Barstool

Artist：gary jules
Songs Title：barstool
Old man on a barstool watching TV
老人坐在酒吧的高腳凳上看著電視
Got up and came over to sit closer to me
他起身到我的身邊坐下
He said You look familiar to someone I knew
他說你看起來像我熟悉的某人
But when were your age we were older than you
但在你這個年紀時，我們都要比你年長些
Jimmy was twenty and I seventeen
吉米二十，我十七歲
And to us there was nothing but girls and machines
對我們來說，除了女孩和機器，一無所有
Jimmy got married and I went to war
吉米結婚了，而我參加了戰爭
I still don't know what we were doing it for
我一直都不明白我們在做些什麼
But if you'll buy me a drink--turkey on ice
但如果你能給我買一杯--turkey on ice
Then I could give you some advice
那我就能給你提一些建議
You just stay in the bar
你就在這酒吧里待著
For as long as you can
只要你能
As long as you're drinking
只要你在喝酒
Then you've got the world in your hand
那你就能將世界掌握在你的掌心裡
There's no shame in hanging your world by a string
用繩子將你的世界高掛並不可恥
And you know there's no harm in not thinking a thing
你知道不去思考就不會受傷
But trying to find a place for yourself in this world
試著在這個世界上找到屬於你自己的地方
Is like trying to make a wife of an American girl
就好比娶一個美國女孩做妻子
If you'll trade me a drink for a story or two
如果你用一杯酒跟我換一兩個故事
Then you'll know what you need to do
那你就會知道你需要做什麼
You just stay in the bar
你就待在這酒吧里
For as long as you can
只要你能
You know love is for sissies
你知道愛情會讓人變成膽小鬼
It's whiskey that makes you a man
威士忌可以給你帶來勇氣

這時老人站起來，蹣跚地走在街上
Now the old man got up and stumbled out in the street
他喝了一整天的酒，並且把他的賬單留給了我
He'd been drinking all day and left his bar tab with me
我沒有錢能結清他的賬單
I didn't have the money to cover his bill
但我找到了一個和我一樣的年輕人
But I found me a man who looked like me , younger still
對他說，給我買杯酒，我就給你講一個故事
And said, Buy me a drink and I'll tell you a tale
關於那個教了我很多的老人
About the old man who taught me so well
你就待在這個酒吧里
You just stay in the bar
只要你可以
For as long as you can
我知道你是我的朋友
Hell I know you're a friend
我能從你手上的顫抖來判斷
I can tell by the shakes in your hand
你只要待在這個酒吧
You just stay in the bar
只要你敢
For as long as you dare
只要你給小費
As long as you're tipping
你就會在某處有了一個好朋友
Then you've got a good friend somewhere