My Petition
My Petition - Kenny Rogers (肯尼·罗杰斯)
以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
I just sat down to watch the game
我刚坐下想看场球赛
When I heard the doorbell ring
忽听门铃叮咚作响
I wondered
暗自思忖
Who in the world it could be
这来者会是谁人
Through the people all that I saw there
透过人群定睛望去
Was a
只见
Crooked cap on curly hair
卷发上歪戴着小帽
Some kid
有个小孩
Squintin' back at me
眯着眼望向我
I said if you're sellin' somethin'
我说若是推销东西
Well I ain't buyin' nothin'
我可不会掏钱购买
But I
不过
Appreciate you stoppin' by
感谢你特意停留
Said I ain't askin' for a dime
他说不要一分钱
Just a minute of your time
只求片刻的时间
An' your name
请写下您的名字
Here on the dotted line
在这虚线之上
Could you sign my petition
能否签下这份请愿
Had a spiral notebook in his hand
他手捧一本螺旋笔记本
Handed me a chewed up pen
递给我一支咬过的笔
An' I ask you
我不禁问道
What am I signin' up for
我究竟在为何署名
I scrolled down that wrinkled page
我细读那张皱褶的纸页
Saw a couple of neighbors names
看见几位邻居的签名
I kept readin'
我继续往下读
Then I sat down on the porch
然后坐在门廊台阶上
It was a letter to the president
这是封写给总统的信
With a list
附着一份清单
That numbered one to ten
从第一条列到第十条
It said make a law where daddy's don't work late
写着立法让爸爸们不用加班
Keep uncle joe an' those soldiers safe
保护乔叔叔和士兵们的安全
Give those kids on tv
让电视里的孩子们
All they want to eat
都能吃饱饭
Put a stop to bullies on the bus
制止校车上的霸凌
No crime no waits no hate no ***
没有犯罪 没有等待 没有仇恨 没有***
Give a jacket and a job
给街头的流浪者
To people on the street
外套和工作
I said son sounds like a world I'd like to live in
我说孩子 这听起来像我想生活的世界
And I signed his petition
于是我签下了他的请愿书
He thanked me for my time
他感谢我抽空倾听
I headed back inside grabbed my beer
我转身回屋拿起啤酒
An' got back to the game
继续看我的比赛
Thought by now that boy he's three doors down
那孩子应该已走到第三户
Here I am just sittin' round
而我仍瘫坐原地
Waitin' on the world to change
等着世界自己变好
Must've blocked the whole game out
球赛画面在眼前模糊
All that I could think about was
满脑子只回荡着
Make a law where daddy's don't work late
立法规定爸爸们不再加班
Keep uncle joe an' those soldiers safe
保护乔叔叔和士兵们的安全
Give those kids on tv
让电视里的孩子们
All they want to eat
都能吃饱饭
Put a stop to bullies on the bus
制止校车上的霸凌
No crime no waits no hate no ***
没有犯罪 没有等待 没有仇恨 没有***
Give a blanket and a job
给流浪的人们
To people on the street
外套和工作
An' I thought
我不禁思忖
Man ain't that a place I'd like to live in
这不正是我向往的世道吗
And I thank God
我感谢上苍
For that boy that's out there fixin'
为那正在努力改变的少年
The world with his petition
他正用请愿书修补这世界