Papa Was a Rodeo這首歌講述的是什麼？

01-15

最近一直聽這首歌。歌中反覆重複的Papa was a rodeo ,mama was a rock』n』roll band想表達什麼呢？
why you should know that before you kiss me? 有什麼特別嗎？

最近我也循環了很多遍。

發個蝦米上翻譯的中文歌詞：Papa Was a Rodeo 歌曲

女孩的男朋友是麥克，似乎厭倦了和麥克一起的單調生活，她想要去遠方，想要無拘無束

她在歌聲里向麥克解釋，她之所以這樣是因為從小的家庭熏陶，爸爸是個競技表演員，常年在外表演，他在競技場上的風姿像駿馬一樣飄逸，媽媽是個搖滾歌手，她唱歌時靈魂可以飛到任何地方，而她自己，註定也是嚮往遠方的，所以，吻別吧，麥克

Papa Was a Rodeo

爸爸曾是個競技表演員

I like your twisted point of view, Mike

Mike，我喜歡你性格中的小偏激

I like your questioning eyebrows

我喜歡你眉宇間混濁不清的懷疑

You"ve made it pretty clear what you like

關於你想要的，你已經表達得很清晰

It"s only fair to tell you now

作為交換，我將告訴你我的秘密

that I leave early in the morning

清晨我將離開

and I won"t be back till next year

明年再回來

I see that kiss-me pucker forming

你撅起嘴想索一個吻

but maybe you should plug it with a beer, cause

或許，你應該把啤酒瓶塞在嘴裡,因為——

Papa was a rodeo - Mama was a rock"n"roll band

爸爸是一個雜技演員，媽媽是一個搖滾歌手

I could play guitar and rope a steer before I learned to stand

在我還不會走路前，我就學會了彈吉他和玩套繩

Home was anywhere with diesel gas –

汽車引擎開啟，家即是海角天涯

Love was a trucker"s hand

愛是緊握方向盤的手

Never stuck around long enough for a one night stand

從不曾為露水之情過多停留

Before you kiss me you should know

所以，在你吻我前，你應該知道，

Papa was a rodeo

我爸爸曾是個競技表演員

The light reflecting off the mirror ball

舞檯燈反射出的光芒

looks like a thousand swirling eyes

猶如一千隻旋轉的眼眸

They make me think I shouldn"t be here at all

它們讓我覺得我根本不該來這裡

You know, every minute someone dies

不是嗎，每一分鐘，世界上都有人死去

What are we doing in this dive bar

我們在這個潛水酒吧幹嘛呢，

How can you live in a place like this

你怎會生活在這樣一個地方？

Why don"t you just get into my car

為何不坐上我的車呢？

and I"ll take you away I"ll take that kiss now, but

讓我把你帶去遠方，讓我接受你的吻吧，可是——

(boy) Papa was a rodeo...

我爸爸曾是個競技表演員……

And now it"s 55 years later

55年過去了

We"ve had the romance of the century

我們譜寫過這個世紀的傳奇

After all these years wrestling gators

經歷了這麼多年的競技表演生涯

I still feel like crying when I think of what you said to me

每當想起你當初說的話，我依然會有想哭的衝動

Papa was a rodeo...

