Waiting Around to Die - The Be Good Tanyas

Sometimes I don't know where

有时候，我感到迷茫

This stony road is taking me

不知道这条崎岖的路通往何处

Sometimes I don't know the reason why

有时候，我感到彷徨

So I guess I'll keep gambling

我只得继续赌博

Lots of booze and lots of rambling

醉意朦胧，跌撞前行

Well it's easier than just waiting around to die

这比等死容易多了

Well one time friends

我的朋友

I had a ma I even had a pa

曾经，我的母亲还在，我的父亲也还在

He beat her with a belt once 'cause she cried

有一次，父亲用皮带殴打了母亲，因为她流泪了

She told him to take care of me

她叫父亲好好照顾我

She headed down to Tennessee

她只身前往了田纳西州

Well it's easier than just waiting around to die

这比等死容易多了

Then I became of age

我长大后

And I found a girl in a Tuscaloosa bar

我在塔斯卡卢萨酒吧邂逅一位女孩

She cleaned me out and she hit it on the sly

她为我清洗身上赃物，她偷偷地爱着我

Well I tried to kill the pain

我努力抹去疼痛

I bought some wine I hopped a train

我买了瓶酒，坐上一辆火车前往远方

Well it was easier than just waiting around to die

这比等死容易多了

Then a friend said he knew

一个朋友告诉我

Where some easy money was

他知道哪儿能轻松赚到钱

We robbed a man and brother did we fly

我们去打劫，这太不可思议了

But the posse caught up with me

但是我们被警察抓住了

And drugged me back to Muskogee

把我遣回了马斯科吉

And now it's two long years just waiting around to die

事情过去了两年，我现在就如同在等死

Now I'm out of prison

现在我刑满释放

And I got me a friend at last

我至少还有一个朋友

He don't steal or cheat or drink or lie

他不偷，不抢，不喝酒，更不撒谎

While his name is Codeine

他叫**可待因

And he's the nicest thing I've seen

他是我见过最好的东西

And together we're gonna wait around to die

我们将一起等死