金曲｜Welcome to New York：欢迎来到纽约
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"Welcome to New York" is the first track from Taylor Swift's fifth studio album, 1989. It was released as a promotional single for the album on October 20, 2014 and was written by Taylor and Ryan Tedder, even before Taylor had came to New York, and was produced by Taylor, Ryan Tedder and Noel Zancanella. The song's meaning is about how much Taylor loves New York, where she lives and how it is so welcoming and beautiful. The song was featured in the animated movie, The Secret Life of Pets.
《欢迎来到纽约》是泰勒·斯威夫特（霉霉）的第五张录音室专辑《1989》中的第一首歌曲，2014年10月20日作为专辑的宣传单曲发布，由霉霉和瑞安·泰德创作，甚至在霉霉来到纽约之前，就已经由霉霉、瑞安·泰德和诺埃尔·赞卡内拉制作完成了。这首歌的含义是关于霉霉有多爱纽约，这个她居住的地方，以及纽约城是多么热情和美丽。这首歌在动画电影《爱宠大机密》中出现过。
Walking through a crowd
穿过人山人海
The village is aglow
整个城市流光溢彩
Kaleidoscope of loud heartbeats under coats
外套下万花筒般的心跳声
Everybody here wanted something more
这里的每个人都心怀追求
Searching for a sound we hadn’t heard before
寻觅一个没人听过的声音
And it said
它说
Welcome to New York
纽约欢迎你
It’s been waiting for you
为你它已恭候多时
Welcome to New York
欢迎来到纽约
Welcome to New York
纽约欢迎你
Welcome to New York
纽约欢迎你
It’s been waiting for you
为你它还翘首以盼
Welcome to New York
欢迎来到纽约
Welcome to New York
纽约欢迎你
It’s a new soundtrack I could dance to this beat, beat
这是一首我可以随之起舞的新歌
Forevermore
永不停歇
The lights are so bright
霓虹灯闪烁而耀眼
But they never blind me, me
我却从未因此沉沦
Welcome to New York
欢迎来到纽约
It’s been waiting for you
为你它已恭候多时
Welcome to New York
欢迎来到纽约
Welcome to New York
纽约欢迎你
When we first dropped our bags
我们第一次把行李袋
On apartment floors
丢到公寓地上的时候
Took our broken hearts
也把支离破碎的心
Put them in a drawer
收进了一个抽屉里
Everybody here was someone else before
这里的每个人都今非昔比
And you can want who you want
你可以随心追求你想要的
Boys and boys and girls and girls
男孩们、女孩们都在这里
Welcome to New York
纽约欢迎你
It’s been waiting for you
为你它已恭候多时
Welcome to New York
欢迎来到纽约
Welcome to New York
纽约欢迎你
Welcome to New York
纽约欢迎你
It’s been waiting for you
为你它还翘首以盼
Welcome to New York
欢迎来到纽约
Welcome to New York
纽约欢迎你
It’s a new soundtrack I could dance to this beat, beat
这是一首我可以随之起舞的新歌
Forevermore
永不停歇
The lights are so bright
霓虹灯闪烁而耀眼
But they never blind me, me
我却从未因此沉沦
Welcome to New York
纽约欢迎你
It’s been waiting for you
为你它已恭候多时
Welcome to New York
欢迎来到纽约
Welcome to New York
纽约欢迎你
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Like any great love
就像那些伟大的爱
It keeps you guessing
总是捉摸不透
Like any real love
又像那些真挚的爱
It’s ever changing
一直变幻莫测
Like any true love
还像那些真实的爱
It drives you crazy
让你为之疯狂
But you know you wouldn’t change Anything, anything, anything…
而你却不忘初心，还是原原本本的你
Welcome to New York
纽约欢迎你
It’s been waiting for you
为你它已恭候多时
Welcome to New York
欢迎来到纽约
Welcome to New York
纽约欢迎你
Welcome to New York
纽约欢迎你
It’s been waiting for you
为你它还翘首以盼
Welcome to New York
欢迎来到纽约
Welcome to New York
纽约欢迎你
It’s a new soundtrack I could dance to this beat
这是一首我可以随之起舞的新歌
The lights are so bright
霓虹灯闪烁而耀眼
But they never blind me
我却从未因此沉沦
(Welcome to New York) new soundtrack
（欢迎来到纽约）一首崭新的歌曲
It’s been waiting for you
为你它已恭候多时
(Welcome to New York)The lights are so bright
（欢迎来到纽约）霓虹灯闪烁耀眼
But they never blind me
我却从未因此沉沦
(Welcome to New York) so bright
（欢迎来到纽约）闪烁耀眼
But they never blind me
我却从未因此沉沦
(Welcome to New York)
纽约欢迎你
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