Ticking (Remastered 2017) - Elton John
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Lyrics by：Elton John/Bernie Taupin
Composed by：Elton John/Bernie Taupin
An extremely quiet child
非常安静的孩子
They called you in your school reports
他们在你的学校报告里给你打电话
He's always taken interest
他总是很感兴趣
In the subjects that he's taught
在他教授的课程里
So what was it that brought
所以究竟是什么
The squad car screaming up your drive
警车在你的车道上呼啸而过
To notify your parents of
去通知你的父母
The manner in which you died
你的死法
As an Patrick's every Sunday
就像每个星期天的Patrick's餐厅一样
Father Fletcher heard your sins
Fletcher神父听到了你的罪孽
Oh he's unconcerned with
他不关心
Competition he never cares to win
他从来不在乎赢不赢
But blood stained a young
但鲜血玷污了一个年轻人
Hand that never held a gun
从未握过枪的手
And his parents never thought
他的父母从未想过
Of him as their troubled son
把他当做他们麻烦的儿子
Now you'll never get to heaven mama said
现在你永远上不了天堂妈妈说
Remember mama said
记得妈妈说过
Ticking ticking
滴滴嗒嗒
Grow up straight and true blue
成长过程中正直诚实
Run along to bed
赶紧上床睡觉
Hear it hear it ticking ticking
听着听着滴滴嗒嗒的声音
They had you holed up in a downtown
他们把你藏在城里
Bar screaming for a priest
酒吧里大声呼唤牧师
Some gook said his brain's just
有个家伙说他的脑子
Snapped then someone called the police
突然有人报警
You'd knifed a Negro waiter who
你刺伤了一个黑人服务员
Had tried to calm you down
试图让你平静下来
Oh you'd pulled a gun and told
你掏出枪来告诉我
Them all to lay still on the ground
他们都躺在地上一动不动
Promising to hurt no one
保证不会伤害任何人
Providing they were still
只要他们还在
A young man tried to make a break
一个年轻人想要闯出一片天
With tear-filled eyes you killed
热泪盈眶你大杀四方
You killed
你大杀四方
That gun butt felt so smooth
枪杆子感觉好舒服
And warm cradled in your palm
温暖地依偎在你的掌心
Oh your childhood cried out
你的童年呼唤着
In your head they mean to do you harm
在你的脑海里他们想要伤害你
Don't ever ride on the devil's knee mama said
妈妈说永远不要骑在恶魔的膝上
Remember mama said
记得妈妈说过
Ticking ticking
滴滴嗒嗒
Pay your penance well my child
好好忏悔吧孩子
Fear where angels tread
害怕天使的脚步
Hear it hear it ticking ticking
听着听着滴滴嗒嗒的声音
Within an hour the news had reached the media machine
不到一个小时消息就传到了媒体机器上
A male caucasian with a gun had gone berserk in queens
一名带枪的白人男子在皇后区发狂了
The area had been sealed off
这一地区已被封锁
The kids sent home from school
孩子们从学校被送回家
Fourteen people lying dead in
十四个人死去
A bar they called the Kicking Mule
一个他们称之为踢骡子的酒吧
Oh they pleaded to your sanity
他们恳求你保持理智
For the sake of those inside
为了内心的那些人
Throw out your gun walk out
掏出你的枪走出去
Slow just keep your hands held high
放慢脚步高举双手
But they pumped you full of rifle
可他们把你打得落花流水
Shells as you stepped out the door
当你出门时子弹飞舞
Oh you danced in death like a
你在死亡中翩翩起舞
Marionette on the vengeance of the law
提线木偶讲述法律的复仇
You've slept too long in silence mama said
你在寂静中睡了太久妈妈说
Remember mama said
记得妈妈说过
Ticking ticking
滴滴嗒嗒
Crazy boy you'll only wind
疯狂的男孩你只会装腔作势
Up with strange notions in your head
你的脑袋里有奇怪的想法
Hear it hear it ticking ticking
听着听着滴滴嗒嗒的声音
