歌词
How Come How Long
如何到来, 如何长久
There was a girl I used to know
我曾经认识一个女孩
She was oh so beautiful
哦，她是那么的美丽
But she’s not here anymore
但她现在已经不在这儿了
She had a college degree
她拿到了大学的学位
Smart as anyone could be
和任何人一样聪慧
She had so much to live for
她有那么多生活中的追求
But she fell in love with the wrong kinda man
但是他爱上了不该爱的男孩
He abused her love and treated her so bad
他恣意于她的爱并辜负了她
There was not enough education in her world
在她的世界里没有足够的经验
that could save life of this little girl
用来拯救这个小女孩
How come, how long
怎么会这样?这样会持续多久?
It’s not right, it’s so wrong
这是不对的，是如此的错误
Do we let it just go on
我们还要让它继续下去吗
Turn our backs and carry on
让我们转身并继续前行
Wake up, for it’s too late
醒醒吧，那已经晚了那么久
Right now, we can’t wait
就现在，我们不能再等
She won’t have a second try
她没有第二次机会去尝试
Open up your hearts
敞开你的心
As well as your eyes
也张开你的眼睛
She tried to give a cry for help
她试着呼叫来寻求帮助
she even blamed things on herself
她甚至责备在她身上发生的事
But no one came to her aid
但是没有人来给她帮助
Nothing was wrong as far as we could tell
就我们所说的而言，没有什么事出了问题
That’s what we’d like to tell our self
那就是我们想对自己说的
But no !it wasn’t that way
但是，不!不应该是那个样子
So she fell in love
她坠入爱河
With the wrong kinda man
爱的却是不该爱的男孩
And she paid with her life for loving that man
她为爱那个男孩付出了生命
So we cannot ignore,we must look for the signs
因此，我们不能忽略，我们必须找寻那印记
And maybe next time we must save somebody’s life
也许下一次，我们能拯救谁的生命了
How come, how long
怎么会这样?这样会持续多久?
It’s not right, it’s so wrong
这是不对的，是如此的错误
Do we let it just go on
我们还要让它继续下去吗
Turn our backs and carry on
让我们转身并继续前行
Wake up, for it’s too late
醒醒吧，那已经晚了那么久
Right now, we can’t wait
就现在，我们不能再等
She won’t have a second try
她没有第二次机会去尝试
Open up your hearts
敞开你的心
As well as your eyes
也张开你的眼睛
Oh I on occasion met that guy
哦 我偶尔见过那个人
It's been a feeling deep inside
这是一种内心深处的感觉
Some about it wasn't right
一些关于它不是正确的感觉
Oh The way he proves himself a man
哦，他证明自己是一个男人的方式
By beating his woman with his hands
通过用手打他的妻子
Always wishing that she'd seen the light
总是希望她看到的希望
How can someone like that call himself a man
如何能像那样自称为男人
He's not a man
他不是男人
In reality, he's far more less than
事实上，他离男人差远了
And we cannot ignore
我们不能忽视
Whenever we see the signs
每当我们看到迹象
Cause any kind of abuse
造成任何的虐待
God knows, it's a crime
上帝知道，这是一种犯罪
How come, how long
怎么会这样?这样会持续多久?
It's not right, it's so wrong
这是不对的，是如此的错误
Do we let it just go on
我们还要让它继续下去吗
Turn our backs and carry on
我们还要让它继续下去吗
Wake up, for it's too late
醒醒吧，那已经晚了那么久
Right now, we can't wait
就现在，我们不能再等
She won't have a second try
她没有第二次机会去尝试
Open up your hearts
敞开你的心
As well as your eyes
也张开你的眼睛也许下一次，我们能拯救谁的生命了
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