爸爸曾是個競技表演員……

Before you kiss me you should know - Papa was a rodeo

在你吻我前，你該知道——我爸爸曾是個競技表演員

What a coincidence, your Papa was a rodeo too

真巧，你爸爸也曾是個競技表演員

百度知道上的一個翻譯，特別高大上……

Papa was a rodeo

（By Sara Lov）

I like your twisted point of view, Mike

你那遊目騁懷的奇思妙想，彷彿為我流淌，麥克

I like your questioning eyebrows

我的心緒早已鎖在你想要洞悉一切的眉穹，麥克

You"ve made it pretty clear what you like

你點滴愛好，我都已明了，將視若珍寶

It"s only fair to tell you now

抱歉，是時讓你知曉

that I leave early in the morning

我無法再同你耳旁細語悄悄

and I won"t be back till next year

今晨離別是明年歸來的彩票

I see that kiss-me pucker forming

我看清了你那不舍的索吻禱告

but maybe you should plug it with a beer, cause

但還請你，借酒澆愁，因為你不知道

Papa was a rodeo - Mama was a rock"n"roll band

家父深愛野馬，一生自在逍遙，家家鍾情搖滾，半世充滿閃耀

I could play guitar and rope a steer before I learned to stand

蹣跚爬行之時，就懂弄琴御車，試將自由擁抱

Home was anywhere with diesel gas –

我自四海為家

Love was a trucker"s hand

所到便是牽掛

Never stuck around long enough for a one night stand

哪怕溫存醉人，從不為誰停下

Before you kiss me you should know

你我擁吻剎那，與你預想有差

Papa was a rodeo

你愛上的人，她只愛天涯

The light reflecting off the mirror ball

舞廳燈似瑪瑙

looks likea thousand swirling eyes

如同千眸閃耀

They make me think I shouldn"t be here at all

聽到四周鼓噪，明白此地非我寶島

You know，every minute someone dies

你我心自明了，此生逝時難料

What are we doing in this dive bar

何必在此犄角，讓生命盲目燃燒

How can you live in a place like this

你怎可被懦弱環繞，不去盡情奔跑

Why don"t you just get into my car

為何不讓我帶你前行，精彩要一起尋找

and I"ll take you away I"ll take that kiss now, but

讓我帶你起舞翩翩，彼此相戀無間，但切莫忘記我曾有言

Papa was a rodeo - Mama was a rock"n"roll band

家父深愛野馬，一生自在逍遙，家家鍾情搖滾，半世充滿閃耀

I could play guitar and rope a steer before I learned to stand

蹣跚爬行之時，就懂弄琴御車，試將自由擁抱

Home was anywhere with diesel gas –

我自四海為家

Love was a trucker"s hand

所到便是牽掛

Never stuck around long enough for a one night stand

哪怕溫存醉人，從不為誰停下

Before you kiss me you should know

你我擁吻剎那，與你預想有差

Papa was a rodeo

你愛上的人，她只愛天涯

And now it"s 55 yearslater

甲子轉瞬不見

We"ve had the romance of the century

浪漫已融百年

After all these years wrestling gators

千載搏擊詩篇，眨眼已被收殮

I still feel like crying when I think of what you said to me

回首你我往昔，耳語清晰不變，不禁落淚連連

Papa was a rodeo - Mama was a rock"n"roll band

家父深愛野馬，一生自在逍遙，家家鍾情搖滾，半世充滿閃耀

I could play guitar and rope a steer before I learned to stand

蹣跚爬行之時，就懂弄琴御車，試將自由擁抱

Home was anywhere with diesel gas –

我自四海為家

Love was a trucker"s hand

所到便是牽掛

Never stuck around long enough for a one night stand

哪怕溫存醉人，從不為誰停下

Before you kiss me you should know

你我擁吻剎那，應該小心幸福哪天轟然坍塌

Papa was a rodeo

因為你愛的人，她只愛天涯

Before you kiss me you should know - Papa was a rodeo

輕觸我唇之前，別忘我已有言，家父是個牛仔

What a coincidence，your Papa was a rodeo too

當初青春麗韶，若你不說，何會料到：令父也愛馭韁奔跑，一生不懂寂寥，直到慢慢終老。 MrMaxest | 2014-02-23

更新評論里有朋友指出這首歌Sara並不是原唱，百度了一下的確如此，原唱應該是The Magnetic Fields，來自1999年發行的專輯《69 Love Songs, Pt. 2》。我想可能是歌引起的某種共鳴促使Sara翻唱了這首歌，也是這種共鳴促使我寫了這個回答。

第一次聽這首歌就被打動了，然後搜了了歌手的簡介。Sara Lov父母離異以後又在年幼時被成為「國際逃犯」的父親帶到以色列。百度百科用了「劫持」，但我覺得值得商榷。十年後她才結束了顛沛流離的異國生涯，被叔叔帶回到美國。中間的經歷不得而知，肯定各種曲折艱難。

了解這種背景後可能更能聽懂歌曲中女生的對愛恐懼與迷戀交織的複雜情感。這首歌應該是Sara自己生活的投射，所以rodeo甚至rocknroll band都只是一種隱喻，暗指父母個性和生活經歷上的特質。

