Tramp The Dirt Down-Elvis Costello

[ti:Tramp The Dirt Down] [ar:Elvis Costello] [al:Extreme Honey: The Very Best Of The Warner Brothers Years] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Tramp The Dirt Down - Elvis Costello (埃尔维斯 科斯特洛)
以下歌词翻译由微信翻译提供 [00:14.94]I saw a newspaper picture
我在报纸上看到一张照片 [00:19.82]From the political campaign
从政治运动 [00:24.60]A woman was kissing a child
一个女人亲吻一个小孩 [00:29.03] [00:29.68]Who was obviously in pain
她显然很痛苦 [00:34.03] [00:34.54]She spills with compassion
她大发慈悲 [00:38.77] [00:39.71]As that young child's
就像那个小孩 [00:41.16]Face in her hands she grips
她双手紧握脸庞 [00:44.14] [00:44.93]Can you imagine all that greed and avarice
你能否想象我的贪婪和贪婪 [00:51.93]Coming down on that child's lips
落在孩子的唇上 [00:55.69] [00:56.88]Well I hope I don't die too soon
我希望我不会死得太早 [01:01.29] [01:02.21]I pray the Lord my soul to save
我祈求上帝拯救我的灵魂 [01:06.79]Yes I'll be a good boy
我会做个好男孩 [01:10.93] [01:12.20]I'm trying so hard to behave
我拼尽全力做好自己 [01:16.40] [01:17.13]Because there's one thing I know
因为我知道一件事 [01:21.09] [01:21.78]I'd like to live
我想好好活着 [01:23.09]Long enough to savour
细细品味 [01:26.44] [01:27.86]That's when they finally put you in the ground
他们终于把你埋在土里 [01:37.16] [01:38.02]I'll stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down
我会站在你的墓碑前让你的坟墓土崩瓦解 [01:50.20] [01:53.30]When England was the whore of the world [01:56.59] [01:57.20]Margaret was her madam
玛格丽特是她的夫人 [02:00.75] [02:03.42]And the future looked as bright and as clear as
未来看起来一片光明一片明朗 [02:07.21]The black tarmacadam
黑色的塔尔马卡达 [02:11.40] [02:13.37]Well I hope that she sleeps well at night isn't
我希望她晚上睡得好 [02:18.97]Haunted by every tiny detail
被每一个细节困扰 [02:22.81] [02:23.68]When she held that lovely face in her hands
当她把可爱的脸庞捧在手心 [02:27.58]All she thought of was betrayal
她满脑子都是背叛 [02:31.69] [02:43.13]And now the cynical ones say
现在愤世嫉俗的人说 [02:48.73]That it all ends the same in the long run
从长远来看这一切的结局都是一样的 [02:52.94] [02:53.48]Try telling that to the desperate father
把这话告诉绝望的父亲 [02:58.58]Who just squeezed the life from his
从他的生命里夺走了生命 [03:01.33] [03:02.17]Only son
唯一的儿子 [03:03.21] [03:04.03]And how it's only voices in your head
你的脑海里只有声音 [03:09.23] [03:10.32]And dreams you never dreamt
还有你从未梦想过的梦想 [03:12.53] [03:14.30]Try telling him the subtle difference
试着告诉他这微妙的区别 [03:19.47]Between justice and contempt
在正义与蔑视之间 [03:24.50]Try telling me she isn't angry with
告诉我她没有生我的气 [03:29.95]This pitiful discontent
这种可怜的不满 [03:33.66] [03:34.58]When they flaunt it in your face as
当他们在你面前炫耀时 [03:39.37]You line up for punishment
你等着接受惩罚 [03:43.33] [03:44.19]And then expect you to say Thank you straighten up
还指望你说谢谢你振作起来 [03:51.21]Look proud and pleased
看起来骄傲又高兴 [03:54.11]Because you've only got the symptoms
因为你只是有一些症状 [03:59.36]You haven't got the whole disease
你没有得到全部的疾病 [04:03.57] [04:04.27]Just like a schoolboy
就像小学生 [04:06.58]Whose head's like a tin-can filled up with dreams
她的脑袋就像一个装满梦想的罐子 [04:11.15]Then poured down the drain
然后又被扔进下水道 [04:13.64] [04:14.25]Try telling that to the boys on both sides
把这些话告诉双方的兄弟们 [04:19.34]Being blown to bits or beaten and
被炸成碎片或者被殴打 [04:23.09]Maimed
受伤的 [04:23.95] [04:25.40]Who takes all the glory and none of the shame
她带走所有的荣耀没有一丝羞耻 [04:34.80] [04:36.82]Well I hope you live long now
我希望你长命百岁 [04:40.55] [04:42.21]I pray the Lord your soul to keep
我祈求上帝守护你的灵魂 [04:46.47] [04:47.16]I think I'll be going before
我想我会在 [04:51.61] [04:52.35]We fold our arms and start to weep
我们张开双臂潸然泪下 [04:56.70] [04:57.50]I never thought for a moment
我从未想过 [05:02.75]That human life could be so cheap
人命可以如此廉价 [05:07.36] [05:08.79]When they finally put you in the ground
当他们终于将你埋葬时 [05:18.26] [05:18.81]They'll stand there laughing and tramp the dirt down
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