听歌学英语: 物是人非 Things Have Changed

A worried man with a worried mind
脑中满是担忧的男人
No one in front of me and nothing behind
前后无人
There's a woman on my lap and she's drinking champagne¹
大腿上坐着喝着香槟的女人
Got white skin,got assassin's eyes
她皮肤白皙,双眼迷人
I'm looking up into the sapphire² tinted³ skies
仰头看看蓝色天空
I'm well dressed,waiting on the last train
我一身光鲜,等着最后一趟列车

Standing⁴ on the gallows⁵ with my head in a noose⁶
站在绞刑架上,头套在绞索中
Any minute now I'm expecting all hell to break loose
这一刻，地狱会随时降临
People are crazy and times are strange
人们变得疯狂,时间变得诡异
I'm locked in tight.I'm out of range
我被紧紧锁住。我在射程之外
I used to care,but things have changed
我曾经还是在乎的；但一切已经物是人非

This place ain't doing me any good
这个地方跟我相克
I'm in the wrong town.I should be in Hollywood
我呆错地方了。我应该在好莱坞。
Just for a second there I thought I saw something move
一瞬之间,我以为我看到有什么东西在动
Gonna take dancing lessons do the jitterbug rag
要去上舞蹈课,学会那吉特巴
Ain't no shortcuts,gonna dress in drag
没有捷径,只能衣衫褴褛
Only a fool in here would think he's got anything to prove
只有傻子才会觉得有必要证明点什么

Lot of water under the bridge，lot of other stuff too
桥下很多水,以及许多其它的东西
Don't get up gentlemen. I'm only passing through
不要起身,先生,我只不过是经过而已
People are crazy and times are strange
人们都疯了，时代变奇怪了
I'm locked in tight. I'm out of range
我被紧紧锁住,我在射程之外
I used to care,but things have changed
我曾经关心,但一切已经物是人非

I've been walking forty miles of bad road
我走了四十英里的崎岖路
If the bible is right,the world will explode
如果圣经说得没错,这个世界迟早要爆炸
I've been trying to get as far away from myself as I can
我一直在尝试着尽可能地远离自己
Some things are too hot to touch
有些东西太烫不敢碰
The human mind can only stand so much
人的大脑只能承担这么多
You can't win with a losing hand
手气不好，怎么能赢？

Feel like falling in love with the first woman I meet
想要爱上第一个遇见的女人
Putting her in a wheel barrow and wheeling her down the street
把她装进手推车里,沿街走

People are crazy and times are strange
人们变得疯狂,时间变得诡异
I'm locked in tight,I'm out of range
我被紧紧锁住,在射程之外/无暇顾及世人
I used to care,but things have changed
我曾经还是在乎的；但一切已经物是人非

I hurt easy.I just don't show it
我很容易受伤,但我从不让人看见
You can hurt someone and not even know it
有时候伤害了别人却不自知
The next sixty seconds could be like an eternity⁷
接下来的六十秒可以变成永远
Gonna get low down,gonna fly high
想要低调,还是想要华丽
All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie
这世界所有的真实加在一起，成了一个弥天大谎
I'm in love with a woman who don't even appeal to me
我和一个我并不爱着的女人爱着
Mr.Jinx and Miss Lucy,they jumped in the lake
Jinx先生和Lucy小姐,他们跳入湖中
I'm not that eager to make a mistake
我还没有昏头想犯错/我还有做蠢事儿的打算

People are crazy and times are strange
人们变得疯狂,时间变得诡异
I'm locked in tight,I'm out of range
我被紧紧锁住,在射程之外/无暇顾及世人
I used to care,but things have changed
我曾经还是在乎的；但一切已经物是人非