當他遇到了男孩Mike，微醺之時，在酒吧玻璃球閃爍迷離的燈光下產生出愛的幻覺，甚至是一種想要與男孩共同生活的意願。但是早年的經歷又會跳出來，不斷地敲擊內心，那種宿命般的顛沛流離讓女孩對於自己是否能擁有一份愛情產生懷疑。

於是不斷地坦白，我爸爸是rodeo，媽媽曾有過rocknroll band，我的生命里好像註定擁有者不羈的基因，我無法在這裡停留，馬上就要離開，繼續著像過去一樣流浪般的生活。

此刻女孩的內心像低到塵埃里的花，面對男孩的愛顫顫巍巍，自己要離開這裡，也許明年才能回來，但是誰能說得准呢？這份愛難以把握，可是又難以割捨。

自由與愛的衝突大概也是永恆的難題，女孩也沒辦法以愛裹挾男孩去離開他現有的生活，所以儘管歌中唱到「Why don"t you just get into my car」後又有了轉折『but』。

Papa was a rodeo...

曲子很輕快，但是反覆詠唱中可以感受到命運的嘆息。

最後一句"What a coincidence, your Papa was a rodeo too「給了整首歌戲劇般的結尾。

真巧啊，那麼你應該懂我，懂我面對愛所有的脆弱、渴望、偏執、恐懼。

直接貼上最靠譜的解讀：

轉自：Papa Was A Rodeo lyrics comment by sulkowski on 2009-12-03 13:44:55

I think Merritt was delving pretty deep with this one. The comparison between the singer"s ambivalence about the relationship, as well as Papa being a rodeo and Mama being a rock-and-roll band is an artful way to describe the effects of inconsistent/unavailable parents on a person"s ability to develop intimate attachments.
In other words, the rodeo comparison seems to suggests that the father was mercurial, unpredictable, and perhaps volatile, thus needing to be tamed. On the other hand, the rock-and-roll comparison suggests that the mother probably was absent/distant (i.e., on the road) and unable to provide the singer with comfort and security when it was most needed (i.e., in childhood). I take the lyric: "I could play guitar and rope a steer before I learned to stand" to highlight the singer"s awareness of his early attempts to deal with his inadequate parents (i.e., through attempting to tame/avoid his father"s wrath and harmonize with his mother to bring her closer). It appears that the singer has learned to deal with his untenable situation through adopting some of his parent"s qualities even though these qualities are not fulfilling and limit his ability to fully trust or open up to others. From this early arrangement, the singer has developed insecurities about relationships and expects to be abandoned by others. Thus, to protect himself from the pain of loss, he chooses to take control of the situation and leave others first so that they cannot abandon him after he lets his guard down and invests in them emotionally.
The singer also describes a desire to protect this other person from the pains of loss that s/he may feel in his absence when things get too intimate, unfamiliar, and emotionally overwhelming. To me, it seems as if the singer is projecting his fear of abandonment on this other person as evidenced by his attempts to deescalate the developing romance to protect this other person from the pain of loss. However, somewhat surprisingly, instead of leaving this other person, the singer has revelation: Every moment someone dies so it is time to live in the moment and live with the risk of being hurt again. Perhaps, he realized that the opportunity cost of living so cautiously is an unfulfilled existence. The singer then takes a chance and rationalizes his irrational decision (by his previous standards) through believing that he is removing this other person from a negative environment/situation (i.e., undoing what was done to him). He accepts the kiss (expressed intimacy) with some hesitation and then leaves with the other person.
In hindsight (55 years later), the singer looks back at the consequences of the chance he took in opening up to this other person and becomes emotional. He realizes that the process of engendering "the romance of a century" also entails "wrestling gators" (i.e., overcoming a painful and vicious past relationships) along the way. He also realizes that he is not alone in his struggle to achieve intimacy and is fortunate to have had a partner who was willing to take a chance on him. A partner in which he can identify; a partner who makes him feel understood from having a similar past.

樓上回答一個沒有對的，rodeo是美國牛仔一種炫酷作死的運動，只有不要命的敢玩，你上網查一下視頻就知道了。

這種人不要命，身體素質超強，對女兒的保護欲和他自身的佔有慾和榮譽感都是很強的，你想泡這種人的女兒之前當然要想清楚，是想玩玩她，還是跟她好好處。

節奏感超強的音樂。