Alvis的藝想視界

"We gotta make a decision

We leave tonight or live and die this way"

Tracy Chapman - Fast Car

You got a fast car
你有輛跑得飛快的車

I want a ticket to anywhere
而我想要一張遠離這地方的車票

Maybe we make a deal
或許我們可以達成協議

Maybe together we can get somewhere
或許我們可以一起遠走高飛

Any place is better
任何地方都行

Starting from zero got nothing to lose
一切從零開始, 不用害怕有所損失

Maybe we'll make something
或許我們能有一番成就

But me myself I got nothing to prove
但什麼都沒有的我又能證明什麼

You got a fast car
你有輛跑得飛快的車

I got a plan to get us out of here
我有個點子讓我們離開這鬼地方

I been working at the convenience store
我在便利商店打打工

Managed to save just a little bit of money
想辦法存點小錢

Won't have to drive too far
不必開得多遠

Just cross the border and into the city
只要越過邊界進到城市

You and I can both get jobs
我們倆都能找到工作

Finally see what it means to be living
終於能體會活著的意義

You see my old man's got a problem
我老爸有個毛病

He live with the bottle that's the way it is
總是整天酗酒

He says his body's too old for working
他說自己身體太差, 無法工作

I say his body's too young to look like his
我說他只是意志消沉罷了

My mama went off and left him
我媽媽離開了他

She wanted more from life than he could give
他無法給她想要的生活

I said somebody's got to take care of him
而我說總得有人來照顧他

So I quit school
所以我輟學了

And that's what I did
事情就是這樣

You got a fast car
你有輛跑得飛快的車

Is it fast enough so we can fly away
它是否夠快讓我們能遠離這一切

We gotta make a decision
我們該做個決定了

We leave tonight or live and die this way
離開這裡重新生活, 或終其一生鬼混過日子

So I remember when we were driving, driving in your car
還記得當時我們正開著你的車

The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk
速度快到我以為我醉了

City lights lay out before us
城市光影閃爍在我們眼前

And your arm felt nice wrapped around my shoulder
你的手摟著我的肩, 那感覺是如此美好

And I, I had a feeling that I belonged
就像終於找到了歸屬

And I, I had a feeling I could be someone
讓我不禁對未來充滿期待

Be someone, be someone
引頸期盼

You got a fast car
你有輛跑得飛快的車

We go cruising to entertain ourselves
我們漫無目的開車閒晃

You still ain't got a job
你還是沒找到工作

And I work in the market as a checkout girl
而我在超市當起收銀員

I know things will get better
我相信情況會好轉的

You'll find work and I'll get promoted
你會找到工作,而我也會升職

We'll move out of the shelter
我們不必窩在這小房間

Buy a bigger house and live in the suburbs
可以在市郊買棟大房子

So I remember when we were driving, driving in your car
還記得當時我們正開著你的車

The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk
速度快到我以為我醉了

City lights lay out before us
城市光影閃爍在我們眼前

And your arm felt nice wrapped around my shoulder
你的手摟著我的肩, 那感覺是如此美好

And I, I had a feeling that I belonged
就像終於找到了歸屬

And I, I had a feeling I could be someone
我深信全新的生活正在等著我

Be someone, be someone
正在等著我

You got a fast car
你有輛跑得飛快的車

I got a job that pays all our bills
我有份可以支付我們開銷的工作

You stay out drinking till late at the bar
你總在酒吧喝酒到深夜

See more of your friends than you do your kids
寧願把心思花在朋友身上, 也不願關心自己的孩子

I'd always hoped for better
我總盼望事情能有所改善

Thought maybe together you and me would find it
心想我們可以一起克服所有困難

I got no plans I ain't going nowhere
但這次我真的束手無策了

So take your fast car and keep on driving
你就開著那輛快車, 頭也不回地離開吧

So I remember when we were driving, driving in your car
還記得當時我們正開著你的車

The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk
速度快到我以為我醉了

City lights lay out before us
城市光影閃爍在我們眼前

And your arm felt nice wrapped around my shoulder
你的手摟著我的肩, 那感覺是如此美好

And I, I had a feeling that I belonged
就像終於找到了歸屬

And I, I had a feeling I could be someone
我有種預感一切都會不同

Be someone, be someone
截然不同

You got a fast car
你有輛跑得飛快的車

Is it fast enough so you can fly away
它是否快到能夠遠離一切是非

We gotta make a decision
是時候該做抉擇了

We leave tonight or live and die this way
離開這裡重新開始, 或是繼續虛擲光陰

——2021.12.12 Translated by Alvis

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