歌词
编曲 : Bob Dylan
女士们先生们 过来听我唱歌
Come you ladies and you gentlemen, a-listen to my song.
我唱得正确 但你认为它是错的
Sing it to you right,but you might think it's wrong.
就小小瞥一眼我给你讲的故事
Just a little glimpse of a story I'll tell
和你了解的东海岸城市来个较量
Bout an east coast city that you all know well.
在纽约城居住
It's hard times from the country
这会很艰难
Livin down in new york town.
老纽约城是个友好的老镇
Old new york city a is friendly old town,
从华盛顿的高度到贫民窟的低度
From washington heights to harlem on down.
很多威猛的人在各处制粉
Theres a-mighty many people all millin all around,
当你荣耀时他们对你阿谀奉承 当你潦倒时他们无情诋毁你
They'll kick you when you're up and knock you when you're down.
在纽约城居住
It's hard times form the country,
这会很艰难
Livin down in new york town.
好吧，强者弱者，富人穷人
Well, the weak and the strong and the rich and the poor
全都聚在一起，无处容纳
Gather together, ain't room for no more
这儿也挤，那儿也挤
Crowded up above, crowded down below
即使有人消失，你也永远不会知道
And when someone disappears, you never even know
在纽约城居住
It's hard times from the country
这会很艰难
Livin' down in New York town
从金门海峡到洛克菲勒广场
It's a mighty long ways from the Golden Gate
有很长的距离
To Rockefeller Plaza an' the Empire State
洛克菲勒先生把大厦建造得很高
Mister Empire sets up as high as a bird
老empire先生没说一句话
And old Mister Rockefeller never says a word
在纽约城居住
It's hard times from the country
这会很艰难
Livin' down in New York town
好吧，现在是早上，试着找份工作
Well, it's up in the mornin', tryin' to finds a job of work
站在一个地方直到你的脚开始痛
Stand in one place till your feet begin to hurt
如果你有很多钱，你可以让自己快乐
If you got a lot o' money you can make yourself merry
如果你只有五分钱，那就是史坦顿岛渡轮
If you only got a nickel, it's the Staten Island Ferry
在纽约城居住
It's hard times from the country
这会很艰难
Livin' down in New York town
hudson先生从下游航行过来
Mister Hudson come a-sailin' down the stream
老mister先生用舞步为他的梦想买单
And old Mister Minuet paid for his dream
把你从单向航道带入城市
Bought your city on a one-way track
如果我用我的方法 我会立即卖掉它
'F I had my way, I'd sell it right back
在纽约城居住
It's hard times from the country
这会很艰难
Livin' down in New York town
我要带走加利福尼亚所有的烟雾
I'll take all the smog in Californeay
俄克拉荷马州平原的每粒尘土
An' every bit of dust in the Oklahoma plains
落基山脉洞穴中的污垢
An' the dirt in the caves of the Rocky Mountain mines
那样它会比纽约更干净
It's all much cleaner than the New York kind
在纽约城居住
It's hard times in the country
这会很艰难
Livin' down in New York town
所有四外传播新闻的报童都说
Said all you newsy people that spread the news around
请听我的故事 请听我的歌
You listen to my story, you listen to my song
你可以踩住我的名字
You can step on my name,
你可以打败我
you can try an' get me beat
当我离开纽约
When I leave New York,
我会独立站起来
I'll be standin' on my feet
在纽约城居住
It's hard times from the country
这会很艰难
Livin' down in New York town
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