National Ransom - Elvis Costello

National Ransom - Elvis Costello (埃尔维斯 科斯特洛)
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Written by：Elvis Costello

Runnin' pell mell and harum scarum
横冲直撞 肆无忌惮
Runnin' as hot as
疯狂奔逃 不顾一切
They do or dare
他们敢作敢为
Stick out your tongue and
伸出你的舌头
Drink down all the venom
饮尽所有毒液
Off cut throat cuthbert
来自冷酷无情的库斯伯特
And Millicent St. Cyr
和米莉森特·圣西尔
From the real old Macau
从古老的澳门
To the new False Americas
致那虚伪的新美利坚
In the liberated territories
在这片所谓解放的土地上
Unusual suspects shake down
可疑分子们正在搜刮
Shake down shake down
搜刮 不停地搜刮
Various dubious characters
形形色色的可疑人物
Mother's in the kitchen
母亲在厨房里
Pickin' bones for breakfast
挑拣着早餐的残渣
Boilin' them down by
把它们熬煮成汤
The bushel and the score
一斗又一斗的量器
Pull out your thumb and
伸出你的拇指
Count what's left on your fist
数数拳头上还剩下什么
There's a wolf at the window
窗外有匹狼
With a ravenin' maw
张着贪婪的血口
Did you find how to lie
你可学会了欺骗
Did you find out how to cheat
你可找到了作弊的诀窍
The elite bleat their obsolete
权贵们咩咩叫着陈词滥调
So are your prospects
这就是你们的远大前程
Exact perfect object
完美无缺的傀儡
Now if you'd only genuflect
现在只需卑躬屈膝
They're runnin' wild just like some
他们像失控的孩子般
Childish tantrum
肆意撒野
Meanwhile we're workin' every day
而我们日复一日劳作
Payin' off the National Ransom
偿还国家的债务
Woe betide all this hocus pocus
这场骗局终将自食恶果
They're runnin' us ragged
他们把我们折磨得精疲力竭
At their first attempt
初次尝试便如此狠厉
Around the time the killin'
就在华尔街的杀戮
Stopped on Wall St.
刚刚停息之时
You couldn't hold me baby
你无法束缚我亲爱的
With anythin' but contempt
除了轻蔑别无他法
Letters peal slowly from our speech
言语中的锋芒渐渐褪去
The claxton attempts to preach
警铃试图说教布道
Stretchin' out for stars
伸手触碰星辰
Still out of reach
却依然遥不可及
Drownin' flailin' outside
在外挣扎沉浮
Someone's wailin'
有人哀嚎痛哭
They're runnin' wild just like some
他们像失控的孩子般
Childish tantrum
肆意撒野
Meanwhile we're workin' every day
而我们日复一日劳作
Payin' off the National Ransom
偿还国家的债务
They're runnin' wild just like some
他们像失控的孩子般
Childish tantrum
肆意撒野
Meanwhile we're workin' every day
而我们日复一日劳作
Payin' off the National Ransom
偿还国家的债务