Ever since I was a girl my own mother vowed
从我小时候起，我母亲就告诉我
I must find the way to power through a noble brow
我必须借助权贵爬上权利顶端
I married once for love then my senses came
我为了爱情结过一次婚，但我很快意识到
I must marry for the stature of my husband's name
我必须嫁给有权利有地位的男人
Onto marriage number two
再婚之后
I knew what I had to do
我很清楚我要怎么做
And my poor husband fell ill in a year or two
我那可怜的丈夫一两年内就病死了
Solved problem number one, now to problem number two 第一个问题解决了，接下来就轮到第二个了
His doe-eyed little girl with gentle point of view
便是他经常用温柔的眼神看着的小女孩
Would I ship her off to school?
我该送她去学校吗？
No! I told her if she stayed that she'd have to earn her keep 当然不了！我告诉她，如果她想要留下来，她就得有所付出And so she became the maid!
于是她变成了家里的女仆
She was lazy!
她很懒！
She was Crazy!
她很疯！
She was talking to the mice!
她曾经和老鼠们说话！
She was hopelessly naive, so she had to pay the price.
她幼稚的无药可救，所以她必须为此付出代价
I moved her to the attic out of sight and out of mind.
我让她搬去阁楼住，眼不见心不烦
I could have thrown her out, but I'm benevolent and kind.
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我本可以把她踹出去，但我是个慈爱宽容的人
Mother, your heart's too big for you!
妈妈，你的心胸是如此的宽广
I knew what I had to do
我很清楚我要做什么
After all, difficult children will take advantage of your good nature. 毕竟，坏孩子会因为你的好脾气变本加厉
So you lock them up
所以你把应当把她们关起来
Throw away the key!
再把钥匙扔掉
There's one on every family tree
每个家族里都会有这样一个孩子
最近有哪些好听的歌
Ungrateful!
忘恩负义！
Hateful!
令人讨厌！
Vile too! The things she put you through!
还一肚子坏水！害你遭受了那么多破事！我以为忘了想念而面对夕阳希望你回到今天
Break their spirit so they obey!
毁灭她们的心灵，让她们乖乖听话！
Now they'll do anything you say
现在她们会乖乖听你一切命令
经典对联大全Maybe you'd call it cruel but
也许你觉得这会很残忍，但是
Others would call it love
有些人会称这叫爱
Tough Love!
严厉的爱！
I ask you, is it a crime to strive for perfection in all things?
我问你，任何事都追求完美这是错的吗？
Oh, no, they're so cute when they're little but then they grow up and just…哦，不，他们小的时候很可爱，但长大后…
Ruin everything!
会毁了一切！
I never wanted children
我从没想过要孩子
Life was better on my own
我一个人过的多舒心
All the screaming, nagging chilled me to the bone!
停不下来的尖叫声听得要了我的命
But then one day I came across a flower growing free
但有天我遇到一朵可以长生不老的花
It’s magic kept me young, so I kept it all for me!
它能让我拾回年轻容貌，所以我将它占为己有
But someone dug it up now a baby held the power
但有人把它挖了出来，让那个宝宝拥有了魔力谢谢你陪我一起过
so I "borrowed" her and locked her up and hid her in a tower!
所以我将她“借走”，把她锁起来，把她藏在高塔里！
Years went by,
多年之后，
OH! The sacrifice and against my better judgment, I fed her once or twice. 哦！为了我自己更好，我牺牲了时间去喂养她
Teenagers now I know I wild eat their young
玻璃杯歌词
我知道现在的年轻人都很难管教
But that's messy
但是那实在是太令人厌恶了
Manipulatio n’s easily more fun
操纵他们会更简单有趣
A little guilt, a lot of force, of course you have to lie 一点内疚，一点迫力，当然你还得必须要说谎
Remind them without you, they'd shrivel up and die! 提醒他们，没有你，他们会枯萎而死！
They only have themselves to blame!
他们只能怪自己！
If you'd been there, you'd do the same
如果你身临其境，你也会这样做
So work them hard 'til they fall in line
所以使劲使唤他们知直到他们乖乖听话
There's one way and it's only mine
一切都只能按照我的方式来
Children are lazy
小孩们都是懒惰的
Spoiled too
都给宠坏了
But we know what to do!
但是我们知道我们该怎么做