There's a woman on my lap and she's drinking champagne大腿上坐着喝着香槟的女人
lap: n. 一圈；大腿；下摆；山坳
His car was boxed in by two other cars on the final lap. 他的汽车在最后一圈遭到了其它两辆汽车的围堵。
At/On the last lap John held him,and then began to pick up on him. 在最后一圈约翰追上了他，并开始超车。
in the lap of luxury:在优裕的环境中;娇生惯养
She was brought up in the lap of luxury.她从小养尊处优/就被娇生惯养。
lap dance 大腿舞或膝上艳舞,也有译作‘脱衣舞’
I don't want you getting a lap dance from some stripper with the excuse that it's your friend's party.我不想你用朋友派对这个借口堂而皇之地让某个脱衣舞娘对着你大跳艳舞。
lap vt.舔； 舔食 ；轻拍; 冲拍
Cats and dogs lap water.猫狗喝水是用舔的。
Water lapped the sides of the boat.河水轻拍着小船的两侧。

Any minute now I'm expecting all hell to break loose这一刻，地狱会随时降临
break loose:挣脱；迸发；
In the turmoil⁸ resulting from the collision, the arrested man broke loose and ran off.在撞车引起的一片混乱中，那个被捕的人挣脱逃走了。
all hell breaks loose本意‘所有的地狱之门都打开了’，比喻‘形势即将失控’的意思
All hell is going to break loose soon. 场面马上要失控了
When a surveillance camera is out of order or the traffic police fail to keep tabs on a specific section of a freeway,all hell will break loose.当一个监控出了毛病或交警未能监视到高速公路上某个特定路段,后果将一塌糊涂/不堪设想(tab,n‘监督，监视’，keep tabs on 监视，密切注意)

This place ain't doing me any good这个地方跟我相克
do sb good 该结构表示“对某人有益或有好处”,其中的 good 为不可数的抽象名词‘好处’。
This experience did me good greatly. 这次经历给了我无尽的好处。
扩展： do v, 足够;合适
句子：That'll/will do/It'll/will do/This will do.可以了/行了/够了/合适了
That'll do. Hold it.可以了，别动。
Grace: Do you have a blanket? I'm a little cold.你有毛毯吗？我有点冷。
Harry⁹: No, but would you like to put my coat on?没有，不过要不要穿上我的外套？
Grace: Thanks. That'll do.谢谢。那也行/可以啊。

1 champagne   

n.香槟酒；微黄色

参考例句：

• There were two glasses of champagne on the tray.托盘里有两杯香槟酒。
• They sat there swilling champagne.他们坐在那里大喝香槟酒。

2 sapphire   

n.青玉，蓝宝石；adj.天蓝色的

参考例句：

• Now let us consider crystals such as diamond or sapphire.现在让我们考虑象钻石和蓝宝石这样的晶体。
• He left a sapphire ring to her.他留给她一枚蓝宝石戒指。

3 tinted   

adj. 带色彩的 动词tint的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• a pair of glasses with tinted lenses 一副有色镜片眼镜
• a rose-tinted vision of the world 对世界的理想化看法

4 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

5 gallows   

n.绞刑架，绞台

参考例句：

• The murderer was sent to the gallows for his crimes.谋杀犯由于罪大恶极被处以绞刑。
• Now I was to expiate all my offences at the gallows.现在我将在绞刑架上赎我一切的罪过。

6 noose   

n.绳套，绞索（刑）；v.用套索捉；使落入圈套；处以绞刑

参考例句：

• They tied a noose round her neck.他们在她脖子上系了一个活扣。
• A hangman's noose had already been placed around his neck.一个绞刑的绳圈已经套在他的脖子上。

7 eternity   

n.不朽，来世；永恒，无穷

参考例句：

• The dull play seemed to last an eternity.这场乏味的剧似乎演个没完没了。
• Finally,Ying Tai and Shan Bo could be together for all of eternity.英台和山伯终能双宿双飞，永世相随。

8 turmoil   

n.骚乱，混乱，动乱

参考例句：

• His mind was in such a turmoil that he couldn't get to sleep.内心的纷扰使他无法入睡。
• The robbery put the village in a turmoil.抢劫使全村陷入混乱。

9 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。