Bought And Sold-Dar Williams

[ti:Bought And Sold] [ar:Dar Williams] [al:End Of The Summer] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Bought And Sold - Dar Williams
以下歌词翻译由微信翻译提供 [00:09.60]Well we're heading for a past that you leave not defend
我们正走向你不愿为过去辩护的过去 [00:13.92] [00:16.29]Where the downtowns hold the sadness of you can't go back again
繁华都市承载着你无法回头的悲伤 [00:20.73] [00:23.35]It's there you'll find the rust and debtors
它就在那里你会发现它的缺点和缺点 [00:25.60] [00:26.10]Motel signs with missing letters
汽车旅馆的招牌上缺了几个字母 [00:28.04] [00:32.35]Cause there's a monster on the outskirts
因为郊区有个怪物 [00:34.79]Says it knows what your town needs
说它知道你的城市需要什么 [00:37.35] [00:38.98]Then it eats it up like nothing
然后就被它完全吞噬 [00:41.35]And it won't spit out the seeds
它不会吐出种子 [00:43.60] [00:48.35]And we can be the super shoppers
我们可以成为超级购物者 [00:50.72]We can say we're really smart
我们可以说我们真的很聪明 [00:52.35] [00:54.71]We can say our town is doing fine without a beating heart
我们可以说我们的城市没有一颗跳动的心也过得很好 [00:59.90] [01:01.52]We can even say the money saved is all our own
我们甚至可以说省下的钱都是我们自己的 [01:05.34] [01:06.46]It's bought and sold it's bought and sold
一切都是买来卖去的 [01:10.28] [01:14.90]And we're heading for a nasty business
我们即将面对一场腥风血雨 [01:17.96]Keeps our country growing
让我们的国家不断发展 [01:19.46] [01:21.52]Where the weapons that we're selling are the only seeds we're sowing
我们贩卖的武器就是我们播下的唯一种子 [01:26.53] [01:28.28]You get to blow the fruits of all your labors
你可以毁掉你所有的劳动成果 [01:31.09]Sell F-16's to all the neighbors
把F-16卖给所有邻居 [01:33.65] [01:36.28]And we know that it's for money
我们知道这是为了钱 [01:38.03] [01:38.58]And that's how the west gets bargained
这就是西方人讨价还价的方式 [01:41.40] [01:42.84]You the know the last time this happened
你知道上一次这种事情发生的时候 [01:45.34]Even Vietnam got jargoned
就连越南都搞不懂 [01:47.64] [01:52.27]And you can say they're out to hunt you
你可以说他们是来找你的 [01:54.77]You can say they're out to fish you
你可以说他们是来钓鱼的 [01:56.96] [01:58.84]You can join a gang of restless boys
你可以加入一群焦躁不安的男孩 [02:01.77]Or start your own militia
或者成立你自己的民兵组织 [02:03.52] [02:05.52]You can even say your violence is all your own
你甚至可以说你的暴力都是你自找的 [02:09.21] [02:10.59]It's bought and sold it's bought and sold
一切都是买来卖去的 [02:14.15] [03:01.58]Well I look up to the people who are less bought than I
我敬重那些没我有钱的人 [03:06.21] [03:08.21]You can show them what you're selling
你可以让他们看看你在卖什么 [03:10.64]And they'll only ask you why
他们只会问你为什么 [03:13.08] [03:14.90]And their paychecks don't have lots of zeros
他们的薪水也没有多少零 [03:17.45] [03:17.96]They're my friends and they're my heroes
他们是我的朋友也是我的英雄 [03:20.20] [03:24.27]And the TV sets are angry cause they just can't make em pay
电视机怒火中烧因为他们无法让他们付出代价 [03:28.71] [03:30.77]But I like the way these people read the signs and walk away
但我喜欢这些人看了一眼就转身离去的样子 [03:36.89] [03:41.58]And we can call ourselves the makers
我们可以称自己为创造者 [03:44.02]And the keepers of the times
时代的守护者 [03:46.14] [03:48.08]We can spend our sand dollars
我们可以尽情挥霍 [03:50.58]And sand nickels and sand dimes
一分一秒地挣钱 [03:53.27] [03:54.77]We can even say prosperity is all our own
我们甚至可以说繁荣属于我们自己 [03:58.64] [03:59.83]It's bought and sold it's bought and sold
一切都是买来卖去的 [04:03.46] [04:05.39]We can even say our loneliness is all our own
我们甚至可以说我们的孤独都是自己造成的 [04:09.27] [04:10.27]It's bought and sold it's bought and sold
一切都是买来卖去的 [04:14.14] [04:15.61]It's bought and sold it's bought and sold
一切都是买来卖去的