the last great american dynasty

Rebekah rode up on the afternoon train. It was sunny
天晴晴朗麗貝卡上乘坐午後火車
Her saltbox house on the coast took her mind off St. Louis
她那沿海鹽盒住宅屋令她思緒不再迷戀於聖路易斯
Bill was the heir to the Standard Oil name and money
比爾是標準石油公司的繼承人坐擁無盡財產
And the town said 'How did a middle class divorcée do it?'
小鎮上眾說紛紜一個中產階級離過婚的女人如何過得這般恣肆
The wedding was charming
令人羨慕迷人醉心的婚禮
If a little gauche
倘若真要言其間的不足
There's only so far new money goes
那該得批判金錢揮霍無度吧
They picked out a home and called it 'Holiday House'
他們精心挑選一處住址並喚為度假小屋
Their parties were tasteful
他們的派對品味十足高尚典雅
If a little loud
只不過有點兒喧鬧
The doctor had told him to settle down
醫生也早就告訴過他讓他早日平定內心
It must have been her fault his heart gave out
定是她的失誤才讓他因此心力衰竭
And they said
人們議論紛紜
There goes the last great American dynasty
這將會是美利堅最後的盛世朝代了
Who knows if she never showed up
又有誰知曉倘若她未曾出現
what could've been
事情又會發展成何種地步呢
There goes the maddest woman this town has ever seen
她或是這城鎮上前所未有最癲狂的女人了
She had a marvelous time ruining everything
她有摧毀一切的宏偉世紀
Rebekah gave up on the Rhode Island set Forever
麗貝卡因此永遠放棄了羅德島的資產
Flew in all her Bitch Pack friends from the city
Bitch Pack好友團的姐妹們都從四方飛來
Filled the pool with champagne and swam with the big names and blew through the money on the boys and the ballet
同知名大腕徜徉沉醉於香檳浴池為俊傑少年和芭蕾事業揮霍金錢
And losing on card game bets with Dalí
輸掉了同達利卡牌遊戲的賭注
And they said
人們議論紛紜
There goes the last great American dynasty
這將會是美利堅最後的盛世朝代了
Who knows if she never showed up
又有誰知曉倘若她未曾出現
what could've been
事情又會發展成何種地步呢
There goes the most shameless woman this town has ever seen
她或是這城鎮上前所未有最不知廉恥的女人了
She had a marvelous time ruining everything
她有摧毀一切的無盡能力
They say
人言嘖嘖
She was seen on occasion
她並不經常出現於公眾眼中
Pacing the rocks staring out at the midnight sea
行於石頭路上遠眺午夜的汪洋
And in a feud with her neighbor she stole his dog and dyed it key lime green
她同鄰里間並不和睦因為她偷了鄰居的狗並將其染成酸橙綠色
50 years is a long time
五十年十足漫長
Holiday House sat quietly on that beach
度假小屋仍矗立於海灘邊
Free of women with madness, their men and bad habits
女人們擺脫了野蠻瘋癲男人的約束纏身惡習恢復自由自身
Then it was bought by me
轉手間我成了這座度假小屋的主人
Who knows if I never showed up what could've been
又有誰知曉倘若我未曾出現
There goes the loudest woman this town has ever seen
這小鎮將迎來我這位威震四方的女人
I had a marvelous time ruining everything
手中緊攥摧毀一切的雄壯時代
I had a marvelous time Ruining everything
手中緊攥摧毀一切的雄壯時代
A marvelous time
一段宏偉時代
Ruining everything
摧毀一切舊事物
A marvelous time
一段宏偉時代
I had a marvelous time
我擁有雄偉盛世

Written by Taylor Swift and Aaron Dessner
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Produced by Aaron Dessner
Recorded by Jonathan Low and Aaron Dessner at Long Pond (Hudson Valley, NY) Vocals recorded by Laura Sisk at the Kitty Committee Studio (Los Angeles, CA) Mixed by Jonathan Low at Long Pond (Hudson Valley, NY)
Mastered by Randy Merrill at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)

Drum Programming, Percussion, Piano, Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar, Bass, Synthesizer and Keyboards by Aaron Dessner (Hudson Valley, NY)
Orchestration by Rob Moose (Brooklyn, NY) and Bryce Dessner (Biarritz, FR) Drums by JT Bates (Salon Studio; St. Paul, MN) recorded by JT Bates
Violin and Viola by Rob Moose (Brooklyn, NY) recorded by Rob Moose