Stones In The Road-Mary Chapin Carpenter

[ti:Stones In The Road] [ar:Various] [al:Pure... Singer Songwriters] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Stones In The Road - Mary Chapin Carpenter [00:30.16]When we were young we pledged allegiance
在我们年轻的时候 我们承诺效忠 [00:32.67] [00:33.98]Every morning of our lives
在生命中的每一个早晨 [00:36.74] [00:37.51]The classroom rang with children's voices
教室里回荡着孩子们的声音 [00:40.59] [00:41.35]Under teacher's watchful eye
在老师专注的眼神下 [00:43.40] [00:44.76]We learned about the world around us
我们探索我们周围的世界 [00:47.91] [00:48.78]At our desks and at dinnertime
在我们的书桌旁 在用餐的时间 [00:50.89] [00:52.20]Reminded of the starving children
想起了那些饥饿的孩子们 [00:55.17] [00:55.96]We cleaned our plates with guilty minds
我们怀着内疚的心情吃着盘子里的午餐 [00:58.16] [00:59.95]And the stones in the road
那些道路上的石头 [01:02.19] [01:02.84]Shone like diamonds in the dust
像灰尘中的钻石一样发着光 [01:05.95] [01:06.90]And then a voice called to us
接着一个声音呼唤着我们 [01:09.43] [01:10.13]To make our way back home
呼唤着我们回家 [01:13.17] [01:14.36]When I was ten my father held me
当我只有十岁的时候 我的父亲抱着我 [01:17.28] [01:18.14]On his shoulders above the crowd
在人群之中 将我高高举在肩膀上 [01:20.71] [01:21.70]To see a train draped in mourning
让我看一列满载哀悼的火车 [01:24.36] [01:26.20]Pass slowly through our town
缓慢地穿过我们的小镇 [01:28.03] [01:29.36]His widow kneeled with all their children
他的遗孀带着所有的孩子跪在那里 [01:32.08] [01:33.07]At the sacred burial ground
在那神圣的墓地 [01:35.46] [01:36.30]And the TV glowed that long hot summer
电视照亮了那个漫长炎热的夏天 [01:39.69] [01:40.40]With all the cities burning down
所有的城市都像被火烧过一样 [01:42.88] [01:44.31]And the stones in the road
那些道路上的石头 [01:46.32] [01:47.32]Flew out beneath our bicycle tires
在我们的自行车胎下飞走 [01:50.38] [01:51.39]Worlds removed from all those fires
世界随着这些火焰移动 [01:54.27] [01:54.80]As we raced each other home
我们也比赛着跑回了各自的家 [01:57.61] [02:27.03]And now we drink our coffee on the run
现在我们匆忙喝着我们的咖啡 [02:29.88] [02:30.84]We climb that ladder rung by rung
我们顺着阶梯一级一级不断地往上爬 [02:33.98] [02:34.53]We are the daughters and the sons
我们是女儿和儿子们 [02:37.47] [02:38.21]And here's the line that's missing
而这些是我们未曾看到的界限 [02:40.97] [02:44.21]The starving children have been replaced
那些饥饿的孩子已经被取代了 [02:46.92] [02:47.84]By souls out on the street
被那些街上的游魂取代 [02:49.90] [02:51.07]We give a dollar when we pass
在我们经过时会给他们一美元 [02:54.02] [02:55.01]And hope our eyes don't meet
并且希望我们的目光不会交汇 [02:57.22] [02:58.84]We pencil in we cancel out
我们计划着 最后又取消 [03:01.55] [03:02.16]We crave the corner suite
我们渴望着在角落的套房 [03:04.71] [03:05.86]We kiss your a** we make you hold
我们拍你马屁 我们让你挺住 [03:08.66] [03:09.50]We doctor the receipt
我们伪造着收据 [03:11.19] [03:14.03]And the stones in the road
那些道路上的石头 [03:16.14] [03:16.85]They fly out from beneath our wheels
他们在我们的车轮下飞走 [03:19.92] [03:20.75]Another day another deal
又一天 又一个交易 [03:23.10] [03:24.18]Before we get back home
在我们回家之前 [03:26.16] [03:28.44]Stones in the road
那些道路上的石头 [03:30.38] [03:31.54]Leave a mark from whence they came
在他们来的地方留下一个标记 [03:34.70] [03:35.60]A thousand points of light or shame
无数的闪光点或羞愧 [03:38.72] [03:39.65]Baby I don't know
宝贝 我不知道