Primer Coat - Drive-By Truckers

Primer Coat - Drive-By Truckers

The old man's out by the swimming pool
老人在游泳池外面
He goes there to think
他去那里思考
He talks on the phone sometimes
他总是讲电话
Hardly mentions a thing
几乎没有提到一件事
Said he needed it for his knees
说他需要护膝
He used to swim back in school
他总是回学校游泳
Graduated in 84 quit drinking in 92
于84年毕业 92年戒酒
He used to call her a basket case for hanging on like she did
他曾经叫她没希望的人 因为她一直在等待
The only girl of a foreman's wife She'd never let him forget
她是工头的妻子唯一的女儿 她从未让他忘记
It comes to women and they survive but when the same comes to men
这涉及到了妇女和他们的生存 但当同样的事发生到男人身上时
Someone comes for their babies something dies there and then
有人为他们的孩子而来 有的死在那里
Slinging gravel in parking lots and looking tough on the hood
在停车场里吊起碎石罩 所以路看起来很难走
A girl as plain as a primer coat leaves nothing misunderstood
女孩就如她穿得外套一样普通 没有什么问题
Her mother and I through trembling lips a steady hand on his own
她的母亲和我颤抖着嘴唇 他有一只沉稳的手
The future of every rebel cause when all the fight in him is gone
当所有的战斗消失后 未来的每一个人都会反叛
My sister's marrying in the spring and everything will be fine
我姐姐将在春天结婚 一切都会好的
Mama's planning the wedding Daddy's planning on crying
妈妈在策划婚礼细节 爸爸在准备着到时哭泣
She's slipping out of her apron strings
她穿着围裙溜走
You best leave him be
你最好离开他
He's staring through his own taillights and gathering speed
他在凝视着自己的尾灯 改变速度