Kacey Musgraves - Merry Go 'Round 歌詞翻譯

Kacey Musgraves - Merry Go 'Round(旋轉木馬) 歌詞翻譯

還記的當初看的時候觀看次數只有幾十萬~☝☝

不插電的也很好聽

是在2013發行的同名專輯Kacey Musgraves中的主打歌曲(歌曲有得葛萊美獎喔!)

這首歌誠實的訴說著被美國南方傳統思想綁架的絕望，趁年輕成家立業，禮拜天準時到教堂禮拜，過著簡單樸實的生活，就這樣一代一代像旋轉木馬一樣，被困在無止盡的循環中，不需要有什麼偉大的志向，因為自己的想法不重要了。

If you ain't got two kids by 21
如果你21歲前還沒有兩個小孩

You're probably gonna die alone
就非常有可能孤獨終老

At least that's what tradition told you
至少傳統是這麼告訴你的

And it don't matter if you don't believe
不相信也沒關係

Come Sunday morning you best be
禮拜天你最好來教堂

There in the front row, like you're supposed to
一如往常地坐在前排禱告

Same hurt in every heart
大夥兒都是一體的

Same trailer, different park
受著同樣的傷，有著同樣的感覺，儘管我們不一樣

Mama's hooked on Mary Kay
媽媽迷上了Mary Kay 化妝品

Brother's hooked on Mary Jane
哥哥大麻成癮

And Daddy's hooked on Mary two doors down
爸爸則搞上隔壁的Mary

Mary Mary quite contrary
Mary妳是如此倔強

We get bored so we get married
我們無聊了，就來結婚吧

And just like dust we settle in this town
與野心一起像灰塵一樣定居在這小鎮，漸漸淡忘

On this broken merry go 'round
就像騎著破舊的旋轉木馬

And 'round and 'round we go
一圈又一圈

Where it stops nobody knows
沒有人知道它何時停下

And it ain't slowin' down
似乎也永遠不會慢下來

This merry go 'round
被傳統陷入一次次的循環中

We think the first time's good enough
我們都認為初戀夠完美了

So we hold on to high school love
所以讓高中純純的愛延續吧

Say we won't end up like our parents
對彼此承諾婚姻不會像父母那樣結束

Tiny little boxes in a row
一排排的小房子

Ain't what you want it's what you know
幻想不可能是現實

Just happy in the shoes you're wearin'
知足是最重要的

Same checks we're always cashin'
兌著同一張發票

To buy a little more distraction
或許能得到什麼樂趣

Mama's hooked on Mary Kay
媽媽迷上了Mary Kay 化妝品

Brother's hooked on Mary Jane
哥哥大麻成癮

And Daddy's hooked on Mary two doors down
爸爸則搞上隔壁的Mary

Mary Mary quite contrary
Mary妳是如此倔強

We get bored so we get married
我們無聊了，就來結婚吧

And just like dust we settle in this town
與野心一起像灰塵一樣定居在這小鎮，漸漸淡忘

On this broken merry go 'round
就像騎著破舊的旋轉木馬

And 'round and 'round we go
一圈又一圈

Where it stops nobody knows
沒有人知道它何時停下

And it ain't slowin' down
似乎也永遠不會慢下來

This merry go 'round
被傳統陷入一次次的循環中

Mary Mary quite contrary
Mary妳是如此倔強

We're so bored until we're buried
也許死後就不無聊了吧

And just like dust we settle in this town
與野心一起像灰塵一樣埋沒在這小鎮，漸漸被淡忘

On this broken merry go 'round
就像騎著破舊的旋轉木馬

And 'round and 'round we go
一圈又一圈

Where it stops nobody knows
沒有人知道它何時停下

And it ain't slowin' down
似乎也永遠不會慢下來

This merry go 'round
被傳統陷入一次次的循環中

Jack and Jill went up the hill
Jack 和 Jill 爬上了山

Jack burned out on booze and pills
Jack喝完酒，吞完藥

And Mary had a little lamb
Mary也有了隻小綿羊

Mary just don't give a damn no more
但我已經不在乎了

1. Mary Jane Mary Jane或Mary Ann 除人名在名間還有大麻的意思