Dirt Gets Under the Fingernails - Harry Chapin

Dirt Gets Under the Fingernails - Harry Chapin
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Written by：Harry Chapin

Now he was a man who worked with his hands
他是个靠双手谋生的男人
Only in a motor he found peace
只有在马达声中才能找到安宁
He could make an engine sing like a bird
他能让引擎如鸟儿般欢唱
He could find his only lind of release
这是他唯一的解脱方式
When he was up to the elbows in the grease
当油污浸没他的手肘时
She dreamed of a time for painting
她梦想着绘画的时光
As she was cleaning up his stains from the rug
一边清理地毯上他留下的污渍
She'd play all day with their children
一边整天陪伴孩子们玩耍
And try to meet him with a welcome and hug
用拥抱迎接他回家的身影
As he came shuffling through the house with a shrug
看他拖着疲惫步伐走进家门
I tell you dirt gets under the fingernails
油污会渗进指甲缝里
And hate gets under the skin
怨恨会刺痛心底
But a dream got a way of getting down to
但梦想总能直抵
The bone
骨髓深处
And the heart of a body that it's in
扎根在跳动的心房
While he was making magic with his piston machines
当他摆弄活塞引擎创造奇迹时
She was cleaning up the mess he'd left behind
她正收拾着他留下的满地狼藉
She was trying to make it through to the end
她努力支撑着想要熬到
Of the day
这漫长一天的
With a little empty time
短暂闲暇时光
Do the painting that meant peace of mind
用绘画抚慰疲惫的心灵
I tell you dirt gets under the fingernails
油污会渗进指甲缝里
And hate gets under the skin
怨恨会刺痛心底
But a dream got a way of getting down to
但梦想总能直抵
The bone
骨髓深处
And the heart of a body that it's in
扎根在跳动的心房
Well one day she didn't bother 'bout making his bed
某天她不再为他整理床铺
She hurried all the children out the door
匆忙送孩子们出门
And she let the bills and the marketing go
任由账单与采购堆积
And she went and almost bought out an art supply
她几乎买空了整间
Store
美术用品商店
It just so happened that day he got to thinking
那天他忽然若有所思
Of the grease that always covered up his skin
想起机油总沾满双手的日子
So he left the garage a little early
于是提早离开了修车厂
He got a shave and a manicure and trim
剃须修甲 焕然一新
Came out clean as a plaster maniquin
干净得像橱窗里的模特
He came home in a hurry
他匆匆赶回家中
But he almost didn't recognize the place
却差点认不出自己的屋檐
It looked like it'd been hit by a hurricane
仿佛飓风刚刚席卷而过
There was canvas filling every open space
画布铺满每个角落
And she had paint all over her face
颜料沾满她的脸庞
I tell you dirt gets under the fingernails
油污会渗进指甲缝里
And hate gets under the skin
怨恨会刺痛心底
But a dream got a way of getting down to
但梦想总能直抵
The bone
骨髓深处
And the heart of a body that it's in
扎根在跳动的心房
They both stood stunned into silence
两人呆立 陷入沉默
Then their laughter exploded like a shout
随后爆发出开怀大笑
And he went out to make some magic in the
他走向厨房施展魔法
Kitchen
厨房里
The clean man learning what cooking was about
干净男人开始领悟烹饪之道
And the dirty girl painting her messy heart out
邋遢姑娘尽情泼洒斑斓心意
I tell you dirt gets under the fingernails
油污会渗进指甲缝里
And hate gets under the skin
怨恨会刺痛心底
But a dream got a way of getting down to
但梦想总能直抵
The bone
骨髓深处
And the heart of a body that it's in
扎根在跳动的心房