The Things We’ve Handed Down(LP版)
The Things We've Handed Down (LP版) - MARC COHN
以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
Written by：Marc Cohn
I don't know much about you
我对你知之甚少
I don't know who you are
我不知道你是谁
And we've been doing fine without you
没有你我们一直过得很好
But we could only go so far
但我们只能走这么远
I don't know why you chose us
我不知道你为什么选择我们
Were you watching from above
你是在天上看着我们吗
Is there someone there that knows us
是否有人在看着我们
Said we'd give you all our love
说我们会给你所有的爱
Will you laugh just like your mother
你会像你母亲一样开怀大笑吗
Will you sigh like your old man
你会像你父亲一样叹息吗
Will some things skip a generation
有些事情会隔代遗传吗
Like I've heard they often can
就像我常听说的那样
Are you a poet or a dancer
你是个诗人还是舞者
A devil or a clown
是个魔鬼还是小丑
Or a strange new combination of
还是我们所传承下来的
The things we've handed down
一种奇妙的新组合
I wonder who you'll look like
我想知道你会像谁
Will your hair fall down and curl
你的头发会垂下来卷曲吗
Will you be a mama's boy
你会是妈妈的宝贝
Or daddy's little girl
还是爸爸的小公主
Will you be a sad reminder
你会是悲伤的提醒
Of what's been lost along the way
提醒我们沿途失去了什么
And maybe you can help me find her
也许你能帮我找到她
In the things you do and say
在你的一言一行中
And these things that we have given you
我们给予你的这一切
They are not so easily found
并不是轻易就能获得
But you can thank us later
但你可以稍后感谢我们
For the things we've handed down
为我们传承下来的东西
The things we've handed down down
我们传承下来的东西
Down down down down
代代相传
You may not always be so grateful
你可能不会总是感激
For the way that you were made
你的出身和成长方式
Maybe some feature of your father's
也许你继承了父亲的某些特征
That you'd gladly sell or trade
而你可能会欣然出售或交换
And one day you may look at us
有一天你可能会看着我们
And say that you were cursed
说你觉得被诅咒了
But over time that line has been
但随着时间的推移，这句话
Extremely well rehearsed
已经被反复演练
By our fathers and their fathers
由我们的父亲和他们的父亲
In some old and distant town
在某个古老而遥远的小镇
From places no one here remembers
从无人记得的地方而来
Come the things we've handed down
是我们传承下来的东西
The things we've handed down
一种奇妙的新组合
The things we've handed down
一种奇妙的新组合