听力原文
The Smiths - Pretty Girls Make Graves
Upon the sand, upon the bay
"there is a quick and easy way" you say
Before you illustrate
I'd rather state :
"i'm not the man you think I am
I'm not the man you think I am"
And sorrow’s native son
He will not smile for anyone
And pretty girls make graves
Oh ...
End of the pier, end of the bay
You tug my arm, and say : "give in to lust,
Give up to lust, oh heaven knows we’ll
Soon be dust ... "
Oh, I’m not the man you think I am
I’m not the man you think I am
And sorrow’s native son
He will not rise for anyone
And pretty girls make graves
Oh really ?
Oh ...
I could have been wild and I could have
Been free
But nature played this trick on me
She wants it now
And she will not wait
But she’s too rough
And I’m too delicate
Then, on the sand
Another man, he takes her hand
A smile lights up her face
(and well, it would)
I lost my faith in womanhood
I lost my faith in womanhood
I lost my faith ...
Oh ...
Hand in glove ...
The sun shines out of our behinds ...
Oh ...
参考译文
Tracklist:
The Smiths - Queen Is Dead (Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty)
The Smiths - Hand In Glove
The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
The Smiths - Shakespeare's Sister
The Smiths - The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
The Smiths - This Charming Man
The Smiths - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
THE SMITHES 1982年成立于英国的曼彻斯特,1988年解散,MORRISSEY独立发展。在以新浪潮(New Wave)为主流并且引发第二次英伦入侵美国(British Invasion)过程中,THE SMITHES却婉拒多家主流公司六位数(英镑)的优渥条件而与独立唱片Rough Trade签约。在独立唱片公司中THE SMITHES不需依照流行的口味生产音乐,在音乐上他们回归简单的四人乐队,以吉他伴奏为主,属新音乐(Brit Rock)主宰流行市场都是曼彻斯特吉他乐团兴起的影响所及;在歌词方面,他们有着尖锐的政治、人文批判,THE SMITHES因此在非流行的独立唱片排行(Independent Chart, Indie)拥有超高人气,在英国流行单曲、专辑榜上亦是成绩斐然。