歌词
I grew up
从小到大
On the sly
我混迹在
In the gutters and the streets of Petersburg
彼得堡每一处街头阴沟
Just a kid
年纪轻轻
On the fly
却轻车熟路
Getting good at getting by in Petersburg
深谙在彼得堡的生存之道
I bartered for a blanket
我卖过毛毯
Stolen for my bread
偷过面包
Learned to take my chances
学会抓住机会
And use my head
开动脑筋
A Russian rat is clever
俄国街头的老鼠
Clever or he ends up dead
要么聪明透顶要么早早毙命
Boils down to
总结起来就是
There are some
有些人
Who survive
活了下来
Some who don’t
有些人没有
Some give up
有人放弃
Some give in
有人屈服
Me I won’t
但我绝对不会
Black and blue
就算遍体鳞伤
Welcome to
也要欢迎你来到
My Petersburg
我的彼得堡
Standing here you can see
站在这里俯瞰
From the spires to the piers of Petersburg
从尖塔到码头彼得堡尽收眼底
I'd be down on that quay
我常在那码头上
Selling stolen souvenirs of Petersburg
倒卖一些偷来的彼得堡纪念品
The palaces above and alleyways below
高耸的宫殿，低处的小巷
Funny, when a city is all you know
好笑的是当你真正了解透这座城市
How even when you hate it
就算你很讨厌它
Something in you loves it so
心里对它却还有一点爱
That's where I
就是在这里
Learned my stuff
我学会了生存之道
In some rough
接触的人
Company
不太好打交道
There’s the boy
那个男孩
Growing up
已经长大
Who was me
这里孕育着我的过去
All I’ve been
我的现在
All I’ll be
我的将来
We can do what we're told
我们可以按部就班
We can go where we're led
也可以随波逐流
But I learned from my father to see what's ahead
但我父亲告诉我，要有大志有眼光
Nothing here to hold me
这里的一切都无法阻挡我
No one that I owe
我也不亏欠任何人
Funny how a boy can grow
可笑的是没人料到这个男孩会出人头地
Funny how a city tells you when it's time to go
没人知道这座城市会告诉你何时该离开这里
Boils down to
总结起来就是
There are some
有一些人
Who have walls
还得翻过
Yet to climb
高高的城墙
You and I
而我和你
On the fly
即将扶摇直上
Just in time
只待时机成熟
But tonight
但今晚
There’s a sky
只有这片天空
And quite a view
和这一城风景相伴
Welcome to..
.欢迎来到...
My Petersburg!
我的彼得堡！
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