Allentown-Billy Joel

[00:00.000] 作词 : Billy Joel [00:01.000] 作曲 : Billy Joel [00:18.710]Well we're living here in Allentown
我们生活在艾伦镇 [00:23.031]And they're closing all the factories down
他们关闭了所有的工厂 [00:27.131]Out in Bethlehem they're killing time
他们在伯利恒消磨时间 [00:30.449]Filling out forms
填写表格 [00:32.688]Standing in line
然后排队等待 [00:35.708]Well our fathers fought the Second World War
我们的父亲参加过二战 [00:39.771]Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore
在泽西海岸度过他们的周末 [00:44.121]Met our mothers in the USO
在劳军联合组织遇见了我们的母亲 [00:47.974]Asked them to dance
邀请她们跳舞 [00:49.878]Danced with them slow
与她们慢慢舞动 [00:52.676]And we're living here in Allentown
我们生活在艾伦镇 [00:56.850]But the restlessness was handed down
但是却感觉到不安 [01:01.112]And it's getting very hard to stay
留下来变得越来越困难 [01:20.009]Well we're waiting here in Allentown
我们在艾伦镇苦苦等待 [01:24.217]For the Pennsylvania we never found
只为我们不曾见过的宾夕法尼亚州 [01:28.407]For the promises our teachers gave
为我们老师给出的承诺 [01:32.274]If we worked hard
如果我们努力学习 [01:33.947]If we behaved
如果我们好好表现 [01:36.849]So the graduations hang on the wall
我们的毕业照就会被挂在墙上 [01:41.034]But they never really helped us at all
但是他们却永远无法帮助我们 [01:45.266]No they never taught us what was real
他们从未把现实生活的东西教给我们 [01:48.868]Iron and coke
铁矿，焦炭 [01:50.449]And chromium steel
还有铬钢 [01:53.177]And we're waiting here in Allentown
我们在艾伦镇苦苦等待 [01:57.943]But they've taken all the coal from the ground
但是他们夺走了所有的煤炭 [02:02.239]And the union people crawled away
而且工会的人已经逃之夭夭 [02:16.016]Every child had a pretty good shot
每个孩子的枪法都很精准 [02:19.870]To get at least as far as their old man got
能与他们的父亲相提并论 [02:24.210]But something happened on the way to that place
但是在前往那里的途中发生了变故 [02:28.182]They threw an American flag in our face
他们在我们的面前扔掉了美国国旗 [02:43.364]Well I'm living here in Allentown
我们生活在艾伦镇 [02:47.659]And it's hard to keep a good man down
这很难打垮一个好人 [02:51.888]But I won't be getting up today
但是今天我不会站起来 [03:27.978]And it's getting very hard to stay
留下来变得越来越困难 [03:34.227]And we're living here in Allentown
我们生活在艾伦镇