Getting Ready For Christmas Day - Paul Simon

From early in November
从十一月的上旬
To the last week of December
到十二月的最后一周
I got money matters weighing me down
财务紧缺 让我负担沉重
Oh the music may be merry
音乐很欢快
But it's only temporary
但昙花一现
I know Santa Claus is coming to town
我知道圣诞老人要来到城里
In the days I work my day job
在这些日子里 我一直都在工作
In the nights I work my night
晚上我要工作到深夜
But it all comes down to working man's pay
但这一切都只让我拿着工人的薪水
Getting ready I'm getting ready
准备好了 我已经准备好了
Ready for Christmas Day
已经为圣诞节准备好了
Getting ready for Christmas Day
为圣诞节做好准备
And let me tell you namely
让我告诉你 也就是说
The undertaker he's getting ready for your body
那个承办方 他已经为了你准备好了
Not only that the jailer he's getting ready for you
不仅仅如此 看守监狱的人也为你准备好了
Christmas day Hmm And not only the jailer
圣诞节 不仅仅是看守监狱的人的节日
But the lawyer the police force
还有律师 警察部队
Now getting ready for Christmas day
现在已经为了圣诞节准备好了
And I want you to bear it in mind
而且我希望你能够记在心上
I got a nephew in Iraq
我有个侄子在伊拉克
It's his third time back
这是他第三次回来
But it's ending up the way it began
但是在开始的时候就已经结束了
With the luck of a beginner
拥有一个初学者的好运
He'll be eating turkey dinner
他会吃火鸡大餐
On some mountain top in Pakistan
在巴基斯坦的山顶上
Getting ready oh we're getting ready
准备好了 我们已经准备好了
For the power and the glory
为了权利和荣耀
And the story of the Christmas day
还有关于圣诞节的故事
Getting ready for Christmas day
准备好了 为圣诞节准备好了
Done made it up in your mind that I'm going
你自己好好想想
New York Philadelphia Chicago
我要去纽约 费城和芝加哥
I'm going on a trip getting ready
我要去旅行 准备好了
For Christmas day
为了圣诞节
But when Christmas come
但是当圣诞节来到
Nobody knows where you'll be
没有人知道你在哪里
You might ask me
你也许会问我
I may be layin' in some lonesome grave
我也许会躺在一些孤寂的坟墓里
Getting ready for Christmas day
准备好了 为圣诞节准备好了
Getting ready oh we're getting ready
准备好了 我们已经准备好了
For the power and the glory
为了权利和荣耀
And the story of the Christmas day
还有关于圣诞节的故事
Yes we're getting ready
是的 我们已经准备好了
Getting ready ready for your prayers
准备好了 为你的祈祷准备好了
I'm going and see my relatives in a distant land
我要去遥远的地方去看我的亲戚
Getting ready getting ready for Christmas day
准备好了 为圣诞节准备好了
If I could tell my Mom and Dad
如果我可以告诉我的父母
That the things we never had
我们从来没有拥有的东西
Never mattered we were always okay
永远不要担心 我们会一直很好
Getting ready oh ready for Christmas day
准备好了 为圣诞节准备好了
Ready getting ready
准备好了
For the power and the glory
为了权利和荣耀
And the story of the Christmas day
还有关于圣诞节的故事