歌词
Rows of lights in a circle of steel
圆钢中的一排光
Where you place your bets on a great big wheel
你把赌注押在一个大轮上
High windows flickerin' down through the snow
高高的窗户闪烁下来的雪
A time you know
在同时,你知道的
Sights and sounds of the people goin' 'round
围观的群象和声响
Everybody's in step with the season
每个人都同季节一样
A child is born to a welfare case
一个孩子出生在一个福利案件中
Where the rats run around like they own the place
在一个老鼠们四处奔跑为家的地方
The room is chilly, the building is old
旧居陋室
That's how it goes
就只是这样
The doctor's found on his welfare round
医生发现了他的福利待遇
And he comes and he leaves on the double
当其来到,他却疾走
Deck The Halls was the song they played
他们演奏着《闪亮的圣诞》(一首威尔士传统新年颂歌)
In the flat next door where they shout all day
在他们整天大闹的隔壁房里
She tips her gin bottle back till it's gone
她把金酒瓶拿回来直至其离
The child is strong
健壮的孩子
A week, a day, they will take it away
一周,一天,他们将其带走
For they know about all her bad habits
因他们知道她所有的陋习
Christmas dawns and the snow lets up
圣诞破晓,积雪消融
And the sun hits the handle of her heirloom cup
太阳击中了她传家的杯子把手
She hides her face in her hands for a while
她忽地把脸藏在手里
Says look here child
说:看这孩子
Your father's pride was his means to provide“
你父亲以他所给予的财富为傲”
And he's servin' three years for that reason“
他为此服务了三年”
Rows of lights in a circle of steel
圆钢中的一排光
Where you place your bets on a great big wheel
你把赌注押在一个大轮上
High windows flickerin' down through the snow
高高的窗户闪烁下来的雪
A time you know
在同时,你知道的
Sights and sounds of the people goin' 'round
围观的群象和声响
Everybody's in step with the season
每个人都同季节一样
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