Brooklyn Roads - Neil Diamond

Brooklyn Roads - Neil Diamond (尼尔·戴蒙德)
TME享有本翻译作品的著作权
Composed by：Neil Diamond

If I close my eyes
如果我闭上眼睛
I can almost hear my mother
我依稀可以听见我的妈妈
Callin' "Neil go find your brother
呼唤着 Neil 去找你的哥哥
Daddy's home and it's time for supper
爸爸回到家里 现在是晚餐时间了
Hurry on"
快一点
And I see two boys
我看见两个男孩
Racin' up two flights of staircase
迅速爬上两层楼梯
Squirmin' into Papa's embrace
蜷缩在爸爸的怀抱里
And his whiskers warm on their face
他的胡须给他们的脸庞带来温暖
Where's it gone
这一切到底去了哪里
Oh where's it gone
这一切到底去了哪里
Two floors above the butcher
在肉店的两层楼之上
First door on the right
右边的第一道门
And life filled to the brim
生活充盈
As I stood by my window
当我伫立于窗边
And looked out on those
望着窗外那些
Brooklyn Roads
布鲁克林的街道
I can still recall
我依然可以记得
The smells of cookin' in the hallways
走廊里弥漫着烹煮食物的味道
Rubbers drying in the doorways
门口晾着橡胶鞋套
And report cards I was always
那些成绩单 我总是
Afraid to show
害怕拿出来
Mama'd come to school
妈妈来到学校
And as I sit there softly crying
当我坐在那里 轻声啜泣
Teacher'd say "He's just not trying
老师说 他只是不愿意努力
Got a good head if he'd apply it
如果他愿意用功 他一定会聪明过人
But you know yourself
但你了解自己
It's always somewhere else"
总是把聪明才智用在别的地方
I built me a castle
我给我自己修筑一座城堡
With dragons and kings
里面住着恶龙和国王
And I'd ride off with them
我会和他们一起骑马离开
As I stood by my window
当我伫立于窗边
And looked out on those
望着窗外那些
Brooklyn roads
布鲁克林的街道
Thought of going back
思索着回到过去
But all I'd see are stranger's faces
但我只看见陌生人的脸庞
And all the scars that love erases
所有被爱抚平的伤痕
But as my mind walks through those places
但是当我的思绪穿越这些地方
I'm wonderin'
我思索着
What's come of them
他们究竟怎么样
Does some other young boy
其他的小男孩是否会
Come home to my room
回来进入我的房间
Does he dream what I did
他是否会梦见我的所作所为
As he stands by my window
当他伫立于我的窗边
And looks out on those
望着窗外那些
Brooklyn roads
布鲁克林的街道
Brooklyn roads
布鲁克林的街道