My Pledge - Neil Young
If it please the court I have a lot to say
如果法庭允许 我有许多话想说
And it's not always been true
虽然我总是谎话连篇
Standing here before you judge
站在你的审判席前
I make my pledge of truth to you
我郑重承诺我会坦诚相告
The waves came over the bowsprit
汹涌的海浪拍打着船首斜桅
The decks awash with running green and foam
顿时甲板被绿色泡沫冲刷干净
Back there at the wheel I was terrified
回到驾驶舱里 我却是惊恐不已
Next day we first saw home
曙光乍现之时 我们会看到家园
My relatives came over on the mayflower
亲朋好友会来到这艘五月花号前
Landed on the shore almost alone
这艘船孤独的靠岸
God damn traffic today is terrible
真该死 今天的交通一塌糊涂
And everywhere I look I see people alone
无论哪里 我看到人们都是独自一人
Alone with their heads in their hands
孤独的将头埋进手里
Lost in the conversation stare
迷失于这样交流的眼神里
Walking with their eyes looking at the screen
一边走 一边注视于手机屏幕
Talking like they were really there
心不在焉的谈论着
I'm lost in this new generation
迷失于这新一代
Left me behind it seems
请别理会我
Listening to the shadow of jimi hendrix
听着吉米·亨德里克斯的唱片精髓
Purple haze sounding like TV
紫色烟雾听起来像是电视节目
I stepped on someone's hand laying on the street
我踩着某人的手 睡倒在大街上
Both asleep and dead it may seem
都沉沉睡去像是死了一般
He didn't even move there on the sidewalk
人行道上上的他一动也不动
I stood there staring in a dream
我呆站在那里 像是凝视梦境
She came along in her uniform
一身制服的她向我走来
Stood moving me away with a gentle hand
用她温柔的手指引我走开
Dressed in white like a nightingale
一身白衣如同护士南丁格尔
Her name was florence florence of the land
她的名字如同佛罗伦萨
I knew I'd seen her somewhere
我想我与她似曾相识
I knew I'd seen her somewhere
我想我与她似曾相识
But she was busy with him gone
而她匆匆的与他一起离开
She came with three different brothers
她有三个哥哥
Abraham martin and john
分别是Abraham Martin和John
I heard a song about that once
我曾经听过一首歌
And I never knew what it meant
我从不知它的意义
Three stars guiding a plane one night
三颗星星为黑夜中的飞机指引方向
Rock and roll the message was sent
伴随着摇滚乐 信息被发送出去
I couldn't wrap my head around it
而我却无法相信
Didn't know what it meant
并不明白这其中意义
Standing there on that sandy beach
站在沙滩上
Watching it turn to cement
眼睁睁看着一切成了钢筋水泥
Now I don't see all the colors
如今我看不到所有的色彩
And I might miss some of their beauty
或许我会想念曾经的美好
But I do see what I see
但眼前的现实让我明白
And I want to do my duty
我渴望履行我的职责
And listing in the navy in the corner store
陈列于蔚蓝的大海以及街角小店中
They had a recruiting booth
它们都有招聘展位
I covered my heart and raised my hand
我手摸心脏 扬手宣誓
And swore it was the truth
发誓这一切都是真的
That's my pledge
这就是我的誓言
That's my pledge
这就是我的誓言
That's my pledge judge
这就是我的誓言 法官阁下
That's my pledge
这就是我的誓言