歌词
JOE:
【乔】
Girl meets boy
女孩遇到男孩
That's a safe beginning
这是个保险的开场
BETTY:
【贝蒂】
It's nearly closing
这里快要关门了
I thought you weren't going to show
我以为你不会出现了
JOE:
【乔】
So did I
我也是这么想的
I felt it might be kinder
我觉得这样可能更好一些
BETTY:
【贝蒂】
What are you saying?
你在说什么?
JOE:
【乔】
Come on, Miss Schaefer, you know
拜托,谢尔福小姐,你知道的
BETTY:
【贝蒂】
What?
什么?
JOE:
【乔】
Every time I see some young kid
每次我看到那些愣头青
Dreaming they'll produce a masterpiece
梦想着他们会制作一部惊世之作
I just want to throw them on the next train home
我只想把他们扔到下一班回家的火车上
BETTY:
【贝蒂】
Never thought
我没想到
You'd be so condescending
你是个这么低三下四的人
JOE:
【乔】
Sorry, Miss Schaefer
对不起,谢尔福小姐
I didn't come here to fight
我不是来这里战斗的
BETTY:
【贝蒂】
Girl meets boy
女孩遇到男孩
If that's how you want it
如果你想这样开场的话
She's a young teacher
女孩是个年轻的教师
He's a reporter
而男孩是个记者
It's hate at first sight
第一眼,他们就互相讨厌
JOE:
【乔】
It won't sell
这不会卖座的
These days they want glamour
现在观众们喜欢更浮夸的剧情
Fabulous heiress meets handsome Hollywood heel
华丽的女继承人和英俊的好莱坞男星
The problem is
问题是
She thinks he's a burglar
女孩以为男孩是个窃贼
Would you believe it?
你能想到吗?
A wedding in the last reel
婚礼是全片最后一幕
BETTY:
【贝蒂】
It doesn't have to be so mindless
电影没必要这么浅薄
You should write from your experience
你可以根据你的经历写剧本
Give us something really moving;
写一些感人肺腑的故事
Something true
一些真情实感的故事
JOE:
【乔】
Who wants true?
谁还要真情实感?
Who the hell wants moving?
谁还要感人肺腑?
Moving means starving
感人肺腑意味着忍饥挨饿
And true means holes in your shoe
真情实感就是你鞋子上的破洞
BETTY:
【贝蒂】
No, you're wrong
不,你错了
They still make good pictures
它们还是能写出好电影的
Stick to your story
你要坚持你的故事
It's a good story
这是个好故事
JOE:
【乔】
O.K., Miss Schaefer
好吧,谢尔福小姐
I give it to you
我把它交给你
BETTY:
【贝蒂】
What do you mean?
你说什么?
JOE:
【乔】
Just what I said. I've given up writing myself. So you write it.
就像我说的,我自己不写了,你来写这个剧本
BETTY:
【贝蒂】
Oh, I'm not good enough to do it on my own.
可是我一个人写不了这个剧本
But I thought we could write it together.
我以为我们可以合作写完它
JOE:
【乔】
I can't. I'm all tied up.
我不会写的,我很忙
BETTY:
【贝蒂】
Couldn't we work evenings? Six o'clock in the morning?
我们不可以晚上写吗?或者早上六点就写?
I'd come to your place.
我可以到你家里去
JOE:
【乔】
Look, Betty, it can't be done. It's out.
听着,贝蒂,这行不通,到此结束吧
Look, let's keep in touch through Artie.
这样吧,你可以通过阿蒂联系我
That way if you get stuck, we can at least talk.
如果你写到哪里卡住了,我们可以谈一谈
Write this down
你把它写完
I'll give you some ground rules
我可以给你提供一点基本规则
Plenty of conflict
写作要有许多冲突
But nice guys don't break the law
但好人不能触犯法律
Girl meets boy
女孩遇到男孩
She gives herself completely
全心全意投入
And though she loves him
女孩爱着男孩
JOE & BETTY:
【乔和贝蒂】
She keeps one foot on the floor
但她仍会保持理智
BETTY:
【贝蒂】
No one dies except the best friend
谁也不会死去,除了挚友
No one ever mentions communists
谁也不会提起共产党
No one takes a black friend to a restaurant
谁也不会带一个黑人朋友去餐厅
JOE:
【乔】
Very good.
很好
Nothing I can teach you.
你都知道了
We could have had fun
我们本来可以找些乐子
Fighting the studio
对抗那些大电影公司
BETTY:
【贝蒂】
Yes, Mr. Gillis
是的,吉利先生
That's just what I want.
这就是我想做的
ARTIE:
【阿蒂】
What a nightmare
真是一场噩梦
Good to see you
很高兴见到你
Come to my new year's party
来我的跨年派对吧
JOE:
【乔】
Last year it got out of hand
去年的派对都失控了
ARTIE:
【阿蒂】
Guaranteed bad behaviour
今年的保证也是一样
JOE:
【乔】
See you then
那到时见
BETTY:
【贝蒂】
Don't give up
千万别放弃
You're too good
你真的写得很好
JOE:
【乔】
Thanks.
谢谢你
专辑信息
1.Act I: Overture/I Guess It Was 5 A.M.
2.Act I: Let's Have Lunch
3.Act I: Car Chase
4.Act I: Surrender
5.Act I: With One Look
6.Act I: The Greatest Star Of All
7.Act I: Every Movie's A Circus
8.Act I: Girl Meets Boy
9.Act I: New Ways to Dream
10.Act I: The Lady's Paying
11.Act I: The Perfect Year
12.Act I: This Time Next Year
13.Act I: New Year's Eve (Back at the House On Sunset)
14.Act II: Sunset Boulevard
15.Act II: As If We Never Said Goodbye
16.Act II: Eternal Youth is Worth A Little Suffering
17.Act II: Too Much in Love To Care
18.Act II: New Ways To Dream (Reprise)
19.Act II: The Final Scene