Barstool

Artist：gary jules
Songs Title：barstool
Old man on a barstool watching TV
坐在高脚凳看电视的老人
Got up and came over to sit closer to me
突然站起来过来靠近我
He said You look familiar to someone I knew
他说：“我认识的人都知道你
But when were your age we were older than you
我们比你大
Jimmy was twenty and I seventeen
吉米20岁 我17岁
And to us there was nothing but girls and machines
对我们来说除了女孩和工作没有什么了
Jimmy got married and I went to war
吉米结婚了 我去打仗了
I still don't know what we were doing it for
我始终不知道我们这么做是为了什么
But if you'll buy me a drink--turkey on ice
但如果你能请我吃---冰上火鸡
Then I could give you some advice
那么我可以给你一些建议
You just stay in the bar
你就待在酒吧里
For as long as you can
做些你可以做的
As long as you're drinking
只要喝几杯
Then you've got the world in your hand
你就掌控了这个世界
There's no shame in hanging your world by a string
把你的世界捆起来也不是羞耻的
And you know there's no harm in not thinking a thing
你知道不去多虑根本没有坏处
But trying to find a place for yourself in this world
但想在这世界上为自己找块地
Is like trying to make a wife of an American girl
就像要娶一个美国女孩做妻子
If you'll trade me a drink for a story or two
如果你用一杯酒换一两个故事
Then you'll know what you need to do
那你就知道你需要做什么了
You just stay in the bar
你就待在酒吧里
For as long as you can
做些你可以做的
You know love is for sissies
你知道爱是为了我们
It's whiskey that makes you a man
是威士忌让你成为男人”

老人站了起来 跌跌撞撞地朝街上走去
Now the old man got up and stumbled out in the street
他一整天都在喝酒 把他的酒水账单给了我
He'd been drinking all day and left his bar tab with me
我付不起这些钱
I didn't have the money to cover his bill
但我发现有个男人比我年轻些 长得像我
But I found me a man who looked like me, younger still
然后我说：“请我喝一杯，我给你讲个故事
And said, Buy me a drink and I'll tell you a tale
关于那个教我怎么做的老人
About the old man who taught me so well
你尽管待在酒吧里
You just stay in the bar
做些你可以做的
For as long as you can
我知道你是朋友
Hell I know you're a friend
我从你微颤的手看出来的
I can tell by the shakes in your hand
你就待在酒吧里
You just stay in the bar
只要你敢
For as long as you dare
你给点小费
As long as you're tipping
那你就有个很好的朋友了”
Then you've got a good friend somewhere