
[02:55.751]Her big hurt boy just nine years old
[02:59.523]那个满心伤痕的大男孩
[02:59.523]Trying to keep her from harm
[03:02.047]拼命想护她周全
[03:02.047]If you had been a practical man
[03:05.088]若你是个务实的人
[03:05.088]You would have been forewarned
[03:07.839]早该预见这结局
[03:07.839]You would have seen that it never could work
[03:10.807]就会明白这段情终成空
[03:10.807]And I would have never been born
[03:18.087]世上便不会有我存在
[03:18.087]Never Any Good - Martin Simpson
[03:37.596]永不妥协 - 马丁·辛普森
[03:37.596]There's no proper work in your seaside town
[03:40.692]海滨小镇难觅正经工作
[03:40.692]So you come here looking for a job
[03:43.394]你便来此寻找谋生之道
[03:43.394]You were storeman at the power station
[03:46.688]曾在发电站当仓库管理员
[03:46.688]Just before I came along
[03:49.683]恰在我出生之前
[03:49.683]Nobody talked about how you quit
[03:52.368]无人提及你为何离职
[03:52.368]But I know that's what you did
[03:55.277]但我心知肚明
[03:55.277]My mother said you were a selfish man
[03:58.576]母亲说你是个自私之人
[03:58.576]And I was your selfish kid
[04:00.942]我曾是你自私的孩子
[04:00.942]You were never any good with money
[04:04.476]你向来不善理财之道
[04:04.476]You couldn't even hold a job
[04:07.378]连份工作都难以保住
[04:07.378]Not steady enough for the office
[04:10.513]文职嫌你不够稳重
[04:10.513]Not hard enough for the hod
[04:13.591]苦力又嫌你不够硬朗
[04:13.591]And your Norton it was soon gone
[04:16.419]你的诺顿摩托很快消失
[04:16.419]Along with your split cane rod
[04:19.335]连同那根分节钓竿
[04:19.335]You were never any good with money
[04:22.350]你向来不善理财之道
[04:22.350]You couldn't even hold a job
[04:24.994]连份工作都难以保住
[04:24.994]You showed me eyebright in the hedgerow
[04:28.668]却教会我辨识树篱间的琉璃苣
[04:28.668]Speedwell and travellers joy
[04:31.604]还有婆婆纳与铁线莲
[04:31.604]You showed me how to use my eyes
[04:34.652]在我还是懵懂少年时
[04:34.652]When I was just a boy
[04:37.402]你教会我如何观察世界
[04:37.402]And you taught me how to love a song
[04:40.175]更教会我用心感受音乐之美
[04:40.175]And all you knew of nature's ways
[04:43.275]你所知晓的自然之道
[04:43.275]The greatest gifts I have ever known
[04:46.492]是我此生最珍贵的礼物
[04:46.492]And I use them every day
[04:49.271]我每日都在运用它们
[04:49.271]You were never any good with money
[04:52.431]你向来不善理财之道
[04:52.431]You couldn't even hold a job
[04:55.412]连份工作都难以保住
[04:55.412]Not steady enough for the office maybe
[04:58.351]或许不够稳重坐办公室
[04:58.351]Not hard enough for the hod
[05:01.540]苦力又嫌你不够硬朗
[05:01.540]You'd rather be riding your Norton
[05:03.830]你宁愿骑着诺顿摩托飞驰
[05:03.830]Or going fishing with your split cane rod
[05:07.318]或是带着竹钓竿去垂钓
[05:07.318]You were never any good with money
[05:10.650]你向来不善理财之道
[05:10.650]You couldn't even hold a job
[05:14.121]连份工作都难以保住
[05:14.121]
文本歌词
You were never any good with money
你向来不善理财之道
You couldn't even hold a job
连份工作都难以保住
Not steady enough for the office
文职嫌你不够稳重
Not hard enough for the hod
苦力又嫌你不够硬朗
You'd rather be riding your Norton
你宁愿骑着诺顿摩托飞驰
Or going fishing with your split cane rod
或是带着竹钓竿去垂钓
You were never any good with money
你向来不善理财之道
You couldn't even hold a job
连份工作都难以保住
When your grammar school days were over
当你的文法学校时光结束
It was nineteen-seventeen
那是1917年
And you did the right and proper thing
你做了正确而体面的事
You were just eighteen
那时你才十八岁
You were never mentioned in dispatches
战报中从未提及你的名字
You never mentioned what you did or saw
你也从不提起所见所闻
You were just another keen young man
你只是又一个热血青年
In the mud and stink of war
深陷战争的泥泞与硝烟
You were never any good with money
你向来不善理财之道
You couldn't even hold a job
连份工作都难以保住
Not steady enough for the office
