The Story(2019 Remaster) - Ani Difranco

The Story (Remastered) - Ani Difranco

I would have returned your greeting
我会回应你的问候
If it weren't for the way you were looking at me
如果你不是以那样的方式看着我
This street is not a market
这条街不是市场
And I am not a commodity
我也不是货物
Don't you find it sad that we can't even say hello
我们连招呼都不打 你不觉得可悲吗
'Cause you're a man
因为你是个男人
And I'm a woman
而我是个女人
And the sun is getting low
太阳快落山了
There are some places that I can't go
有一些地方是我不能去的
As a woman I can't go there
因为我是个女人 所以我不能去
And as a person I don't care
但是作为一个人 我不在乎
I don't go for the hey baby what's your name
我不会去争取的 宝贝 你叫什么名字
And I'd alone thank you
我很感谢你
Just the same
还是这样
I am up again against
我又起来了
The skin of my guitar
开始弹着我的吉他
In the window of my life
在我的生命之窗里
Looking out through the bars
只能看见酒吧
I am sounding out the silence
我想要保持沉默
Avoiding all the words
避免说出所有话语
I'm afraid I've said too much
我害怕我说得太多
I'm afraid of who has heard me
我害怕有人听到我的话
My father he told me the story
我爸爸跟我说了这个故事
And it was true
这个故事是真的
For his time
在他的那个年代里
But now the story's different
但现在故事变得不一样了
Maybe I should tell him mine
也许我应该告诉他关于我的故事
All the girls line up here
所有的女孩 在这里排队
All the boys on the other side
所有的男孩 去另一边
I see your ranks are advancing
我看见你的排名在上升
I see mine are left behind
我看见我的排名远远在后
I am up again against
我又起来了
The skin of my guitar
开始弹着我的吉他
In the window of my life
在我的生命之窗里
Looking out through the bars
只能看见酒吧
I am sounding out the silence
我想要保持沉默
Avoiding all the words
避免说话
I'm afraid I can never say enough
我害怕我永远都说不够
I'm afraid no one has heard me
我害怕没人听见我的话
And despite all the balls that I've been thrown
除开那些所有我扔出去的球
And forced to drop
还有被迫丢掉的球
On the social totem pole
按照社会等级排名
I'm preciously close to the top
我非常接近第一名
The put you in your place
他们让你站在适当的地方
And they tell you to behave
告诉你要好好表现
But no one can be free
但没有人是自由的
Until we're all on even grade
直到我们达到平均水准
And I would have returned your greeting
我会回应你的问候
If it weren't for the way you were looking at me
如果你没有以那样的方式看着我