又是一首在电台偶尔听到的歌曲50 Ways To Say Goodbye。该作品来自于美国著名流行摇滚乐队Train的第六张专辑California 37，是该乐队最为成功的单曲之一。这首歌又被戏称为“前女友的50种死法”：''她被狮子生吞了，她被一辆破车碾成肉饼了;她在浴缸里淹死了；她美黑的时候被烧焦了...''，如果细听一下歌词，你会发现尽管男主角在充满恶意地对前女友进行各种诅咒，但在滑稽和恶毒的言语背后其实是一颗痛苦的心。来听50 Ways To Say Goodbye！
My heart is paralyzed
我的心好累
My head was oversized
我的头好痛
I'll take the high road like I should
我才不要大度呢
You said it's meant to be
你说这是命中注定
That it's not you, it's me
与我无关
You're leaving now for my own good
分手都是为我好
That's cool, but if my friends ask where you are I'm gonna say
好吧,但别人问起你时我会说
She went down in an airplane
她搭的飞机坠毁了
Fried getting suntan
她美黑的时候被晒死了
Fell in a cement mixer full of quicksand
她掉进装满水泥的搅浆机里了
Help me, help me,
救命啊
I'm no good at goodbyes!
我不懂分手啦
She met a shark under water
她下水被鲨鱼吃掉了
Fell and no one caught her
她溺水没人救她啦
I returned everything I ever bought her
我退掉了所有买给你的东西
Help me, help me,
救命啊
I'm all out of lies
我已经想不出更多的借口
And ways to say you died
去说你咋死的
My pride still feels the sting
我的自尊很受伤
You were my everything
你曾是我的全部
Some day I'll find a love like yours
总有一天我会找到像我爱你一样爱我的人
(a love like yours)
爱我的人
She'll think I'm Superman
在她心中我是大英雄
Not super minivan
而不是小狗熊
How could you leave on Yom Kippur?
你怎能在赎罪日和我分手
That's cool, but if my friends ask where you are I'm gonna say
好吧,但别人问起你时我会说
She was caught in a mudslide
她被泥石流活埋了
Eaten by a lion
她被狮子生吞了
Got run over by a crappy purple Scion
她被一辆破车碾成肉饼了
Help me, help me,
救命啊
I'm no good at goodbyes!
我不懂分手啦
She dried up in the desert
她在沙漠渴死了
Drown in a hot tub
她泡澡被淹死了
Danced to death at an east side night club
她在夜店跳舞跳着跳着就死了
Help me, help me,
救命啊
I'm all out of lies
我已经想不出更多的借口
And ways to say you died
去说你咋死的
I wanna live a thousand lives with you
我本想生生世世和你一起
I wanna be the one you're dying to love
与你死了都要爱
Love...
爱...
but you don't want to
但你却不是这样想的
That's cool, but if my friends ask where you are I'm gonna say
好吧,但别人问起你时我会说
That's cool, but if my friends ask where you are I'm gonna say
好吧,但别人问起你时我会说
She went down in an airplane
她搭的飞机坠毁了
Fried getting suntan
她美黑的时候被晒死了
Fell in a cement mixer full of quicksand
她掉进装满水泥的搅浆机里了
Help me, help me,
救命啊
I'm no good at goodbyes!
我不懂分手啦
She met a shark under water
她下水被鲨鱼吃掉了
Fell and no one caught her
她溺水没人救她啦
I returned everything I ever bought her
我退掉了所有买给她的东西
Help me, help me,
救命啊
I'm all out of lies
我已经编不下去了
She was caught in a mudslide
她被泥石流活埋了
Eaten by a lion
她被狮子生吞了
Got run over by a crappy purple Scion
她被一辆破车碾成肉饼了
Help me, help me,
救命啊
I'm no good at goodbyes!
我不擅长分手啦
She dried up in the desert
她在沙漠渴死了
Drown in a hot tub
她泡澡被淹死了
Danced to death at an east side night club
她在夜店跳舞跳着跳着就死了
Help me, help me,
救命啊
I'm all out of lies
我已经编不下去了
And ways to say you died
去说你怎么死的
非常具有西班牙风格的一首歌曲，欢快的节奏把分手的痛苦给掩饰了。分手永远都是痛苦的，不管你是多么大度的一个人，一旦发现真情被辜负，内心最为黑暗的一面也许会被唤醒。但是我们相信，善良的孩子，即使痛苦，也只是说说唱唱发泄一下消极情绪，然后继续过自己精彩的生活。歌曲之后，
词汇扩展：
My heart is paralyzed
paralyze ['p?r?,la?z] =paralyse vt. 使麻痹；使瘫痪；使无能为力；使不能活动；使惊愕；
He is paralyzed from the waist down.他下半身瘫痪了。
The electricity failure paralyzed the train service.电力故障使火车停驶。
She was paralyzed with terror.她吓得目瞪口呆。
paralysis [p?'r?l?s?s] n. 麻痹；无力；停顿
The paralysis of the leadership leaves the army without its supreme command.领导层瘫痪导致军队没有最高指挥。
I'll take the high road like I should
high road 公路，大路，大街
take the high road 走正确的路;高姿态;走高端路线
He took the high road in his campaign. 他在竞选活动中采取了最积极的方针。
You should take the high road and not hate her because of this!你应该大度一点，不应该因为这个而恨她。
My pride still feels the sting
sting: [sti?] vt.刺痛, 使苦恼, 欺诈 vi.叮, 刺痛 n.刺, 刺痛, 讽刺
Their ridicule stung him into making a sharp reply.他们的嘲弄刺激他作出了尖刻的回答。
Bees do not normally sting without being provoked.如果没有人惹它, 蜜蜂通常是不螫人的。
Her ingratitude stung him.她的忘恩负义使他痛心。
His flattery carries a sting.他的奉承话中带刺。
Not super minivan
minivan['m?n?v?n] n. 小型货车
Not super minivan
Yom Kippur [?jɑ:m k??p?r] 犹太人的赎罪日;
How could you leave on Yom Kippur?
crappy:['kr?pi] adj.<俚>蹩脚的,没价值的,讨厌的
Got run over by a crappy purple Scion
Stop wasting time watching those crappy soap operas别再浪费时间看那些烂肥皂剧了。
I'm so much bigger than this crappy show我才不在乎这个破节目
It is still a crappy living situation for all of us when some of us aren't getting along.如果有人相处不愉快，对于在同一屋檐下的所有人来说是很糟糕的事情。
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