Skid Row (Downtown)
- Musical Cast Recording/Original Cast Recording/The New Musical Cast
以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
Alarm goes off at seven
七点闹钟准时响起
And you start up-town
你开始往城区赶路
You put in your eight hours
为那些权贵们
For the powers
卖命工作八小时
That have always been
他们始终高高在上
Sing it child
唱吧孩子
'Til it's five-pm
直到傍晚五点
"Then you go "
"然后你继续奔波"
Downtown
Where the folks are broke You go
贫民窟里 人们穷困潦倒 你只能去
Downtown
Where your life's a joke You go
生活像个笑话 你只能去
Downtown
Where you buy a token You go
买张车票 你只能去
Home to Skid Row
回到贫民窟
"Yes you go "
"是的 你只能去"
Downtown
Where the cabs don't stop
出租车都不愿停靠的地方
Downtown
Where the food is slop
食物难以下咽的角落
Downtown
Where the hop-heads flop in the snow
瘾君子在雪地里瘫倒
Down on Skid Row
就在这贫民窟
Uptown you cater to a million jerks
上流社会里 你伺候着百万个混蛋
Uptown you're messengers
在富人区你们是信差
And mailroom clerks
和收发室职员
Eating all your lunches
吃着热狗摊的午餐
At the hot-dog carts
匆匆填饱肚子
The bosses take your money
老板榨干你们的血汗
And they break your hearts
还撕碎你们的梦
And Uptown you cater
在富人区你们伺候着
To a million whores
无数贪婪的嘴脸
You disinfect terrazzo
你擦洗着大理石地面
On their bathroom floors
在他们奢华的浴室里
The jobs are really menial
做着最卑微的工作
You make no bread
却挣不到糊口的钱
And then at five-o'clock you head
五点钟你匆匆赶路
"By subway "
乘着地铁
Downtown
Where the guys are drips
那里尽是些无趣的人
Downtown
Where they rip your slips
贫民窟里 连存根都被撕碎
Downtown
Where relationships are no go
这地方容不下真情
Down on Skid Row
就在这贫民窟
Poor all my life I've
穷困 这辈子我
Always been poor
始终穷困潦倒
I keep askin' God what I'm for
不断追问上帝 我为何而生
And he tells me "Gee I'm not sure "
他犹豫着对我说 "呃 我不确定"
"Sweep that floor kid "
"去把地扫了 小子"
Oh I started life as an orphan
我从小就是个孤儿
A child of the street here on Skid
在贫民窟街头长大
Row He took me in gave me shelter
他收留我给我栖身之所
A bed crust of bread and a job
一张床 一块面包 一份工作
Treats me like dirt and
却把我当垃圾对待
Calls me a slob
骂我是个邋遢鬼
Which I am
这就是我
So I live
所以我活着
Downtown
That's your home address you live
那是你的家庭住址 你活着
Downtown
When your life's a mess you live
当生活一团糟 你活着
Downtown
Where depression's just status quo
抑郁不过是日常状态
Down on Skid Row
就在这贫民窟
Someone show me a way to
谁能给我指条明路
Get outta here
逃离这困境
'Cause I constantly pray
因我日夜祈祷
I'll get outta here
能离开这里
Please won't somebody say
求求谁能告诉我
I'll get outta here
能离开这里
Someone gimmie my shot
给我一个翻身的机会
Or I'll rot here
否则我将在此腐朽
Downtown
Show me how and I will
告诉我方法我就能
I'll get outta here Downtown
逃离这贫民窟
I'll start climbin' up hill
我会开始向上攀爬
And get outta here
逃离这个地方
'Cause it's dangerous
因为这里危机四伏
Downtown
Someone tell me I still
谁来告诉我仍有希望
Could get outta here
逃离这牢笼
Someone tell lady luck
谁来告诉幸运女神
That I'm stuck here
我深陷泥潭
Gee it sure would be swell to
若能离开这鬼地方
Get outta here
逃离这困境
Bid the gutter farewell and get
告别阴沟 重获新生
Outta here
逃离此地
I'd move heaven and hell to get
我愿赴汤蹈火也要离开
Outta Skid
贫民窟
I'd do I don't know what to get
不惜一切代价也要挣脱
Outta Skid
贫民窟
But a hell of a lot to get outta Skid
拼尽全力只为逃离这贫民窟
People tell me there's not
人们都说这里
A way outta Skid
根本没有出路
But believe me I gotta get outta Skid
但请相信我必须逃离这贫民窟
Row
这绝望的街区