The Brass Ring - John Mellencamp

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The saddest girl in the whole wide world

全世界最悲伤的女孩

I met her on the Quarter

我在Quarter遇到她

With no regards for vagrancy

不在乎漂泊

No respect for civil order

不尊重社会秩序

How young are you I asked her

你多年轻我问她

How old are you young lady

你多大了年轻的女士

I'm much older than you think

我比你想象的成熟许多

'Cause I have seven babies

因为我有七个孩子

Where are those who keep these kids

把这些孩子关在哪里

While you're out on the party

当你外出参加派对时

I leave them where they are safe

我把他们留在安全的地方

At the church of 12th and Harding

在第十二大街和哈丁大街的教堂里

The people there they know me well

那里的人对我了如指掌

They ask me very few questions

他们很少问我问题

And if a child should pass before they wake

如果一个孩子在他们醒来之前离开

They'll pray them into heaven

他们会虔诚祈祷

No love and no lover

没有爱没有情人

A murder of crows did sing

成群的乌鸦歌唱着

We soon will discover

我们很快就会发现

The coffin will wear our brass ring

棺材上会戴着我们的戒指

So where's the father of these kids

这些孩子的父亲在哪里

Does he does he help you ever

他会不会帮你

I have no idea where he is

我不知道他在哪里

He don't show his face

他没有露面

He knows better

他知道

Can I help you go tonight

今晚我能否帮你

It would be my pleasure

这是我的荣幸

And make sure that you arrive all right

确保你安然无恙抵达目的地

Now we could leave together

现在我们可以一起离开

She said no I don't need your company

她说不我不需要你的陪伴

And I don't want your pity

我不想要你的怜悯

You'd be wise just to go away

你最好赶紧离开

And leave me here where I'sitting

把我丢在原地

Is there nothing I can do for you

我能为你做什么吗

Now it's time to scatter

现在是时候分道扬镳了

Why do you think there's something wrong with me

你为什么觉得我有问题

There's nothing really the matter

真的没什么大不了的

No love and no lover

没有爱没有情人

A murder of crows did sing

成群的乌鸦歌唱着

We soon will discover

我们很快就会发现

A coffin will wear our brass ring

一口棺材会戴上我们的戒指

I find myself where life could go

我发现我的人生该何去何从

I find myself each morning

我发现我每天早上

All the duties of this world

这世界所有的责任

Fell on my shoulders without warning

毫无预兆地降临在我的肩上

I make no plans nor do I care

我没有计划也不在乎

For the future called tomorrow

为了未来呼唤明天

This world I've seen here's never fair

我眼中的世界从来都不公平

So just leave me here with my sorrows

就让我独自悲伤吧

No love and no lover

没有爱没有情人

A murder of crows did sing

成群的乌鸦歌唱着

We soon will discover

我们很快就会发现

The coffin will wear our brass ring

棺材上会戴着我们的戒指

No love and no lover

没有爱没有情人

A murder of crows did sing

成群的乌鸦歌唱着

We soon will discover

我们很快就会发现

The coffin will wear our brass ring

棺材上会戴着我们的戒指

Wear our brass ring

戴上我们的金戒指