Foreign Affair-Tom Waits

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[00:13.79]When travelling abroad in the continental style
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当我在欧洲大陆旅行时 [00:19.86]It's my belief one must attempt to be discreet
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这是我的信念 一个人必须谨慎地去尝试 [00:31.09]And subsequently bear in mind your transient position
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你要记住你每个所处的位置 [00:37.34]Allows you a perspective that's unique
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要让你自己视角独特 [00:44.05]Though you'll find your itinerary's a blessing and a curse
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你会发现你的行程是福也是祸 [00:51.56]Your wanderlust won't let you settle down
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你的流浪癖不会让你安定下来 [00:58.84]And you'll wonder how you ever fathomed that you'd be content
[01:06.00]To stay within the city limits of a small midwestern town
你很想知道 你如何了解那些让你满足的事物 [01:14.73]Most vagabonds i knowed don't ever want to find the culprit
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待在这个中西部的小镇里 在市区范围之内 [01:22.57]That remains the object of their long relentless quest
[01:29.07]The obsession's in the chasing and not the apprehending
我认识大部分的流浪者 他们却不想去找到那个罪魁祸首 [01:33.51]
[01:37.56]The pursuit you see and never the arrest
他们仍然在长期不懈地追求 [01:40.38]
[01:48.60]Without fear of contradiction bon voyage is always hollered
在执著地追求 而不是去理解 [01:53.69]
[01:56.13]In conjunction with a handkerchief from shore
你看见你所追求的 却从未得到 [01:59.56]
[02:02.76]By a girl that drives a rambler and furthermore
不用担心矛盾 一直都在喊着一路平安 [02:08.70]Is overly concerned that she won't see him anymore
在海岸上挥舞着手帕 [02:12.88]
[02:16.26]Planes and trains and boats and buses
一个女孩吸引了一个四处徘徊的人 [02:21.60]Characteristically evoke a common attitude of blue
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而且过于担心她不会再见到他 [02:34.04]Unless you have a suitcase and a ticket and a passport
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飞机 火车 轮船和公共汽车 [02:41.38]And the cargo that they're carrying is you
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这样的交通方式会很容易让人们伤感 [02:52.92]A foreign affair juxtaposed with a stateside
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除非你有一个手提箱 一张机票 还有护照 [03:00.98]And domestically approved romantic fancy
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或者一箱货 他们才会带上你 [03:09.22]Is mysteriously attractive due to circumstances knowing
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国外事务和国内问题现在同样重要 [03:16.91]It will only be parlayed into a memory

国内已经认可这种浪漫幻想