歌词
They say he didn't have an enemy
他们说他没有天敌
His was a greatness to behold
他是个奇观
He was the last surviving progeny
他是最后一个存活的后裔
The last one on this side of the world
世界这一边的最后一个
He measured a half mile from tip to tail
他从头到尾有半英里长
Silver and black with powerful fins
银黑相间，有强壮的鳍
They say he could split a mountain in two
他们说他可以把山脉一分为二
That's how we got the Grand Canyon
这就是大峡谷的由来
Last great American whale
最后的大美利坚鲸
Last great American whale
最后的大美利坚鲸
Last great American whale
最后的大美利坚鲸
Last great American whale
最后的大美利坚鲸
Some say they saw him at the Great Lakes
有人说在五大湖看见了他
Some say they saw him off of Florida
有人说看见他离开了弗罗里达
My mother said she saw him in Chinatown
我母亲说她在唐人街看见了他
But you can't always trust your mother
但你不能总是信你母亲
Off the Carolinas the sun shines brightly in the day
在卡罗莱纳州，白天阳光明媚
The lighthouse glows ghostly there at night
夜晚那里的灯塔像鬼魂一样发亮
The chief of a local tribe had killed a racist mayor's son
一个原住民部落的首领杀了一个种族主义市长的儿子
And he'd been on death row since 1958
他从1958年开始就是死囚
The mayor's kid was a rowdy pig
市长的孩子是只吵闹的猪
Spit on Indians and lots worse
对印第安人吐口水，还有更糟的
The old chief buried a hatchet in his head
那个老首领在他的脑子里埋下一柄斧子
Life compared to death for him seemed worse
对他而言，活着比死去更糟
The tribal brothers gathered in the lighthouse to sing
部落里的兄弟相聚在灯塔歌唱
And tried to conjure up a storm or rain
想要召唤出一场狂风或暴雨
The harbor parted, the great whale sprang full up
港口断裂，鲸鱼乍现
And caused a huge tidal wave
造成了一场海啸
The wave crushed the jail and freed the chief
那海啸冲毁了监狱，还首领以自由
The tribe let out a roar
那部落呼喊着
The whites were drowned, the browns and reds set free
白人都淹死了，其他人都自由了
But sadly one thing more
但可惜的是故事还没完
Some local yokel member of the NRA
当地某个全国步枪协会的乡巴佬
Kept a bazooka in his living room
在卧室里放了一个火箭筒
And thinking he had the chief in his sights
他误以为他看见了那个部落首领
Blew the whale's brains out with a lead harpoon
用一把铅制鱼叉将鲸鱼的头颅轰碎
Last great American whale
最后的大美利坚鲸
Last great American whale
最后的大美利坚鲸
Last great American whale
最后的大美利坚鲸
Last great American whale
最后的大美利坚鲸
Well Americans don't care for much of anything
好吧，美国人几乎什么都不在乎
Land and water the least
更不用说土地与水流
And animal life is low on the totem pole
动物的性命等级很低
With human life not worth more than infected yeast
人类的性命也不比传染酵母菌更值钱
Americans don't care too much for beauty
美国人也不怎么在乎美
They'll **** in a river, dump battery acid in a stream
他们会在河里拉屎，往溪流里倒电瓶液
They'll watch dead rats wash up on the beach
他们会看着死老鼠被冲上海滩
And complain if they can't swim
并抱怨他们不会游泳
They say things are done for the majority
他们说一切都是为了多数人
Don't believe half of what you see and none of what you hear
耳听为虚，眼见也未必为实
It's like what my painter friend Donald said to me,
就像我的画家朋友唐纳德对我说的
"Stick a fork in their ass and turn them over, they're done"
“把一个叉子插入他们的屁股再把他们翻过来，他们就完了。”
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