The Promise - Bruce Springsteen

The Promise - Bruce Springsteen







Johnny works in a factory
珍妮在一家工厂工作
And Billy works downtown
比利在市区工作
Terry works in a rock and roll band lookin' for
特里和摇滚打交道,在摇滚乐队里
That million-dollar sound
他们都在寻找百万美元的财富
And I got a little job down in Darlington
在达林顿，我也找到一份工作
But some nights I don't go
有些晚上，我不去工作
Some nights I go to the drive-in or some nights I stay home
而我去开车，有些晚上，我呆在家里
I followed that dream just like those guys do way up on the screen
我追随着那个梦，就像那些家伙，在电影屏幕上做的那样
And I drove a Challenger down Route 9 through the dead ends
驾驶我的挑战者沿着9号公路，通过死胡同
And all the bad scenes
和恶劣的环境
And when the promise was broken
果然承诺被打破
I cashed in a few of my own dreams
兑现我的梦想


Well now I built that Challenger by myself
我做到了挑战自己
But I needed money and so I sold it
不过很悲哀，我急需要钱,所以我把车卖了
I lived a secret I should'a kept to myself
保守这一个秘密,甚至我不应该对自己说
But I got drunk one night and I told it
那天晚上我喝醉了，我把秘密说了出来
All my life I fought this fight
我所有的生活都改变了
The fight that no man can ever win
改变为之奋斗，奋斗生活,奋斗，但你赢不了
Every day it just gets harder to live this dream
每一天都活得更困难
I'm believing in
但我坚信着梦想
Thunder Road oh baby you were so right
再次在大道上轰鸣，宝贝你是如此的正确
Thunder Road there's somethin' dyin'
在大道上轰鸣呀，重拾本色
Down on the highway tonight
有些东西没了，但今晚在公路上


I won big once and I hit the coast
在海岸上飞驰,我将赢得了一次巨胜
Oh but somehow I paid the big cost
噢，然而我付出了很大代价
Inside I felt like I was carrying the broken spirits
至少在心里，我觉得我是的，承受着精神的崩溃
Of all the other ones who lost
和失去所有的朋友
When the promise is broken you go on living
承诺被打破了，继续精彩活下去
But it steals something from down in your soul
失败只是在灵魂深处
Like when the truth is spoken and it don't make no difference
当成功被说出时，过去的失败不算什么
Somethin' in your heart turns cold
心里的动力变淡了
Thunder Road for the lost lovers and all the fixed games
盘缠的路是给迷惘和激情的赛车手的,所有的赛车的游戏，也是这样
Thunder Road for the tires rushing by in the rain
雷霆轰鸣的道路是轮胎肆虐之地,甚至雨中竞逐
Thunder Road remember what me and Billy we'd always say
车子雷鸣道路,我们总是唱着
Thunder Road we were gonna take it all then threw it all away
在道路上轰鸣的壮歌,然后把其余一切顾虑都抛开