[00:00.00]Best for the Best - Josh Ritter [00:29.10]Once I knew a girl in the hard hard times [00:34.41]在我最艰难的时候 我认识一个女孩 [00:34.41]She made me a shirt out of fives and dimes [00:39.02]她为我做了一件衬衫 并不求回报 [00:39.02]Now she＇s gone but when I wear it she crosses my mind [00:43.95]现在 她已经离开了 可我每次穿上这件T恤 就会想起她 [00:43.95]And if the best is for the best then the best is unkind [00:50.63]如果最好的事物只属于最好的人 那么最好就是无情的 [00:50.63]I realized that Illinois was more than I could stand [00:57.06]我发现伊利诺伊州让我难以忍受 [00:57.06]They say working＇s best cause poverty is hell on a man [01:01.55]他们认为工作至上 因为贫穷使人卑微 [01:01.55]Now I ride a lazy river through the Mississippi fan [01:08.17]如今我正在密西西比河河畔徜徉 [01:08.17]And if the best is for the best then the best can be damned [01:25.58]如果最好的事物只属于最好的人 那么最好就是无情的 [01:25.58]I spent a few years on the Queen of Spain [01:29.64]曾有几年时间我热衷于欣赏美丽的蝴蝶 [01:29.64]She was a leaky little boat that went up in flames [01:35.19]在篝火燃起的时候 它在破旧的小船上起舞 [01:35.19]When the boiler blew some people started naming names [01:41.06]当篝火上的水在烧滚时 有人开始给它命名 [01:41.06]But if the best is for the best [01:44.03]如果最好的事物只属于最好的人 [01:44.03]I guess the best is to blame [01:46.78]那它们也会受到责备 [01:46.78]I spent a few more as the Cairo Crown [01:52.83]曾有几年时间我过着奢华的生活 [01:52.83]A heavyweight wrestler in the Midwest towns [02:00.00]强壮的摔跤手在闹市中喧嚣 [02:00.00]But I was lonesome for a girl who could pin me down [02:04.43]而我却寂寞地想着那个能使我作出承诺的女孩 [02:04.43]They say the best is for the best but that＇s not what I＇ve found [02:32.61]人们说最好的事物只属于最好的人 只是我寻觅不到 [02:32.61]Now I listen to my sweetheart and I listen to my thirst [02:50.82]现在 我听从爱人的话语 倾听自己内心的渴望 [02:50.82]I don＇t spend time listening to other people＇s words [02:58.81]不再为旁人的闲言蜚语所影响 [02:58.81]Sometimes they＇re right most times the reverse [03:04.30]有时候他们是对的 但大多数时候 他们是错的 [03:04.30]They say the best is for the best when the best＇s for the worse [03:09.36]他们说最好的事物只属于最好的人 那么最好也可能变成最坏的 [03:09.36]Once I knew a girl in the hard hard times [03:13.60]在我最艰难的时候 我认识一个女孩 [03:13.60]She made me a shirt out of fives and dimes [03:20.59]她为我做了一件衬衫 并不求回报 [03:20.59]Now she＇s gone but when I wear it she crosses my mind [03:26.14]现在 她已经离开了 可我每次穿上这件T恤 就会想起她 [03:26.14]And if the best is for the best then the best is unkind [03:31.01]如果最好的事物只属于最好的人 那么最好就是无情的