Stephenville, TX - Jewel (珠儿)
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Housewives trying to recapture their youth
主妇们试图用碎花裙与麂皮鞋
By wearing floral print and suede
重拾逝去的青春时光
Fixing their hairdos with PC'
用无化学添加的发胶
Chemical-free hairspray
精心打理蓬松发型
Martha Stewart taught them to make on TV
玛莎·斯图尔特在节目里教的诀窍
I was raised a farmgirl
而我从小在农场长大
I'm too far from home' all alone on the road
此刻离家千里 独自漂泊在路上
Trying to figure out who I am
寻找真正的自我模样
Now the the stardust has turned to sand
如今星尘已化作沙粒
And the sand has turned to stone
沙粒又凝结成磐石
On the starmaking machine
在那造星的机器上
I'm 25 years old
我二十五岁的年纪
That ain't the end but it sure ain't where I began
虽非终点却已远离起点
And my daddy' he wrote songs and he broke colts
父亲曾写歌驯马
And he went back to school to get a degree
又重返校园求学
Now he teachs music to kids' he taught music to me
如今他教孩子们音乐 也曾这样教导我
And this Alaskan girl was living in Stephenville'
这个阿拉斯加女孩曾住在斯蒂芬维尔
Texas that is
德克萨斯州的那个
Yes' you guessed it'
没错 你猜对了
I moved here because I fell in love with a man
我搬来这里是因为爱上了一个男人
And I moved his ex-old lady's things out of the closet
我曾把他的前任物品清出衣柜
The same closet I had to move my things back in
又不得不把自己的东西重新塞回
It didn't make me feel that great' as if to demonstrate
这感觉并不美妙 仿佛在无声诉说
Everything's temporary given enough time
世间万物终将随时间消逝
I'm 25 years old
我二十五岁的年纪
That ain't the end but it sure ain't where I began
虽非终点却已远离起点
But hey' I've got nothing to lose
但此刻我无所畏惧
I'm a singer for crowds' I'm a writer of songs
我是舞台的歌者 是旋律的诗人
Hey Mom' look' I'm an entertainer
妈妈你看 我终于成为表演者
I'm a modern day troubadour trying to
如同游吟诗人般执着追寻
Find justice with six strings
用六弦琴弦丈量世间公道
Trying to make the world make sense out of me
试图让世界理解我的存在
Trying to be loved completely' trying to love honestly
渴望被完整地爱 也学着真诚去爱
Trying to find a decent high noon cup of tea
想找杯像样的午后红茶
In another shitty hotel
在又一家破旧旅馆里
I'm trying to listen to the leaves speak
我试着聆听树叶的低语
Trying to steal secrets from fishes in the creek
想从小溪游鱼那儿偷听秘密
Trying to figure out who I am
寻找真正的自我模样
A singer' a pretty bad cook' maybe a good mom one day
是歌手 是蹩脚厨娘 或许有天能成为好母亲
What will it be
未来会怎样
I'm trying to figure out who I am
我仍在寻找真正的自己
But there's no hand to hold' no Doctor Martin Luther King
却无人指引 没有精神领袖
There's just syncophants
只有谄媚之徒
And the mindlessness on TV or in the magazines
电视杂志充斥着空洞
On the latest ways to behave
教导最新处世法则
So why not follow me' the blond bombshell deity
不如追随我 金发尤物般的存在
I'll sell you neat ideas without big words
贩卖简明易懂的处世哲学
And a little bit of cleavage to help wash it all down
微露香肩 将过往一饮而尽
Hey' everybody thought Godard was a clown
看吧 世人都把戈达尔当作小丑
And that ain't gonna be me
但那绝不会是我的模样
And I'm 25 years old
如今我已二十五岁
That ain't the end but it sure ain't where I began
虽非终点却已远离起点
Guess that just means I'm in Texas
或许这意味我正扎根在德州土壤