The Road You Didn't Take

Song The Road You Didn't Take
Artist Philip Quast
Album Follies (2018 National Theatre Cast Recording)

Lyrics

[00:00.000] 作词 : Stephen Sondheim
[00:00.111] 作曲 : Stephen Sondheim
[00:00.222] Different men need different things
[00:03.043] Knowing what you want, that's the secret
[00:05.786]
[00:05.995] You're either a poet Or you're a lover
[00:09.731] Or you're the famous Benjamin Stone
[00:14.250] You take one road, You try one door
[00:18.978] There isn't time for any more
[00:24.411] One's life consists of 'either/or'
[00:28.408] One has regrets Which one forgets
[00:33.450] And as the years go on
[00:37.708]
[00:38.335] The road you didn't take Hardly comes to mind, does it?
[00:43.690] The door you didn't try. Where could it have led?
[00:49.384] The choice you didn't make Never was defined, was it?
[00:55.157] Dreams you didn't dare Are dead
[00:57.979] Were they ever there? Who said?
[01:00.748] I don't remember, I don't remember at all
[01:09.655]
[01:11.745] The books I'll never read Wouldn't change a thing, would they?
[01:16.996] The girls I'll never know I'm too tired for
[01:22.900] The lives I'll never lead Couldn't make me sing
[01:27.131] Could they? Could they? Could they?
[01:31.729] Chances that you miss, Ignore
[01:34.524] Ignorance is bliss- What's more
[01:37.397] You won't remember, You won't remember at all
[01:45.130] Not at all
[01:48.134]
[01:51.556] You yearn for the women, Long for the money
[01:55.448] Envy the famous Benjamin Stones
[02:00.098] You take your road, The decades fly
[02:05.061] The yearnings fade, the longings die
[02:10.364] You learn to bid them all goodbye
[02:14.308] And oh, the peace, The blessed peace
[02:19.690] At last you come to know
[02:25.228]
[02:25.724] The roads you never take Go through rocky ground, don't they?
[02:31.314] The choices that you make Aren't all that grim
[02:36.852] The worlds you never see Still will be around, won't they?
[02:43.122] The Ben I'll never be, Who remembers him?
[02:57.228]

Pinyin

[00:00.000] zuò cí : Stephen Sondheim
[00:00.111] zuò qǔ : Stephen Sondheim
[00:00.222] Different men need different things
[00:03.043] Knowing what you want, that' s the secret
[00:05.786]
[00:05.995] You' re either a poet Or you' re a lover
[00:09.731] Or you' re the famous Benjamin Stone
[00:14.250] You take one road, You try one door
[00:18.978] There isn' t time for any more
[00:24.411] One' s life consists of ' either or'
[00:28.408] One has regrets Which one forgets
[00:33.450] And as the years go on
[00:37.708]
[00:38.335] The road you didn' t take Hardly comes to mind, does it?
[00:43.690] The door you didn' t try. Where could it have led?
[00:49.384] The choice you didn' t make Never was defined, was it?
[00:55.157] Dreams you didn' t dare Are dead
[00:57.979] Were they ever there? Who said?
[01:00.748] I don' t remember, I don' t remember at all
[01:09.655]
[01:11.745] The books I' ll never read Wouldn' t change a thing, would they?
[01:16.996] The girls I' ll never know I' m too tired for
[01:22.900] The lives I' ll never lead Couldn' t make me sing
[01:27.131] Could they? Could they? Could they?
[01:31.729] Chances that you miss, Ignore
[01:34.524] Ignorance is bliss What' s more
[01:37.397] You won' t remember, You won' t remember at all
[01:45.130] Not at all
[01:48.134]
[01:51.556] You yearn for the women, Long for the money
[01:55.448] Envy the famous Benjamin Stones
[02:00.098] You take your road, The decades fly
[02:05.061] The yearnings fade, the longings die
[02:10.364] You learn to bid them all goodbye
[02:14.308] And oh, the peace, The blessed peace
[02:19.690] At last you come to know
[02:25.228]
[02:25.724] The roads you never take Go through rocky ground, don' t they?
[02:31.314] The choices that you make Aren' t all that grim
[02:36.852] The worlds you never see Still will be around, won' t they?
[02:43.122] The Ben I' ll never be, Who remembers him?
[02:57.228]