James McMurtry — Paroles et traduction des paroles de la chanson We Can't Make It Here
La page contient les paroles et la traduction française de la chanson « We Can't Make It Here » de James McMurtry.
Paroles
There??? s a Vietnam Vet with a cardboard sign
Sitting there by the left turn line
Flag on his wheelchair flapping in the breeze
One leg missing and both hands free
No one??? s paying much mind to him
The V.A. budget??? s just stretched so thin
And now there??? s more coming back from the Mideast war
We can??? t make it here anymore
That big ol??? building was the textile mill that fed our kids and it paid our
bills
But they turned us out and they closed the doors
We can??? t make it here anymore
See those pallets piled up on the loading dock
They??? re just gonna sit there??? til they rot
???Cause there??? s nothing to ship, nothing to pack
Just busted concrete and rusted tracks
Empty storefronts around the square
There??? s a needle in the gutter and glass everywhere
You don??? t come down here unless you??? re looking to score
We can??? t make it here anymore
The bar??? s still open but man it??? s slow
The tip jar??? s light and the register??? s low
The bartender don??? t have much to say
The regular crowd gets thinner each day
Some have maxed out all their credit cards
Some are working two jobs and living in cars
Minimum wage won??? t pay for a roof, won??? t pay for a drink
If you gotta have proof just try it yourself Mr. CEO
See how far $ 5.15 an hour will go Take a part time job at one your stores
Bet you can??? t make it here anymore
There??? s a high school girl with a bourgeois dream
Just like the pictures in the magazine
She found on the floor of the laundromatA woman with kids can forget all that
If she comes up pregnant what??? ll she do Forget the career, forget about school
Can she live on faith? Live on hope?
High on Jesus or hooked on dope
When it??? s way too late to just say no You can??? t make it here anymore
Now I??? m stocking shirts in the Wal-Mart store
Just like the ones we made before
??? Cept this one came from Singapore
I guess we can??? t make it here anymore
Should I hate a people for the shade of their skin
Or the shape of their eyes or the shape I??? m in Should I hate??? em for having our jobs today
No I hate the men sent the jobs away
I can see them all now, they haunt my dreams
All lily white and squeaky clean
They??? ve never known want, they??? ll never know need
Their shit don??? t stink and their kids won??? t bleed
Their kids won??? t bleed in their damn little war
And we can??? t make it here anymore
Will work for food will die for oil
Will kill for power and to us the spoils
The billionaires get to pay less tax
The working poor get to fall through the cracks
So let??? em eat jellybeans let??? em eat cake
Let??? em eat shit, whatever it takes
They can join the Air Force, or join the Corps
If they can??? t make it here anymore
So that??? s how it is, that??? s what we got
If the president wants to admit it or not
You can read it in the paper, read it on the wall
Hear it on the wind if you??? re listening at all
Get out of that limo, look us in the eye
Call us on the cell phone tell us all why
In Dayton Ohio or Portland Maine
Or a cotton gin out on the great high plains
That??? s done closed down along with the school
And the hospital and the swimming pool
Dust devils dance in the noonday heat
There??? s rats in the alley and trash in the street
Gang graffiti on a boxcar door
We can??? t make it here anymore
Traduction des paroles
Je suppose que nous pouvons??? t faire ici plus
Devrais-je haïr un peuple pour l'ombre de sa peau
Ou la forme de leurs yeux ou la forme I??? m dans devrais-je détester??? em pour avoir nos emplois aujourd'hui
Non Je déteste les hommes qui ont renvoyé les boulots
Je peux les voir tous maintenant, ils hantent mes rêves
Tout lis blanc et grinçant propre
Ils??? ve jamais connu veulent, ils??? ll ne sait jamais besoin
Leur merde n'??? t stink et leurs enfants ont gagné??? t de purge
Leurs enfants n'??? tu saignes dans leur fichue petite guerre
Et nous pouvons??? t faire ici plus
Va travailler pour la nourriture va mourir pour le pétrole
Tuent pour le pouvoir et pour nous le butin
Les milliardaires paient moins d'impôts
Les travailleurs pauvres tombent à travers les mailles du filet
Alors laissez??? em manger des méduses laisser??? em mange du gâteau
Permettez??? em manger de la merde, tout ce qu'il faut
Ils peuvent rejoindre L'armée de l'Air, ou rejoindre le Corps
Si ils le peuvent??? t faire ici plus
De sorte que??? s comment il est, que??? s ce que nous avons
Si le président veut l'admettre ou pas
Vous pouvez le lire dans le livre, le lire sur le mur
L'entendre dans le vent, si vous??? ré écoute du tout
Sors de cette limousine, Regarde-nous dans les yeux
Appelez nous sur le téléphone cellulaire dites nous tous pourquoi
À Dayton Ohio ou Portland Maine
Ou un gin de coton sur les grandes plaines
Qui??? à fait fermé avec l'école
Et l'hôpital et de la piscine
Dust devils danse dans la chaleur de midi
Il??? s rats dans la ruelle et les ordures dans la rue
Graffiti de Gang sur une porte de wagon couvert
Nous pouvons??? t faire ici plus