The Story-Ani Difranco

[ti:The Story] [ar:Ani Difranco] [al:Ani DiFranco] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Story (Remastered) - Ani Difranco [00:17.01]I would have returned your greeting
我会回应你的问候 [00:19.82] [00:20.64]If it weren't for the way you were looking at me
如果你不是以那样的方式看着我 [00:24.83] [00:25.64]This street is not a market
这条街不是市场 [00:29.08]And I am not a commodity
我也不是货物 [00:33.83] [00:35.07]Don't you find it sad that we can't even say hello
我们连招呼都不打 你不觉得可悲吗 [00:42.45] [00:44.20]'Cause you're a man
因为你是个男人 [00:46.57]And I'm a woman
而我是个女人 [00:47.32]And the sun is getting low
太阳快落山了 [00:52.08] [00:59.77]There are some places that I can't go
有一些地方是我不能去的 [01:03.95]As a woman I can't go there
因为我是个女人 所以我不能去 [01:05.95]And as a person I don't care
但是作为一个人 我不在乎 [01:08.02]I don't go for the hey baby what's your name
我不会去争取的 宝贝 你叫什么名字 [01:12.33]And I'd alone thank you
我很感谢你 [01:14.71]Just the same
还是这样 [01:16.77]I am up again against
我又起来了 [01:18.70]The skin of my guitar
开始弹着我的吉他 [01:20.08]In the window of my life
在我的生命之窗里 [01:21.89]Looking out through the bars
只能看见酒吧 [01:23.90]I am sounding out the silence
我想要保持沉默 [01:26.02]Avoiding all the words
避免说出所有话语 [01:27.57]I'm afraid I've said too much
我害怕我说得太多 [01:30.15]I'm afraid of who has heard me
我害怕有人听到我的话 [01:33.70] [01:48.65]My father he told me the story
我爸爸跟我说了这个故事 [01:51.33]And it was true
这个故事是真的 [01:54.58]For his time
在他的那个年代里 [01:56.65]But now the story's different
但现在故事变得不一样了 [01:59.96]Maybe I should tell him mine
也许我应该告诉他关于我的故事 [02:04.66]All the girls line up here
所有的女孩 在这里排队 [02:06.53]All the boys on the other side
所有的男孩 去另一边 [02:08.98]I see your ranks are advancing
我看见你的排名在上升 [02:10.79]I see mine are left behind
我看见我的排名远远在后 [02:13.35]I am up again against
我又起来了 [02:15.04]The skin of my guitar
开始弹着我的吉他 [02:17.04]In the window of my life
在我的生命之窗里 [02:18.85]Looking out through the bars
只能看见酒吧 [02:20.79]I am sounding out the silence
我想要保持沉默 [02:23.61]Avoiding all the words
避免说话 [02:24.61]I'm afraid I can never say enough
我害怕我永远都说不够 [02:26.85]I'm afraid no one has heard me
我害怕没人听见我的话 [02:33.35] [02:45.42]And despite all the balls that I've been thrown
除开那些所有我扔出去的球 [02:48.73]And forced to drop
还有被迫丢掉的球 [02:50.98]On the social totem pole
按照社会等级排名 [02:52.85]I'm preciously close to the top
我非常接近第一名 [02:55.54]The put you in your place
他们让你站在适当的地方 [02:57.73]And they tell you to behave
告诉你要好好表现 [02:59.85]But no one can be free
但没有人是自由的 [03:02.29]Until we're all on even grade
直到我们达到平均水准 [03:07.29]And I would have returned your greeting
我会回应你的问候 [03:11.61]If it weren't for the way you were looking at me
如果你没有以那样的方式看着我