Dead Man's Boots

You see these work boots in my hands,
瞧瞧我手中的這雙靴子

現在應該可以給我兒子穿了
they'll probably fit ye now my son,
拿著吧，這是給你的禮物

何不穿上試試？
Take them, they're a gift from me,
老爸真是高興啊，如願等到這一天

終於看你穿上這靴子
why don't you try them on?
去碼頭船上工作吧，你要子承父業

在那兒打拼出自己的立足之地
It would do your old man good to see you
這雙靴子
walking in these boots one day,
儘管舊了但還耐穿

年輕人想要闖出自己的一片天地
And take your place among
總要先在這兒落地生根
the men who work upon the slipway.
像你父親一樣，腳踏實地的開始

他說，我不想再多說了，這是最後一次
These dead man's boots,
拜託你為我做這最後一件事
though they're old and curled,
你現在還很幼稚無知
When a feller needs a job and a place in the world,
你以為自己很了不起
And it's time for a man to put down roots,
你要想變強

那就得先在這兒安身立命
And walk to the river in his old man's boots.
你現在要聽我的

和我走相同的路
He said, 'I'm nearly done and asking this,
這雙舊靴子

他們知曉外面的世界
that ye do one final thing for me!
他們可以自己走出去

也許真的會
You 're barely but a sapling,
你的生活要從腳下的土地起步

像我一樣，腳踏實地的開始
and you think that you're a tree.
我說，我為什麼一定要做這些呢？

憑什麼要聽從你的安排？
If ye need a seed to prosper,
我所有的回憶

都是他說什麼我就做什麼
ye must first put down some roots.
他以為他是為我好

他以為他是個慈父
Just one foot then the other
但是我有我自己的未來

自打我出生起我就厭倦這個地方
in these dead man's boots.'
這雙舊靴子知曉外面的世界

他們能自己走，也許真的會
These dead man's boots know
我的生活有更多的選擇和方式
their way down the hill,
我才不會任他安排，重走他的老路
They could walk there themselves,
真不知道他在想什麼
and they probably will.
我怎麼可能願意跟他一樣，過那種日子？

窮的叮噹響
There's aplace for ye there to sink your roots,
連褲子都穿不起

讓我重蹈他的覆轍？這就是他想要的？
And take a walk down the river in these dead man's boots.
他說，那你到底想幹什麼？

我說，幹什麼都行就是不干這個！
I said, 'Why in the Hell would I do that?
這雙舊靴子知曉外面的世界

他們可以從這兒走出去，一定會的
And why would I agree?'
但他們不會與我同行

因為我們有著不一樣的未來
When his hand was all that I'd received,
我受夠了這鬼地方，我要表明我的立場
as far as I remember.
看看這裡，家徒四壁

我不指望從你這兒得到什麼
It's not as if he'd spoiled me with
我什麼都不需要

救濟金自己留著吧，我不要你一分錢
his kindness up to then ye see.
你這輩子就這樣了

留給自己回憶去吧
I'd a plan of me own and
我才不會和你一樣
I'd quit this place when I came of age September.
我懶的跟你爭吵

討論到此為止
These dead man's boots know their way down the hill,
你死也不會看到我穿那雙破靴子
They can walk there themselves, and they probably will.
I'd plenty of choices, and plenty other routes,

And he'd never see me walking in these dead man's boots.

What was it made him think

I'd be happy ending up like him?

When he'd hardly got two halfpennies left,

or a broken pot to piss in.

He wanted this same thing for me, was that his final wish?

He said, 'What the hell are ye gonna do?'

I said, 'Anything but this!'

These dead man's boots know their way down the hill,
They can walk there themselves and they most likely will.
But they won't walk with me
'cos I'm off the other way,
I've had it up to here, I'm gonna have my say.

When all ye've got left is that cross on the wall?
I want nothing from you,
I want nothing at all.

Not a pension, nor a pittance,
when your whole life is through,
Get this through your head,
I'm nothing like you,

I' m done with all the arguments,
there'll be no more dispute,

And ye'll die before ye see me in your dead man's boots.