Stephenville, TX - Jewel (珠儿)
Housewives trying to recapture their youth
家庭主妇穿着印花和小羊皮衣
By wearing floral print and suede
试图找回青春
Fixing their hairdos with PC'
学着电视上玛莎斯图尔特的方法
Chemical-free hairspray
用无添加的芳香发胶
Martha Stewart taught them to make on TV
固定发型
I was raised a farmgirl
我是个农村女孩
I'm too far from home' all alone on the road
我远离家乡,独自上路
Trying to figure out who I am
试图找到真正的自己
Now the the stardust has turned to sand
如今,星尘变作沙粒
And the sand has turned to stone
沙粒被造星机器
On the starmaking machine
变作了石头
I'm 25 years old
我二十五岁
That ain't the end but it sure ain't where I began
这不是终结,但肯定也不是开始
And my daddy' he wrote songs and he broke colts
我的父亲能歌会武
And he went back to school to get a degree
他回到学校,攻读学位
Now he teachs music to kids' he taught music to me
他教孩子们音乐,也教我音乐
And this Alaskan girl was living in Stephenville'
这个阿拉斯加女孩,住在斯蒂芬维尔
Texas that is
就在德州
Yes' you guessed it'
你猜对了
I moved here because I fell in love with a man
我搬到这里,因为我爱上了一个男人
And I moved his ex-old lady's things out of the closet
我将他前女友的东西移出橱柜
The same closet I had to move my things back in
将我的东西放入
It didn't make me feel that great' as if to demonstrate
我感觉并不好
Everything's temporary given enough time
我暂时有时间解决这一切
I'm 25 years old
我二十五岁
That ain't the end but it sure ain't where I began
这不是终结,但肯定也不是开始
But hey' I've got nothing to lose
嘿,我本就一无所有
I'm a singer for crowds' I'm a writer of songs
我是个街头歌手,我是个词作者
Hey Mom' look' I'm an entertainer
嘿,妈妈,看吧,我成了艺人
I'm a modern day troubadour trying to
我是个现代民谣歌手
Find justice with six strings
想用六弦吉他闯出一片天地
Trying to make the world make sense out of me
想让全世界对我另眼相看
Trying to be loved completely' trying to love honestly
想被全心全意爱着,想要真诚去爱
Trying to find a decent high noon cup of tea
想为自己赚得一杯下午茶
In another shitty hotel
和廉价旅馆的房费
I'm trying to listen to the leaves speak
我试图聆听落叶的声音
Trying to steal secrets from fishes in the creek
试图窃取小溪里鱼儿的秘密
Trying to figure out who I am
试图找到真正的自己
A singer' a pretty bad cook' maybe a good mom one day
我是一名歌手,厨艺不精,也许某天会成为好妈妈
What will it be
未来会怎样?
I'm trying to figure out who I am
我试图找到真正的自己
But there's no hand to hold' no Doctor Martin Luther King
但我找不到帮助,找不到马丁路德金
There's just syncophants
人人溜须拍马
And the mindlessness on TV or in the magazines
无脑的电视和杂志
On the latest ways to behave
充斥生活
So why not follow me' the blond bombshell deity
为何不跟随我,金发尤物?
I'll sell you neat ideas without big words
我会卖给你好主意,而不是空谈
And a little bit of cleavage to help wash it all down
身心放开,将烦恼忘记
Hey' everybody thought Godard was a clown
嘿,每个人将戈达德看作小丑
And that ain't gonna be me
我不会成为他
And I'm 25 years old
我二十五岁
That ain't the end but it sure ain't where I began
这不是终结,但肯定也不是开始
Guess that just means I'm in Texas
猜猜那是什么意思,我身处德州