A Strange Boy - Joni Mitchell

A strange boy is weaving
一个陌生的男孩在编织
A course of grace and havoc
一段恩典与浩劫的旅程
On a yellow skateboard
踩着黄色滑板
Thru midday sidewalk traffic
穿过中午的人行道
Just when I think he's foolish and childish
就在我觉得他愚蠢幼稚的时候
And I want him to be manly
我希望他有男子气概
I catch my fool and my child
我抓住我的傻瓜和孩子
Needing love and understanding
需要爱和理解
What a strange strange boy
多么奇怪的男孩
He still lives with his family
他依然和家人住在一起
Even the war and the navy
即使是战争和海军
couldn't bring him to maturity
无法让他成熟起来
He keeps referring back to school days
他总是想起学生时代
And clinging to his child
紧紧抱着他的孩子
Fidgeting and bullied
坐立不安任人欺负
His crazy wisdom holding onto something wild
他疯狂的智慧执着于一些疯狂的事情
He asked me to be patient
他要我耐心点
Well I failed
我失败了
Grow up I cried
长大了我哭了
And as the smoke was clearing he said
当烟雾散去他说
Give me one good reason why
给我一个充分的理由
What a strange strange boy
多么奇怪的男孩
He sees the cars as sets of waves
他把汽车视作海浪
Sequences of mass and space
质量和空间的序列
He sees the damage in my face
他看到我脸上的伤痕
We got high on travel
我们在旅途中兴奋无比
And we got drunk on alcohol
我们酩酊大醉
And on love the strongest poison and medicine of all
爱就是最厉害的毒药和解药
See how that feeling comes and goes
看看那种感觉是怎么来的又是怎么样的
Like the pull of moon on tides
就像月球对潮汐的引力
Now I am surf rising
如今我乘风破浪
Now parched ribs of sand at his side
现在他身旁的沙砾已经干枯
What a strange strange boy
多么奇怪的男孩
I gave him clothes and jewelry
我给了他衣服和珠宝
I gave him my warm body
我把我温暖的身体给了他
I gave him power over me
我给了他支配我的权力
A thousand glass eyes were staring
一千双玻璃眼凝视着我
In a cellar full of antique dolls
在一个装满古董娃娃的地下室里
I found an old piano
我找到一架旧钢琴
And sweet chords rose up in waxed New England halls
美妙的旋律在涂了蜡的新英格兰大厅响起
While the boarders were snoring
住宿的人在打呼噜
Under crisp white sheets of curfew
在洁白的宵禁令下
We were newly lovers then
那时我们是新欢
We were fire in the stiff-blue-haired-house-rules
我们是古板的蓝发家族规则中的火焰