Buried In Detroit - Mike Posner
I'm a writer and a lover
我是个作家 也是个爱人
I'm a Midwest music man
还是中西部的音乐人
And I've been to a lot of places
我去过很多地方
But I'm gon' end where I began
但最终我会回到起点处
I took class in Carolina
我在卡罗莱纳上学
Got high smoking joints
那时候还猛吸**
And now they know my name in Paris
而如今在巴黎人们都知道我的名字
But I'll be buried in Detroit
但我会安葬在底特律
Next to my father and my father's father too
坟墓就设在我爸跟我爷爷旁边
I used to live in New York City
我在纽约城生活过
But baby that ain't no substitute
但那无法取代
Not for my hometown
我的家乡
That place people avoid
虽然我的家乡人人避之
I've made love in every city
我处处留情
But I'll be buried in Detroit
但我会安葬在底特律
I don't claim to be a prophet
并不是说我要成为一个预言家
I just speak my mind
我只是表达出我的想法罢了
I try to tell it like it is
只是想把最真实的那一面表达出来
And sometimes God makes it rhyme
而有时候我的措辞就是会押韵
I like my songs how I like my women
我喜欢我写的歌 就跟我喜欢我老婆那样
Honest and to the point
真诚而又切中要害
You see I got f**ked up in Stockholm
你见过我在斯德哥尔摩那糟糕的生活
But I'll be buried in Detroit
但我会安葬在底特律
Next to my father my father's father too
坟墓就设在我爸跟我爷爷旁边
I used to live in New York City
我在纽约城生活过
But baby that ain't no substitute
但那无法取代
Not for my hometown
我的家乡
That place people avoid
虽然我的家乡人人避之
I've made love in every city
我处处留情
But I'll be buried in Detroit
但我会安葬在底特律
You know I ain't gon' live forever
我也不会长生不死
Baby it won't be long
人的一生其实很短暂
At the wake they'll say he made a lot of mistakes
人还在的时候 人们会指责他犯了多少错误
But he could write hell of a song
但他却很会写歌
And I made I made killing
而写歌是我的专长
Though I never really was employed
即便我从未真的被雇佣去写歌
I had a girl from San Diego
我女儿就住在圣地亚哥
But I'll be buried in
但我会安葬在底特律
I killed a show in Indonesia
我在印度尼西亚有过出色的演出
But I'll be buried in
但我会安葬在底特律
I made love in every city
我处处留情
But I'll be buried in Detroit
但我会安葬在底特律