Laid A Highway(Album Version) - Tift Merritt

Laid A Highway - Tift Merritt
以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
Written by：Tift Merritt

This was a town took care of it's own
这座小镇曾自给自足
That's what me and my children have known
我和孩子们都以此为荣
I worked the mill the way my parents did
我像父母一样在工厂劳作
I remember this town when I was a kid
还记得儿时小镇的模样
Sitting through the movies twice
电影院里连看两场
Open windows late at night
深夜敞开的窗棂
Slipping out in the summer heat
趁着夏夜溜出家门
To meet John Miller in the middle of the street
在街心与约翰·米勒相会
They laid a highway a few years back
几年前他们修了条公路
Next town over by the railroad track
穿过铁轨旁的下个小镇
Some nights I'm glad it passed us by
有时庆幸它绕过了我们
Some nights I sit and watch my hometown die
有时静看故乡慢慢凋零
I'm fifty-five and when the mill burned down
五十五岁那年工厂焚毁
I wasn't much past a pretty young gal
我不过是个年轻姑娘
Boss lit a match in the oily night
老板在油污夜色里点燃火柴
Cops never had enough to set it right
警察始终没能主持公道
So while the company traded with our lives
当公司用我们的生活做交易时
We were busy watching that slow moon rise
我们只顾凝望那轮缓缓升起的月亮
Dancing on the dry grass bridge
在干枯的草桥上起舞
Making love down by the Cedar County Bridge
在雪松郡桥畔缠绵
They laid a highway a few years back
几年前他们修了条公路
Next town over by the railroad track
穿过铁轨旁的下个小镇
Some nights I'm glad it passed us by
有时庆幸它绕过了我们
Some nights I sit and watch my hometown die
有时静看故乡慢慢凋零
They never came to tear that old place down
他们终究没来拆毁这座老地方
They roped it off but you can walk around
只是拉起警戒绳 仍可漫步徜徉
See the rust on the painted doors
看斑驳铁门爬满锈迹沧桑
Watch the rain fall through the burned out floors
任雨水穿过焦黑地板流淌
This was a town took care of it's own
这座小镇曾自给自足
This was a town doing fine all alone
这里曾繁荣兴旺安然无恙
The mill got out a quarter to five
工厂的汽笛在四点三刻鸣响
You could eat supper with any family you liked
随意去哪家晚餐都飘着饭香
They laid a highway a few years back
几年前他们修了条公路
Next town over by the railroad track
穿过铁轨旁的下个小镇
Some nights I'm glad it passed us by
有时庆幸它绕过了我们
Some nights I sit and watch my hometown die
有时静看故乡慢慢凋零