Living For The City (Live/1995)

歌词

• A boy is born in hard time mississippi
• 一个男孩艰难地出生在密西西比
• Surrounded by four walls that ain’t so pretty
• 被四面简陋的墙围着
• His parents give him love and affection
• 他的父母给他爱和关心
• To keep him strong moving in the right direction
• 让他坚强，走向正确的方向
• Living just enough just enough for the city ee ha
• 在这城市生存下去就已足够，呃，哈
• His father works some days for fourteen hours
• 他的爸爸有一段时间每天工作14个小时
• And you can bet he barely makes a dollar
• 你可以打赌他有没有挣到钱
• His mother goes to scrub the floors for many
• 他的妈妈帮有钱人擦地板
• And you’d best believe she hardly gets a penny
• 你最好相信她几乎没有挣到一便士
• Living just enough just enough for the city yeah
• 只要能生存在这个城市就足够了，耶
• His sister’s black but she is sho’nuff pretty
• 他的姐姐回来了，已经长大
• Her skirt is short but lord her legs are sturdy
• 她的裙子很短，但是她的腿很健康
• To walk to school she’s got to get up early
• 为了走到学校去她要早早起床
• Her clothes are old but never are they dirty
• 她的衣服很旧但是永远是干净的
• Living just enough just enough for the city um hum
• 只要能生存在这个城市就足够了，嗯，嗯
• Her brother’s smart he’s got more sense than many
• 她的弟弟很聪明，比别的孩子都懂事
• His patience’s long but soon he won’t have any
• 他很耐心，但是这无法长久
• To find a job is like a haystack needle
• 找到一份工作就如大海捞针
• Cause where he lives they don’t use colored people
• 因为他们生活的地方不看好黑人
• Living just enough just enough for the city
• 只要能生存在这个城市就足够了
• Living just enough For the city
• 只要能生存在这个城市就足够了
• His hair is long his feet are hard and gritty
• 他的头发很长，他的脚步很坚定
• He spends his life walking the streets of new york city
• 他的一生都走在纽约市的街头
• He’s almost dead from breathing in air pollution
• 空气污染让他几乎无法呼吸
• He tried to vote but to him there’s no solution
• 他想要投票，但是没有解决的办法
• Living just enough just enough for the city
• 只要能生存在这个城市就足够了
• Yeah yeah yeah
• 耶耶耶
• I hope you hear inside my voice of sorrow
• 我希望你能听见我的声音里的悲伤
• And that it motivates you to make a better tomorrow
• 那会促使你过好明天
• This place is cruel no where could be much colder
• 这个地方很残忍，没有比这个城市更冷的地方
• If we don’t change the world will soon be over
• 如果我们不改变世界，马上就要结束了
• Living just enough stop giving just enough for the city
• 活下去就足够了，不要再付出，只要活在这个城市就足够

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