Dear Mr. President歌词-Pete Seeger

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Dear Mr. President - Pete Seeger

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Dear Mr President I set me down

亲爱的总统先生我让自己平静下来

To send you greetings from my home town

从我的家乡向你致以问候

And send you best wishes

把最好的祝福送给你

From all the friends I know

我认识的所有朋友

In Texas Alabama Ohio

在德克萨斯阿拉巴马俄亥俄

And affiliated places

和附属场所

I'm an ordinary guy worked most of my life

我是个普通人大部分时间都在工作

Sometime I'll settle down with my kids and wife

有时候我会和我的孩子和妻子安定下来

And I like to see a movie or take a little drink

我喜欢看电影或者小酌几杯

I like being free to say what I think

我喜欢畅所欲言的感觉

Sort of runs in the family

家族遗传

My grandpa crossed the ocean

我的祖父远渡重洋

For the same reason

出于同样的理由

Now I hate Hitler and I can tell you why

现在我恨希特勒我可以告诉你为什么

He's caused lots of good

他带来了很多好东西

Folks to suffer and die

人们饱受折磨死去

He's got a way of shoving folks around

他总能把人推来推去

I figure it's about time we

我想是时候

Slapped him down

狠狠教训他一顿

Give him a dose of his own medicine

以牙还牙

Lead poisoning

铅中毒

Now Mr President

总统先生

We haven't always agreed in the past I know

我们过去并非总是意见一致我知道

But that ain't at all important now

但现在已经不重要了

What is important is what we got to do

重要的是我们要做什么

We got to lick Mr Hitler and until we do

Other things can wait

其他事情可以等等

In other words first we got a skunk to skin

换句话说首先我们要干掉一个卑鄙小人

War means overtime and higher prices

战争意味着加班和更高的物价

But we're all willing to make sacrifices

但我们都愿意做出牺牲

Hell I'd even stop fighting

我甚至会停止战斗

With my mother in law

和我岳母在一起

Cause we need her too

因为我们也需要她

To win the war old battle ax

赢得这场战争就像一把斧头

Now as I think of our great land

现在当我想起我们伟大的祖国

Of the cities and towns and farming land

城镇和农田

There's so many good people

世上有很多好人

Working every day

每天都在工作

I know it ain't perfect but it

我知道这并不完美但是

Will be some day

总有一天

Just give us a little time

给我们一点时间

This is the reason that I want to fight

这就是我想战斗的原因

Not because every thing's

并不是因为

Perfect or every thing's right

完美无瑕还是一切安好

No it's just the opposite

正好相反

I'm fighting because I want

我抗争是因为我想要

A better America with better laws

一个拥有更好法律的更好的美国

And better homes and jobs and schools

住上更好的房子更幸福的工作更幸福

And no more Jim Crow and no more rules

再也不用像JimCrow一样循规蹈矩

Like you can't ride on this train

仿佛你无法搭乘这列火车

Cause you're a Negro

因为你是个黑人

You can't live here cause you're a Jew

你不能住在这里因为你是犹太人

You can't work here cause you're a union man

你不能在这里工作因为你是工会的人

There's a line keeps running

这条线不停延伸

Through my head

在我脑海里挥之不去

I think it was something Joe Louis once said

我想这是JoeLouis曾经说过的话

Said There's lots of things wrong

我说有很多地方不对劲

But Hitler won't help them

可希特勒不会帮他们

Now Mr President

总统先生

You're commander in chief of our armed forces

你是我们武装部队的总司令

Ships and planes and the tanks and horses

舰船飞机坦克和战马

I guess you know best just where I can fight

我想你最清楚我该去哪里战斗

All I want to be is situated right

我只想找到称心如意的位置

To do the most damage

造成最大的伤害

I never was one to try and shirk

我从来不是一个逃避现实的人

And let the other fellow do all the work

让另一个人做所有的工作

So when the time comes I'll be on hand

当时机成熟时我会与你亲密无间

And make good use of these two hands

好好利用这双手

Quit playing this banjo around with the boys

别再和兄弟们玩班卓琴了

And exchange it for something

用它来交换

That makes more noise

制造更多噪音

So Mr President

所以总统先生

We've got this one big job to do

我们有一件大事要做

That's lick Mr Hitler and when we're through

Let no one else ever take his place

让任何人都无法取代他的位置

To trample down the human race

将人类踩在脚下

So what I want is you to give me a gun

所以我想要的是你给我一把枪

So we can hurry up and get the job done

所以我们可以抓紧时间完成工作