歌词
You see these work boots in my hands,
瞧瞧我手中的这双靴子
现在应该可以给我儿子穿了
they'll probably fit ye now my son,
拿着吧，这是给你的礼物
何不穿上试试？
Take them, they're a gift from me,
老爸真是高兴啊，如愿等到这一天
终于看你穿上这靴子
why don't you try them on?
去码头船上工作吧，你要子承父业
在那儿打拼出自己的立足之地
It would do your old man good to see you
这双靴子
walking in these boots one day,
尽管旧了但还耐穿
年轻人想要闯出自己的一片天地
And take your place among
总要先在这儿落地生根
the men who work upon the slipway.
像你父亲一样，脚踏实地的开始
他说，我不想再多说了，这是最后一次
These dead man's boots,
拜托你为我做这最后一件事
though they're old and curled,
你现在还很幼稚无知
When a feller needs a job and a place in the world,
你以为自己很了不起
And it's time for a man to put down roots,
你要想变强
那就得先在这儿安身立命
And walk to the river in his old man's boots.
你现在要听我的
和我走相同的路
He said, "I'm nearly done and asking this,
这双旧靴子
他们知晓外面的世界
that ye do one final thing for me!
他们可以自己走出去
也许真的会
You're barely but a sapling,
你的生活要从脚下的土地起步
像我一样，脚踏实地的开始
and you think that you're a tree.
我说，我为什么一定要做这些呢？
凭什么要听从你的安排？
If ye need a seed to prosper,
我所有的回忆
都是他说什么我就做什么
ye must first put down some roots.
他以为他是为我好
他以为他是个慈父
Just one foot then the other
但是我有我自己的未来
自打我出生起我就厌倦这个地方
in these dead man's boots."
这双旧靴子知晓外面的世界
他们能自己走，也许真的会
These dead man's boots know
我的生活有更多的选择和方式
their way down the hill,
我才不会任他安排，重走他的老路
They could walk there themselves,
真不知道他在想什么
and they probably will.
我怎么可能愿意跟他一样，过那种日子？
穷的叮当响
There's a place for ye there to sink your roots,
连裤子都穿不起
让我重蹈他的覆辙？这就是他想要的？
And take a walk down the river in these dead man's boots.
他说，那你到底想干什么？
我说，干什么都行就是不干这个！
I said, "Why in the Hell would I do that?
这双旧靴子知晓外面的世界
他们可以从这儿走出去，一定会的
And why would I agree?"
但他们不会与我同行
因为我们有着不一样的未来
When his hand was all that I'd received,
我受够了这鬼地方，我要表明我的立场
as far as I remember.
看看这里，家徒四壁
我不指望从你这儿得到什么
It's not as if he'd spoiled me with
我什么都不需要
救济金自己留着吧，我不要你一分钱
his kindness up to then ye see.
你这辈子就这样了
留给自己回忆去吧
I'd a plan of me own and
我才不会和你一样
I'd quit this place when I came of age September.
我懒的跟你争吵
讨论到此为止
These dead man's boots know their way down the hill,
你死也不会看到我穿那双破靴子
They can walk there themselves, and they probably will.
I'd plenty of choices, and plenty other routes,
And he'd never see me walking in these dead man's boots.
What was it made him think
I'd be happy ending up like him?
When he'd hardly got two halfpennies left,
or a broken pot to piss in.
He wanted this same thing for me, was that his final wish?
He said, "What the hell are ye gonna do?"
I said, "Anything but this!"
These dead man's boots know their way down the hill,
They can walk there themselves and they most likely will.
But they won't walk with me
'cos I'm off the other way,
I've had it up to here, I'm gonna have my say.
When all ye've got left is that cross on the wall?
I want nothing from you,
I want nothing at all.
Not a pension, nor a pittance,
when your whole life is through,
Get this through your head,
I'm nothing like you,
I'm done with all the arguments,
there'll be no more dispute,
And ye'll die before ye see me in your dead man's boots.
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