At the Ballet

Daddy always thought that he married beneath him
父親總是認為母親高攀自己
That's what he said that's what he said
這是父親的原話他總是這樣說
When he proposed he informed my mother
求婚時他曾告訴過母親
He was probably her very last chance
嫁給他是她最後的機會
And though she was twenty-two
但當時母親才芳齡二十二
Though she was twenty-two
但她才二十二歲
Though she was twenty-two
才二十二歲

母親嫁給了父親
She married him
與父親一起的生活從不輕鬆

更像一曲《保持本色》
Life with my dad wasn't ever a picnic
我記得五歲時母親
More like a 'Come as you are '
從車裡發現了耳環
When I was five I remember my mother
然而那並不是她的
Dug earrings out of the car
我知道你也不想听這種瑣事
I knew they weren't hers But it wasn't
父親並不溫柔
Something you'd want to discuss
至少對母親如此
He wasn't warm
對我們亦如此

但芭蕾的一切都很優美
Well not to her
優雅的男士舉起高雅的白衣女士

芭蕾的一切都很優美
Well not to us
啊

欣賞芭蕾讓人愉悅
But everything was beautiful at the ballet
沿著狹窄的陡梯

跟著類似節拍器的聲音
Graceful men lift lovely girls in white
沿著狹窄的陡梯

那不是天堂
Yes everything was beautiful at ballet
儘管那不是天堂
Hey
不是天堂
I was happy at the ballet
卻似家一般溫暖

母親總說女大十八變
Up a steep and very narrow stairway
當我長大我會十分迷人，當我長大
To the voice like a metronome
她說我會與眾不同

別具一格
Up a steep and very narrow stairway
但我當時才八九歲
It wasn't paradise
儘管我才八九歲
It wasn't paradise
我才八九歲
It wasn't paradise
我討厭她這麼說
But it was home
與眾不同很不錯，但它並不是美

美麗才最重要
Mother always said I'd be very attractive
我從未遇到不明白這個道理的
When I grew up when I grew up
所謂與眾不同之人
'Diff'rent ' she said 'With a special something
所以至今不曾見過這般絕美
And a very very personal flair '
但非常明顯
And though I was eight or nine
她並不這麼想
Though I was eight or nine
但我卻如此以為
Though I was eight or nine
跳芭蕾的人都很美麗

每個王子都有自己的天鵝
I hated her
跳芭蕾的人都很美麗
Now 'Diff'rent' is nice but it sure isn't pretty
啊
'Pretty' is what it's about
跳芭蕾的我
I never met anyone who was 'diff'rent'
也很美麗
Who couldn't figure that out
我為挽救父母婚姻而生
So beautiful I' d never lived to see
但當父親來醫院

接母親時
But it was clear
他說：“本以為婚姻有救了，
If not to her
但事實並不是這樣。 ”
Well then to me
數月之後父親離開我們

再也沒回來
That everyone is beautiful at the ballet
總之，我確曾擁有夢幻的生活

我常常繞著客廳翩躚起舞
Every prince has got to have his swan
像這樣抬起胳膊

我幻想著有位印第安酋長
Yes everyone is beautiful at the ballet
他對我說
Hey
“伊茲，你想跳舞麼？ ”
I was pretty
然後我會說“我非常樂意，父親”
At the ballet
嘟嘟嘟嘟

但非常清楚
I mean I was born to save their marriage
嘟嘟嘟
But when my father came to pick my mother up
當他求婚的時候
At the hospital
嘟嘟嘟
He said ' Well I thought this was going to help
我是為了挽救父母婚姻而生
But I guess it's not '
嘟嘟嘟嘟

母親原話如此
A few months later he left
嘟嘟嘟
And he never came back
父親原話如此

嘟嘟嘟
Anyway I did have a fantastic fantasy life
我常常繞著客廳翩躚起舞
I used to dance around the living room
嘟嘟嘟嘟
With my arms up like this
他並不溫柔
My fantasy was that I was an Indian Chief
嘟嘟嘟
And he'd say to me
對她如此
'Izzie do you wanna dance '
有位印第安酋長，他對我說
And I 'd say 'Daddy I would love to dance '
“伊茲，你想跳舞麼？ ”
Doo-doo-doo-doo
然後我會說“我非常樂意，父親”
But it was clear
芭蕾的一切都很優美
Doo-doo-doo
抬起胳膊，總會有人陪伴
When he proposed
是的，芭蕾的一切都很優美
Doo-doo-doo
芭蕾很美
That I was born to help their marriage and when
芭蕾
Doo-doo-doo-doo
芭蕾的一切都很優美
That's what he said
我很優美
Doo-doo-doo
我很愉悅
That's what she said
我很樂意
Doo-doo-doo
舞動芭蕾
I used to dance around the living room
Doo-doo-doo -doo
He wasn't warm
Doo-doo-doo
Not to her

It was an Indian chief and he'd say:
'Izzie do you wanna dance '
And I'd say 'Daddy I would love to '
Everything was beautiful at the ballet

Raise your arms and someone's always there

Yes everything was beautiful at the ballet

At the ballet

At the ballet

Yes everything was beautiful at the ballet

I was pretty
I was happy
'I would love to '
At the ballet