Hard Times in New York Town(Witmark Demo - 1962) - Bob Dylan

Hard Times in New York Town (Witmark Demo - 1962) - Bob Dylan

Come you ladies and you gentlemen a-listen to my song
女士们先生们，来吧，听我唱歌
Sing it to you right but you might think it's wrong
正是唱给你的，但你可能认为这是错误的
Just a little glimpse of a story Ill tell
我讲的只是一个小小的故事
Bout an east coast city that you all know well
是关于一个你特别了解的西岸城市
It's hard times in the city
在这样的纽约小镇生活
Living down in new york town
会很困难
Old new york city is a friendly old town
过去纽约是个友好的老城
From washington heights to harlem on down
从华盛顿高地到哈莱姆
Theres a-mighty many people all millin all around
有很多人都在周围瞎转
They'll kick you when you're up and knock you when you're down
当你荣耀时他们对你阿谀奉承 当你潦倒时他们无情诋毁你
It's hard times in the city
在这样的纽约小镇生活
Living down in new york town
会很困难
It's a mighty long ways from the golden gate
这可能是从金门出来最长的路
To rockefeller plaza n the empire state
到洛克菲勒广场和帝国大厦
Mister rockefeller sets up as high as a bird
洛克菲勒先生雕像设计的像鸟儿飞得一样高
Old mister empire never says a word
旧帝国先生没有说一个字
It's hard times from the country
在这样的纽约小镇生活
Living down in new york town
会很困难
Well it's up in the mornin trying to fins a job of work
早晨试图去找一份工作
Stand in one place till your feet begin to hurt
一直站在那，直到你脚开始疼
If you go a lot o money you can make yourself merry
如果你有很多钱，你可以让自己开心
If you only got a nickel it's the staten island ferry
如果你只有一个镍币只能去坐史坦顿岛的渡轮
And it's hard times in the city
在这样的纽约小镇生活
Living down in new york town
会很困难
Mister hudson come a-sailin down the stream
哈德逊先生在激流上航行
And old mister minuet paid for his dream
老先生为了他的梦想付出着
Bought your city on a one-way track
你的城市在单向轨道上
If I had my way Id sell it right back
如果正好我在路上我会马上回来卖掉
And its hard times in the city
在这样的纽约小镇生活
Living down in new york town
会很困难
I'll take all the smog in cal-i-for-ne-ay
我会带着所有去加利福尼亚
Never bit of dust in the oklahoma plains
在oklahoma平原没有一点灰尘
N the dirt in the caves of the rocky mountain mines
落基山脉里面的尘土
Its all much cleaner than the new york kind
都比纽约的干净许多
And its hard times in the city
在这样的纽约小镇生活
Living down in new york town
会很困难
So all you newsy people spread the news around
所有爱闲话的人在周围散步谣言
You cn listen to m story listen to my song
你可以听到我的故事，我的音乐
You cn step on my name you cn try n get me beat
你侮辱了我的名字，你可以尝试把我打倒
When I leave new york I'll be standin on my feet
当我离开纽约，我站着
And it's hard times in the city
在这样的纽约小镇生活
Livin down in new york town
会很困难