Going Back West - Jimmy Cliff

Going Back West - Jimmy Cliff
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I was born and raised in the ghetto
我生于斯长于斯 在这贫民窟里
Talk with me and you'll know
与我交谈 你便会知晓
I wasn't satisfied with living on the side
我不甘于苟且偷生
I started looking around for a possibility
开始四处寻觅机遇
But listen to my story of what became of me
且听我讲述 我的命运转折
I met a businessman
我遇见一个商人
Who said he got some friends back East
他说东方有门路
Said "Why don't you come along
他说"何不与我同行"
Well we could help you atleast"
"至少我们能帮你一把"
"Make you into a big star
"让你成为大明星"
By playing your guitar"
"弹着你的吉他"
But the joke was on me
但最终被愚弄的是我
They left me flat to see
他们弃我而去
Going back West
我要回到西部
Yes I know I'll make out alright
是的 我知道我会过得很好
Going back West
我要回到西部
Where my music's playing all night
那里彻夜回响着我的旋律
Going back West
我要回到西部
Think I'll do alright
相信一切都会好起来
Struggling for recognition identity and respect
为认同 为尊严 我苦苦挣扎
I got a lot of promises they told me not to fret
空头支票满天飞 他们叫我别害怕
Said "We will stand by you
曾说"我们会挺你
If the going gets rough"
纵使前路艰难"
But when I started sinking
当我开始沉沦时
They didn't even bluff
他们连虚张声势都懒得
Going back West
我要回到西部
Yes I know I'll make out alright
是的 我知道我会过得很好
Going back West
我要回到西部
Where my music's playing all night
那里彻夜回响着我的旋律
Going back West
我要回到西部
I think I'll do alright
我想 我会过得很好
'Bout a year has come and gone
一年光阴匆匆流逝
And left me standing here
徒留我独自伫立
Thinking how it could have been
追忆未竟的梦想
'Cause still I ain't nowhere
至今仍一事无成
They surely took me for a ride
他们肆意将我愚弄
Trampled on my pride
践踏我的尊严
But I'll hold my head up high
但我仍昂首挺胸
Got no more tears to cry
泪水已流尽干涸
Going back West
我要回到西部
Yes I know I'll make out alright
是的 我知道我会过得很好
Going back West
我要回到西部
Where my music's playing all night
那里彻夜回响着我的旋律
Going back West
我要回到西部
I think I'll do alright
我想 我会过得很好
Going back West
我要回到西部
Yes I know I'll make out alright
我深知 终将觅得归途
Going back West
我要回到西部
Where my music's playing all night
那里彻夜回响着我的旋律
Going back West
我要回到西部
Think I'll do alright
相信我会过得惬意
Going back West
我要回到西部
Yes I know I'll make out alright
是的 我知道我会过得很好
Going back West
我要回到西部
Where my music's playing all night
那里彻夜回响着我的旋律
Going back West
我要回到西部
I think I'll do alright
我想 我会过得很好