文职嫌你不够稳重
Not hard enough for the hod
苦力又嫌你不够硬朗
You'd rather be singing the Pirate King
你宁愿高唱海盗之王
Or going fishing with your split cane rod
或是带着竹钓竿去垂钓
You were never any good with money
你向来不善理财之道
You couldn't even hold a job
连份工作都难以保住
You came home from the Great War
你从大战中归来
With the pips of a captain's rank
肩章上缀着上尉军衔
A German officer's Luger
带着德国军官的鲁格手枪
And no money in the bank
却身无分文
Your family sent you down in the coal mine
家人将你送往煤矿
To learn to be captain there
想让你在那里当个工头
But you didn't stand it very long
但你没能坚持太久
You needed the light and the air
你渴望阳光与自由
You were never any good with money
你向来不善理财之道
You couldn't even hold a job
连份工作都难以保住
Not steady enough for the office
文职嫌你不够稳重
Not hard enough for the hod
苦力又嫌你不够硬朗
You'd rather be watching performers fly
你宁愿看飞鸟掠过天际
Or fishing with your split cane rod
或是执竹竿静待鱼讯
You were never any good with money
你向来不善理财之道
You couldn't even hold a job
连份工作都难以保住
When the second war came along
当二战烽烟再起时
You knew what should be done
你明白使命在召唤
You would re-enlist to teach young men
重返军营教导新兵
The booby trap and the gun
陷阱布设与枪械操练
And they sent you home to Yorkshire
而后你带着机枪班
With a crew and a Lewis gun
奉命驻守约克郡海岸
So you could save your seaside town
为守护海滨故乡
From the bombers of the Hun
抵御敌机狂轰滥炸
You were never any good with money
你向来不善理财之道
You couldn't even hold a job
连份工作都难以保住
Not steady enough for the office
文职嫌你不够稳重
Not hard enough for the hod
苦力又嫌你不够硬朗
You'd rather be finding the nightjar's nest
你更愿寻觅夜莺的巢
Going fishing with your split cane rod
带着竹钓竿逐浪垂钓
You were never any good with money
你向来不善理财之道
You couldn't even hold a job
连份工作都难以保住
And when my mother came to your door
当母亲抱着婴儿来到你门前
With a baby in her arm
臂弯里躺着九岁的我
Her big hurt boy just nine years old
那个满心伤痕的大男孩
Trying to keep her from harm
拼命想护她周全
If you had been a practical man
若你是个务实的人
You would have been forewarned
早该预见这结局
You would have seen that it never could work
就会明白这段情终成空
And I would have never been born
世上便不会有我存在
Never Any Good - Martin Simpson
永不妥协 - 马丁·辛普森
There's no proper work in your seaside town
海滨小镇难觅正经工作
So you come here looking for a job
你便来此寻找谋生之道
You were storeman at the power station
曾在发电站当仓库管理员
Just before I came along
恰在我出生之前
Nobody talked about how you quit
无人提及你为何离职
But I know that's what you did
但我心知肚明
My mother said you were a selfish man
母亲说你是个自私之人
And I was your selfish kid
我曾是你自私的孩子
You were never any good with money
你向来不善理财之道
You couldn't even hold a job
连份工作都难以保住
Not steady enough for the office
文职嫌你不够稳重
Not hard enough for the hod
苦力又嫌你不够硬朗
And your Norton it was soon gone
你的诺顿摩托很快消失
Along with your split cane rod
连同那根分节钓竿
You were never any good with money
你向来不善理财之道
You couldn't even hold a job
连份工作都难以保住
You showed me eyebright in the hedgerow
却教会我辨识树篱间的琉璃苣
Speedwell and travellers joy
还有婆婆纳与铁线莲
You showed me how to use my eyes
在我还是懵懂少年时
When I was just a boy
你教会我如何观察世界
And you taught me how to love a song
更教会我用心感受音乐之美
And all you knew of nature's ways
你所知晓的自然之道
The greatest gifts I have ever known
是我此生最珍贵的礼物
And I use them every day
我每日都在运用它们
You were never any good with money
你向来不善理财之道
You couldn't even hold a job
连份工作都难以保住
Not steady enough for the office maybe
或许不够稳重坐办公室
Not hard enough for the hod
苦力又嫌你不够硬朗
You'd rather be riding your Norton
你宁愿骑着诺顿摩托飞驰
Or going fishing with your split cane rod
或是带着竹钓竿去垂钓
You were never any good with money
你向来不善理财之道
You couldn't even hold a job
连份工作都难以保住