So - Tracy Chapman

So you make a little money
你赚到的蝇头小利
Off of somebody else's sweat
是从别人的汗水中剥削而来
So some people starve a little
所以一些人面黄肌瘦
While you get fat
而你富得流油
While you get fat
而你富得流油
So you grind and grind
你压榨劳力
And you push and shove
你推推搡搡
And claim that those most worthy
声称最杰出的人
Will get what they deserve
最终会得到回报
What they deserve
得到回报
It can't be true
你在撒谎
It can't be true
你在撒谎
Because I've seen too many hungry faces
因为我见过太多饥饿的面孔
I've seen too many with the likes of you
我见过太多像你一般的嘴脸
It can't be true
你在撒谎
For you everything has it's price
于你而言，一切皆有价码
You give nothing away for free
你不会无偿给予
If silence were truly golden
如果沉默的确是金
Chapman Tracy

I guess no one could sleep
恐怕没人能睡着
No one could sleep
没人能睡着
You have money at your fingertips
你手握金钱
People at your beck and call
人们听后你差遣
And you're fool enough
你真是愚蠢
To think for a price
以为自己能买下
You can have the whole wide world
整个世界
For all our sake's
为了我们的利益
And all our lives
以及我们的生命
We must hope the words
我们希望
That come from your lips
从你口中说出的话
We must hope those words are lies
我们希望你说出的话全是谎言
For all our sake's
为了我们的利益
And all our lives
以及我们的生命
We must hope the dreams
我们希望梦想
Soulless visions that you have
以及你给出的空洞愿景
Are never realized
从来就没有成真
So
那么
You've got a big house
你有大房子
So what if your pockets are full
钱包鼓鼓又怎样呢
If you have an empty heart
你心灵空荡荡
You snap your fingers
你打着响指
And all the waters part
江水为之断流
So what if the people bow down
倘若人们对你躬身弯腰
If they show you no regard
倘若他们对你嗤之以鼻
Your left hand
你最终会变得
Always watches your right
两手空空
So what if you trust in God
倘若你信奉上帝
If you can't sleep at night
倘若你夜不能寐会如何
You think you've made it
你觉得功成名就
You think you've got what everyone wants
你觉得你拥有别人渴望的一切
So what if you're a big fat man
倘若你富甲一方
With an empty little heart
可心灵却空荡荡那又怎样呢
Who has made a little money
你赚到的蝇头小利
Off of somebody else's sweat
是从别人的汗水中剥削而来
Who watched the people starve
你冷眼瞧着别人忍饥挨饿
While you got fat
而自己却富得流油
While you got fat
而自己却富得流油
You got fat
富得流油
You got fat
富得流油