歌词
I was of poor folk
我不过是个穷困的人
But my mother had a rabbit fur coat
但我母亲曾经却拥有一件兔绒大衣
And a girl of less character pushed her down the L.A. River
一个性格温顺的女孩把她推进了洛杉矶河里
Hand over that rabbit fur coat
递给了她那件兔绒大衣
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She put a knife to her throat
她把刀抵在我母亲的脖子上
Hand over that rabbit fur coat
递给她那件兔绒大衣
When my ma refused, the girl kicked dirt on her blouse
我妈拒绝了她,那个女孩一脚把泥土都踢到她上衣上
Stay away from my mansion house
说不许靠近我的豪华宅邸
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My mother really suffered for that
我的母亲对此一直心怀怨恨
Spent her life in a gold plated body cast
她一生都活在镀金的人体雕像里
Now, you ask, did she get that girl back?
你若是问她是否从那女孩身上复了仇
She paid a visit to that mansion house
她的确去了那座豪华宅邸
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She knew the girl was not there
她知道那个女孩并不在屋里
But her father was in cufflinks with slicked-back black hair
不过她那梳着黑色大背头戴袖扣的父亲在屋里
He invited her in, they never sang a note
她父亲邀请我母亲进屋,他们一句话也没有说
But she took off that rabbit fur coat
她缓缓脱下了那件兔绒大衣
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And who do you think came home?
你猜当时谁碰巧回了家?
Miss so and so
某某夫人回了家
She took one look at my ma and what did she say?
某某夫人瞥了一眼我妈,你猜她说了什么?
Why are you stealing from my mansion house?
她说,你怎么胆敢在我的豪宅里做这种偷摸的事情?
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No, I'm in love with Mr. so and so
噢不,我爱上了某某先生
He invited me in, I'm a girl no more
他邀请我进屋,之后我就不再只是个单纯的小女孩了
Then she dragged my ma out by her throat
听完我妈的话,某某夫人扯着我妈的喉咙把她赶出了房子
Hand over that rabbit fur coat
然后把那件兔绒大衣也甩给了她
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Let's move ahead twenty years, shall we?
我们再把视线挪到20年前,好吗?
She was waitressing on welfare, we were living in the valley
我母亲在社保中心做服务员,我们住在大山里
A lady says to my ma you treat your girl as your spouse
一位女士过来说,只要你把女儿当丈夫对待
You can live in a mansion house
你就够格住上豪华宅邸
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And so we did
然后我们就照做了
And I became a 100.000 dollar kid
我变成了一个千金小姐
When I was old enough to realize, wiped the dust from my mother's eyes
后来我长大了才意识到是怎么回事,便轻轻擦去我母亲眼里的灰尘
It's all this for that rabbit fur coat
这一切都是为了那件兔绒大衣
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But I'm not bitter about it
但我并不觉得痛苦
I've packed up my things and let them have at it
我已经把我的东西都打包,好好地拥有它们
And the fortune faded, as fortunes often do
后来财富渐渐被挥霍一空,世事总是如此
And so did that mansion house
后来豪华宅邸也难以为继
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Where my ma is now, I don't know
我妈现在在哪里,我也不知道
She was living in her car, I was living on the road
她曾经住在车里,我在马路上流浪
And I hear she's putting that stuff up her nose
我听说她把那些东西塞进鼻子里(可能是指吸毒)
And still wearing that rabbit fur coat
仍然整日穿着那件兔绒大衣
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But mostly I'm a hypocrite
大多数时候我只是个伪君子而已
I sing songs about the deficit
我的歌都是关于人性的弱点
But when I sell out and leave Omaha, what will I get?
当我把东西全都卖掉,然后离开奥马哈市,你猜我得了什么好处?
A mansion house and a rabbit fur coat
那座豪华宅邸和兔绒大衣到手了
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