听歌学英语:Rockstar(Post Grunge)
Nickelback是一支加拿大乐队，属于Post Grunge (“后车库”) 流派。乐队的名字来自他们的一个成员 Mike Kroeger在星巴克打工时的经历。 当时，他经常在收完钱后得跟顾客说，here's your nickel back，“这是找给你的五分币”！今天要学习的这首 Rockstar, “摇滚明星”，以一个普通年青人的口吻，描述成为摇滚巨星后所过的穷奢极侈的生活，饱含讽刺意味。
I'm through with standing in line
To clubs we'll never get in
It’s like the bottom of the ninth
And I’m never gonna win
This life hasn't turned out
Quite the way I want it to be
I want a brand new house
On an episode of cribs
And a bathroom I can play baseball in
And a king size tub big enough
For ten plus me
I’ll need a credit card that's got no limit
And a big black jet with a bedroom in it
Gonna join the mile high club
At thirty-seven thousand feet
I want a new tour bus full of old guitars
my own star on Hollywood boulevard
Somewhere between cher and
James dean is fine for me
I’m gonna trade this life for fortune and fame
I’d even cut my hair and change my name
'Cause we all just wanna be big rockstars
And live in hilltop houses driving fifteen cars
The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap
We’ll all stay skinny 'cause we just won't eat
And we'll hang out in the coolest bars
In the vip with the movie stars
Every good gold digger's
Gonna wind up there
Every playboy bunny
With her bleach blond hair
Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar
Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar
I wanna be great like Elvis without the tassels
Hire eight body guards that love to beat up assholes
Sign a couple autographs
So I can eat my meals for free
I’m gonna dress my ass
With the latest fashion
Get a front door key to the playboy mansion
Gonna date a centerfold that loves to
Blow my money for me
I’m gonna trade this life for fortune and fame
I’d even cut my hair and change my name
'Cause we all just wanna be big rockstars
And live in hilltop houses driving fifteen cars
The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap
We’ll all stay skinny 'cause we just won't eat
And we'll hang out in the coolest bars
In the vip with the movie stars
Every good gold digger's
Gonna wind up there
Every playboy bunny
With her bleach blond hair
And we'll hide out in the private rooms
With the latest dictionary and today's who's who
They’ll get you anything
With that evil smile
Everybody’s got a drug dealer on speed dial
Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar
I'm gonna sing those songs
That offend the censors
Gonna pop my pills from a pez dispenser
Get washed-up singers writing all my songs
Lip sync them every night so I don't get 'em wrong |