歌词与中文翻译
Daddy always thought that he married beneath him
父亲总是认为母亲高攀自己
That's what he said that's what he said
这是父亲的原话 他总是这样说
When he proposed he informed my mother
求婚时他曾告诉过母亲
He was probably her very last chance
嫁给他是她最后的机会
And though she was twenty-two
但当时母亲才芳龄二十二
Though she was twenty-two
但她才二十二岁
Though she was twenty-two
才二十二岁
母亲嫁给了父亲
She married him
与父亲一起的生活从不轻松
更像一曲《保持本色》
Life with my dad wasn't ever a picnic
我记得五岁时母亲
More like a "Come as you are "
从车里发现了耳环
When I was five I remember my mother
然而那并不是她的
Dug earrings out of the car
我知道你也不想听这种琐事
I knew they weren't hers But it wasn't
父亲并不温柔
Something you'd want to discuss
至少对母亲如此
He wasn't warm
对我们亦如此
但芭蕾的一切都很优美
Well not to her
优雅的男士举起高雅的白衣女士
芭蕾的一切都很优美
Well not to us
啊
欣赏芭蕾让人愉悦
But everything was beautiful at the ballet
沿着狭窄的陡梯
跟着类似节拍器的声音
Graceful men lift lovely girls in white
沿着狭窄的陡梯
那不是天堂
Yes everything was beautiful at ballet
尽管那不是天堂
Hey
不是天堂
I was happy at the ballet
却似家一般温暖
母亲总说女大十八变
Up a steep and very narrow stairway
当我长大我会十分迷人，当我长大
To the voice like a metronome
她说我会与众不同
别具一格
Up a steep and very narrow stairway
但我当时才八九岁
It wasn't paradise
尽管我才八九岁
It wasn't paradise
我才八九岁
It wasn't paradise
我讨厌她这么说
But it was home
与众不同很不错，但它并不是美
美丽才最重要
Mother always said I'd be very attractive
我从未遇到不明白这个道理的
When I grew up when I grew up
所谓与众不同之人
"Diff'rent " she said "With a special something
所以至今不曾见过这般绝美
And a very very personal flair "
但非常明显
And though I was eight or nine
她并不这么想
Though I was eight or nine
但我却如此以为
Though I was eight or nine
跳芭蕾的人都很美丽
每个王子都有自己的天鹅
I hated her
跳芭蕾的人都很美丽
Now "Diff'rent" is nice but it sure isn't pretty
啊
"Pretty" is what it's about
跳芭蕾的我
I never met anyone who was "diff'rent"
也很美丽
Who couldn't figure that out
我为挽救父母婚姻而生
So beautiful I'd never lived to see
但当父亲来医院
接母亲时
But it was clear
他说：“本以为婚姻有救了，
If not to her
但事实并不是这样。”
Well then to me
数月之后父亲离开我们
再也没回来
That everyone is beautiful at the ballet
总之，我确曾拥有梦幻的生活
我常常绕着客厅翩跹起舞
Every prince has got to have his swan
像这样抬起胳膊
我幻想着 有位印第安酋长
Yes everyone is beautiful at the ballet
他对我说
Hey
“伊兹，你想跳舞么？”
I was pretty
然后我会说 “我非常乐意，父亲”
At the ballet
嘟嘟嘟嘟
但非常清楚
I mean I was born to save their marriage
嘟嘟嘟
But when my father came to pick my mother up
当他求婚的时候
At the hospital
嘟嘟嘟
He said "Well I thought this was going to help
我是为了挽救父母婚姻而生
But I guess it's not "
嘟嘟嘟嘟
母亲原话如此
A few months later he left
嘟嘟嘟
And he never came back
父亲原话如此
嘟嘟嘟
Anyway I did have a fantastic fantasy life
我常常绕着客厅翩跹起舞
I used to dance around the living room
嘟嘟嘟嘟
With my arms up like this
他并不温柔
My fantasy was that I was an Indian Chief
嘟嘟嘟
And he'd say to me
对她如此
"Izzie do you wanna dance "
有位印第安酋长，他对我说
And I'd say "Daddy I would love to dance "
“伊兹，你想跳舞么？”
Doo-doo-doo-doo
然后我会说 “我非常乐意，父亲”
But it was clear
芭蕾的一切都很优美
Doo-doo-doo
抬起胳膊，总会有人陪伴
When he proposed
是的，芭蕾的一切都很优美
Doo-doo-doo
芭蕾很美
That I was born to help their marriage and when
芭蕾
Doo-doo-doo-doo
芭蕾的一切都很优美
That's what he said
我很优美
Doo-doo-doo
我很愉悦
That's what she said
我很乐意
Doo-doo-doo
舞动芭蕾
I used to dance around the living room
Doo-doo-doo-doo
He wasn't warm
Doo-doo-doo
Not to her
It was an Indian chief and he'd say:
"Izzie do you wanna dance "
And I'd say "Daddy I would love to "
Everything was beautiful at the ballet
Raise your arms and someone's always there
Yes everything was beautiful at the ballet
At the ballet
At the ballet
Yes everything was beautiful at the ballet
I was pretty
I was happy
"I would love to "
At the ballet