出国留学首选一诺留学

　　Well grey clouds wrapped round the town like elastic

　　乌云像橡皮筋一样裹着这个小镇

　　Cars stood like toys made of taiwanese plastic

　　静止的汽车像是台湾塑料玩具

　　The boy laughed at the spastic dancing around in the rain

　　那男孩在雨中手舞足蹈大笑着麻痹患者

　　While laundrettes cleaned clothes, high heels rub toes

　　自动洗衣店机器在轰轰运作，高跟鞋里挤着脚趾，踢踏作响

　　Puddles splashed huddles of bus stop crows

　　水坑溅起水花洒了等车人一身

　　Dressed in their suits and their boots

　　这些人身穿西装皮靴

　　Well they all look the same

　　看起来千篇一律

　　I took myself down to the cafe

　　我来到咖啡馆

　　To find all the boys lost in books and crackling vinyl

　　发现所有的男孩儿要么看书要么听着歌

　　And carved out a poem above the urinal that read

　　在小便池上面刻了一首试：

　　Don't you cry for the lost

　　不要为逝者哭泣

　　Smile for the living

　　要为生者微笑

　　Get what you need and give what you're given

　　要你想要，给你所能给

　　Life's for the living, so live it

　　生活是给活人的，所以好好生活吧

　　Or you're better off dead

　　否则，你死了还好些

　　While the evening pulled the moon out of it's packet

　　傍晚把月亮掏出口袋

　　Stars shone like buttons on an old man's jacket

　　星星像老人夹克上的纽扣闪着光

　　We needed a nail but we tacked it 'til it fell off the wall

　　想有一枚钉子把它定在壁上直到它自己掉下

　　While pigeon's pecked trains, sparks flew like planes

　　鸽子啄着火车，火星像坠落的飞机

　　The rain showed the rainbows in the oil stains

　　油渍上的雨点竟然有了彩虹的踪迹

　　And we all had new iphones but no one had no one to call

　　大家都用IPHONE了，但是却无电话可打

　　And I stumbled down to the stomach of the town

　　一路跌跌撞撞到镇中心

　　Where the widow takes memories to slowly drown

　　那里，未亡人在回忆中慢慢喘不过气

　　With a hand to the sky and a mist in her eye she said

　　手向天空，眼中噙泪水，她说，

　　Don't you cry for the lost

　　不要为逝者哭泣

　　Smile for the living

　　要为生者微笑

　　Get what you need and give what you're given

　　要你想要，给你所能给

　　Life's for the living, so live it

　　生活是给活人的，所以好好生活吧

　　Or you're better off dead

　　否则，你死了还好些

　　Well I'm sick of this town, this blind man's forage

　　恨这个城镇，这个盲人抢食之地

　　They take your dreams down and stick them in storage

　　他们夺走你的梦想，雪藏起来

　　You can have them back son

　　孩子你可以把它们要回

　　When you've paid off your mortgage and loans

　　这得要你偿还按揭和贷款之后

　　Oh hell with this place, I'll go it my own way

　　去你的鬼地方，我要活出自我

　　I'll stick out my thumb and I trudge down the highway

　　我会搭上便车一路向北

　　Someday someone must be going my way home

　　某天某人一定会沿着去路回家

　　Till then I'll make my bed from a disused car

　　在那之前，暂且就以旧车做床

　　With a mattress of leaves and a blanket of stars

　　以叶为席，以星为被

　　And I'll stitch the words into my heart

　　然后把那些话缝进心里

　　With a needle and thread

　　用针和线：

　　Don't you cry for the lost

　　不要为逝者哭泣

　　Smile for the living

　　要为生者微笑

　　Get what you need and give what you're given

　　要你想要，给你所能给

　　Life's for the living, so live it

　　生活是给活人的，所以好好生活吧

　　Or you're better off dead

　　否则，你死了还好些

　　Don't you cry for the lost

　　不要为逝者哭泣

　　Smile for the living

　　要为生者微笑

　　Get what you need and give what you're given

　　要你想要，给你所能给

　　Life's for the living, so live it

　　生活是给活人的，所以好好生活吧

　　Or you're better off dead

　　否则，你死了还好些