Keeping the Faith - Billy Joel

If it seems like I've been lost in let's remember
如果我迷失自我让我们铭记于心
If you think I'm feeling older and missing my younger days
如果你觉得我老了怀念年轻时候
Oh then you should have known me much better
那你应该更了解我
Cause my past is something that never
因为我的过去永远不会
Got in my way
挡我的路
Oh No

Still I would not be here now if I never had the hunger
如果我从未有过渴望我就不会在这里
And I'm not ashamed to say the wild boys were my friends
我并不觉得羞耻放纵不羁的男孩是我的朋友
Oh Cause I never felt the desire
因为我从未有过这种渴望
Till their music set me on fire
直到他们的音乐让我心潮澎湃
And then I was saved yeah
后来我被拯救了
That's why I'm keeping the faith
这是我坚守信念的原因
Yeah yeah yeah yeah Keeping the faith
坚守信念
We wore matador boots only Flagg Brothers had them with the Cuban heel
我们穿着斗牛士战靴只有FlaggBrothers的鞋子是古巴高跟的
Iridescent socks with the same color shirt and a tight pair of chinos
彩虹色袜子搭配同色衬衫和一条紧身裤
Oh I put on my shark skin jacket
我穿上鲨鱼皮夹克
You know the kind with the velvet collar
你知道那种有丝绒项圈的人
And ditty-bop shades
戴着墨镜
Oh yeah

I took a fresh pack of Luckies and a mint called Sen-Sen
我刚买了一包好烟和一颗名叫Sen-Sen的薄荷糖
My old man's Trojans and his Old Spice after shave
我的老爹穿着Trojans运动鞋和他的OldSpice运动鞋
Oh Combed my hair in a pompadour
梳着高发辫
Like the rest of the Romeos wore
就像其他的罗密欧
A permanent wave Yeah
永恒不变的浪潮
We were keeping the faith
我们坚守信念
Yeah yeah yeah yeah Keeping the faith
坚守信念
You can get just so much from a good thing
你可以从一件好事中获益良多
You can linger too long in your dreams
你可以在梦中徘徊太久
Say goodbye to the oldies but goodies
告别那些陈年往事可这是好东西
Cause the good ole days weren't always good
因为那些美好的旧时光并不总是那么美好
And tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems
明天并没有表面上那么糟
Learned stickball as a formal education
在正规教育中学会了棍球
Lost a lot of fights but it taught me how to lose O K
输了很多次但这教会了我如何面对失败
Oh I heard about sex but not enough
我听说了关于性爱的事但还不够
I found you could dance and still look tough anyway
我发现你可以尽情舞蹈看起来依然强悍无比
Oh yes I did
没错我做到了
I found out a man ain't just being macho
我发现男人不只是大男子主义
Ate an awful lot of late night drive-in food
深夜时分吃了很多露天影院的食物
Drank a lot of take-home pay
喝了好多酒挣了很多钱
I thought I was the Duke of Earl
我以为我是Earl公爵
When I made it with a red-haired girl in the Chevrolet
我和一个开着雪佛兰的红发女孩成功了
Oh yeah

We were keeping the faith
我们坚守信念
Yeah yeah yeah yeah Keeping the faith
坚守信念
Oh

You know the good ole days weren't always good
你知道那些美好的旧时光并不总是那么美好
And tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems
明天并没有表面上那么糟
Now I told you my reasons for the whole revival
现在我告诉你我复兴的理由
Now I'm going outside to have an ice cold beer in the shade
现在我要出去在阴凉处喝杯冰啤酒
Oh I'm going to listen to my 45's
我要听听我的歌
Ain't it wonderful to be alive
活着不是很好吗
When the rock 'n' roll plays yeah
当摇滚响起
When the memory stays yeah
当回忆永存
I'm keeping the faith
我坚守信念
Yeah yeah yeah yeah Keeping the faith
坚守信念
I'm keeping the faith
我坚守信念
Yes I am
没错我就是
You know I'm keeping the faith yes I am
你知道我会坚定信念我会的
You know I'm keeping the faith
你知道我会坚定信念
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