歌词
My mother gave a mighty shout
母亲曾大声地吼我
Opened her legs and let me out
张开她的双腿让我滚出去
Hungry as a prairie dog
饥饿如一只草原犬鼠
Young man in America, young man in America
美国的年轻人，美国的年轻人啊
Hungry, hungry, running every which way
饥饿，饥饿，促使他们仓皇逃窜
Young man in Americay
美国的年轻人啊
I come out like a cannonball
我如一颗破膛而出的石弹
Come of age with alcohol, raven in a field of rye
出生在充斥着酒、麦田上到处是渡鸦的时代
With a black and roving eye, black and roving eye
渡鸦，带着不安分的黝黑眼珠的渡鸦
Ravenous, ravenous, what you got, it's not enough
饥肠辘辘，辘辘饥肠，总是对拥有的感到不满足
Young man in America
美国的年轻人啊
Oh, shelter, mother shelter, mother shelter us, ooh
恩泽，母爱恩泽，被泽蒙庥
My father was a lord of land
父亲曾是一地之主
My daddy was a repo man, put me out onto the street
他像个商品收回员，把我扫地出门
Didn't give a damn for me, did not give a damn
不关心我，毫不在乎
Daddy, daddy, gonna wish you never had me
父亲啊父亲，真希望你从来就没有生下我
I’m a young man
我是个年轻人
I’m growing right before your eyes
我在你的眼皮子底下长大
I might grow to such a size
我可能会成长为
Blow in like a hurricane everyone will know my name
飓风电掣般出现在众人面前的名人，人人都听闻我的大名
Everyone'll know my name
人人都听闻我的大名
Blowing in, blowing up, shadow on the mountaintop
出现，又消失，如山顶投下的阴影
Young man in America
美国的年轻人啊
Oh, shepherd, father shepherd, father shepherd us, ooh
膏泽，父爱膏泽，指引道路
In my feathers and furs, clothes of many colors
我的打扮，衣装色彩缤纷
Many men will envy me when I'm in my finery, me in my finery
许多人艳羡我的华冠丽服，仰慕西装革履的我
Envy me, envy me, spending all my bright money
羡慕我，嫉妒我，我挥霍掉所有的钱
Young man in Americay
美国的年轻人啊
Maybe one day I'll climb the stairs with a girl of golden hair
也许某天我会和一个金发女孩一起爬上楼梯
Hold her like a sword and shield, up against this lonely world
她会成为我的剑和盾，来对抗这个孤独的世界
Up against the world, it's a lonely, lonely world
面对这个世界，这是个孤独，清冷的世界啊
For a yellow-headed girl and a young man
对于黄头发的女孩和一个年轻人来说
Like the wind I make my moan, howling in the canyon
我像风一样呻吟，呼啸穿过峡谷
There's a hollow in my bones, make me cry and carry on
我的骨头中间有个空洞，这使我哭泣着继续前行
Make the foam fly from my tongue, make me want what I want
使我嘴中的唾沫飞溅，使我求我所欲
Another wayward son waiting on oblivion
另一个任性的孩子在沉睡中等待
Waiting on the kingdom come to meet me in my sin
在另一个国度中等待，等待直面我的罪恶
Waiting to be born again, mother, kiss me cheek and chin
等待重生，等待母亲亲吻我的脸颊
Mmm, a little medicine, mmm, and then I shed my skin
一点药，让我脱胎换骨
Mmm, and lemme climb back into the bed you made me in
让我再次爬上母亲的床，曾经安睡的床
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