The Parade’s Still Passing By(LP版) - Harry Chapin

The Parade's Still Passing By (LP版) - Harry Chapin
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Written by：Harry Chapin

I got the news today
今日传来消息
That you refused to play
说你拒绝再登台
Cause you never made number one
因你从未登顶榜首
But it's not just the words
但重要的不是言语
It's the deeds that are heard
而是被传颂的事迹
When all is said and done you know
当一切尘埃落定 你明白
Kings take their crowns
王者摘下冠冕
They melt them all down
将其熔为尘烟
Trying to get the gold out
试图提炼出真金
You went to hell and
你曾坠入深渊
Even when you weren't selling
即便无人问津之时
You never ever sold out
你也从未出卖灵魂
You weren't no leader
你并非领袖
You were more like a bleeder
更像是个泣血者
Who was trying to cry for us all
为我们所有人发出悲鸣
You weren't no sage
你不是圣贤
But your sense of outrage
但你那愤慨的呐喊
Sounded like a trumpet call
如号角般嘹亮回荡
Fifteen years ago
十五年前的时光
In the old folky show
在那民谣舞台上
You were just one voice in the crowd
你只是人群中的一声轻唱
But now with so few singing
如今歌者寥寥
Your voice would have been ringing
你的声音本该
Out 'bout twice as loud
响彻云霄
There but for fortune
若非命运弄人
Say a small circle of friends
只在小圈知己间流传
Some may see the changes
有人看见变迁
So few see the ends
却无人预见终章
The pleasures of the harbor
港湾的欢愉
Have come to you at last
终将抵达你身旁
You may not be marching anymore
或许你已不再前行
But the parade's still going past
但庆典仍在继续
I'm not taking the blame
我不会承担这份罪责
That we killed you
说我们害了你
You know you did that to yourself
你知道那是你自己的选择
But it was kind of a shame
但这确实是个遗憾
That you played that game
你选择了那条路
You were better than anyone else
你本可以比任何人都出色
One shot of your bottle
一杯酒下肚
Got you full throttle
就让你彻底失控
It was the friend that was always there
他是永远陪伴的朋友
But your greatest gift
但你最大的天赋
And the curse you lived with
也是你背负的诅咒
Was that you could always care
是你永远心怀热忱
There but for fortune
若非命运弄人
Say a small circle of friends
只在小圈知己间流传
Some may see the changes
有人看见变迁
So few see the ends
却无人预见终章
The pleasures of the harbor
港湾的欢愉
Have come to you at last
终将抵达你身旁
You may not be marching anymore
或许你已不再前行
But the parade's still going past
但庆典仍在继续