Freedom (Johnny’s Song) - Gavin Degraw

Johnny's got a family of five and he works for the state
Johnny有一个五口之家他为国家工作
He got debts that are piling high and an old Chevrolet
他债台高筑还有一辆破旧的雪佛兰
Willie on the dash playin' tunes
Willie在仪表盘上播放着音乐
Smells like grass cuz he's covered in June
身上散发着青草的味道因为他在六月里
Picking up extra cash mowing lawns with his kids
挣外快和孩子一起修剪草坪
Stained sneakers walk through the church as they kneel down to pray
沾满污渍的运动鞋穿过教堂他们跪地祈祷
Sayin' "Please Lord have pity on us take our troubles away
说上帝啊可怜可怜我们吧让我们摆脱烦恼
These seeds that we're plantin' with you
我们与你一起播种的种子
We hope one day oh Lord will come true"
我们希望有一天上帝会成真
I remember even right now that look on his face
我至今还记得他脸上的表情
So we'd get high and we'd ramble
所以我们会嗨起来我们会漫步
Get drunk and we'd gamble
一醉方休我们孤注一掷
Teenagers cruising at 75
年轻人开着车四处游荡
Singing "Sweet Home Alabama"
歌唱着阿拉巴马甜蜜的家
Stay out all d**n weekend
整个周末都待在外面
Sundays are for sleeping
周日是用来睡觉的
Nobody leaving this planet alive
没有人能活着离开这个星球
Might as well enjoy your freedom
还不如享受你的自由
Yeah freedom
自由
Mom says she gonna enlist and the Corps pays for school
妈妈说她会应征入伍由军队支付学费
They'll have more money they could work with if she just had the tools
如果她有工具他们就能挣到更多钱
John says "What you think's best
约翰说你觉得怎样最好
I'll work doubles and make up the rest"
我会加倍努力把剩下的补上
Still drown in college debt I'll never forgive or forget
依然沉浸在大学债里我永远不会原谅也不会忘记
So we'd get high and we'd ramble
所以我们会嗨起来我们会漫步
Get drunk and we'd gamble
一醉方休我们孤注一掷
Teenagers cruising at 75
年轻人开着车四处游荡
Singing "Sweet Home Alabama"
歌唱着阿拉巴马甜蜜的家
Stay out all d**n weekend
整个周末都待在外面
Sundays are for sleeping
周日是用来睡觉的
Nobody leaving this planet alive
没有人能活着离开这个星球
Might as well enjoy your freedom
还不如享受你的自由
Yeah freedom
自由
Went to Woodstock
去参加伍德斯托克音乐节
With his draft papers in his back pocket from Vietnam
他的后裤兜里装着从越南拿到的征兵文件
Workin' in the slammer
在监狱里工作
Did hard time
过得很艰难
Went through hell together they'd die for each other
一起走过鬼门关他们愿意为彼此赴汤蹈火
Oh these lovers in arms
这对恋人投入怀抱
Yeah they'd get high and they'd ramble
他们兴奋无比四处游荡
Get drunk and they'd gamble
一醉方休他们孤注一掷
When they were younger like everyone else
当他们像其他人一样年轻时
Like you couldn't blow out their candle
仿佛你无法吹灭他们的蜡烛
Stay out all d**n weekend
整个周末都待在外面
Sundays are for sleeping
周日是用来睡觉的
Nobody leaving this planet alive
没有人能活着离开这个星球
Might as well enjoy your freedom
还不如享受你的自由
Yeah freedom
自由