English - Nerina Pallot
Oh you'd love to be English
你想要成為英國人
And all you think it is
你腦中想的是
The Queen and her Guards taking tea
女王和她的衛兵喝茶的情景
But the hatred and the bigotry won't go away
但仇恨和偏執仍舊固存
No Blacks no Irish bring no dogs
黑人、愛爾蘭人與狗不得入內
The shame of being something other than the same as everyone else
與眾不同是令人羞恥的行為
Well I don't want to be like you
所以我可不願與你為伍
But my skin is so pale my manner so fine
但我肌膚蒼白舉止優雅
You think that I am just like you
你認為我與你並無不同
And you're frightened to travel
你害怕旅行
'Till you make the world look just the same as home
除非這個世界都如家般溫馨
While your kids buy guns and shoot their friends
而你的孩子卻買槍殺友
And die alone
並孤獨死去
No mind no judgment lets you take the blame
無人在意也無人將你審判責罰
Send those bloody strangers back from where they came
把那些該死的陌生人送回原地吧
Does that mean me too
那意味著我也需要被遣返麼？
Or my Mother in her small red coat
或者還有我那穿著小紅衣
Stepping off the boat
奔波船岸
Doing jobs you're too d**n lazy to
做著你們所不屑的工作的母親
All this greatness gone to waste
所有偉大都被浪費
You hide your eyes and turn your face and
你合上雙眸不願面對
Nothing ever changes no
一成不變
Nothing ever changes
不曾更改
So keep your bulldogs
所以繼續固步自封吧
Keep your flags
保留你的立場吧
Cause talk is cheap and
空談無意
Time will drag and
只荒廢了年華
Nothing ever changes no
一成不變
Nothing ever changes
不曾更改
I will always be English
我永遠都會是英國人
And all I hope it is
我唯所希望的是
These shores that I will claim as my own
縱然我定居他岸
This broken down Jerusalem
這失落的耶路撒冷
Is still my home
仍是我歸所
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