LIFE'S A FUNNY PROPOSITION AFTER ALL

Stephen DeRosa : Life’s a Funny Proposition After All from Boardwalk Empire

Did you ever sit and ponder,
Sit and wonder, sit and think,
Why we’re here and what this life is all about?
It’s a problem that has driven
Many brainy men to drink,
It’s the weirdest thing they’ve tried to figure out.
About a thousand different theories
All the scientists can show,
But never yet have proved a reason why
With all we’ve thought
And all we’re taught,
Why all we seem to know
Is we’re born and live a while and then we die.
Life’s a very funny proposition after all,
Imagination, jealousy, hypocrisy and all.
Three meals a day, a whole lot to say;
When you haven’t got the coin you’re always in the way.
Everybody’s fighting as we wend our way along,
Every fellow claims the other fellow’s in the wrong;
Hurried and worried until we’re buried and there’s no curtain call.
Life’s a very funny proposition after all.
When all things are coming easy, and when luck is with a man,
Why then life to him is sunshine everywhere;
Then the fates blow rather breezy and they quite upset a plan,
Then he’ll cry that life’s a burden hard to bear.
Though today may be a day of smiles, tomorrow’s still in doubt,
And what brings me joy, may bring you care and woe;
We’re born to die, but don’t know why, or what it’s all about,
And the more we try to learn the less we know.
Life’s a very funny proposition, you can bet,
And no one’s ever solved the problem properly as yet.
Young for a day, then old and gray;
Like the rose that buds and blooms and fades and falls away,
Losing health to gain our wealth as through this dream we tour.
Everything’s a guess and nothing’s absolutely sure;
Battles exciting and fates we’re fighting until the curtain falls.
Life’s a very funny proposition after all.

가만히 앉아서 곰곰히
생각해 본 적 있나요?
인생이란 대체 어떤 것인지
이 질문 앞에 실로
많은 천재들도
무릎 꿇고 술잔 기울였죠
수많은 과학자들
아무리 연구해도
시원하게 설명할 수 없는 것
생각이 많고
배운 게 많아도
아는 건 하나뿐
세상에 와서 살다가 곧 죽는다는 것
인생은 실로 재밌는 문제
공상과 질투와 가식 속에서
하루 세 끼 먹고, 쉴 새 없이 떠들고
또 돈 없으면 폐만 끼치게 돼
가는 길 내내 멱살을 잡고
전부 딴 사람만 탓하다
결국 죽어 묻히면 박수 쳐 줄 사람도 없죠
인생이란 재미있는 문제랍니다
뭘 해도 되고 운수 좋은 날
햇살이 가득하다가도
결정적인 순간에 운이 다하면
인생은 어깨 짓누르는 큰 짐
오늘은 웃음짓지만 내일은 수수께끼
내게 기쁜 일이 네겐 화가 되고
죽기 위해 살지만 무엇을 위해서인지
알려고 애쓰면 더 모르게 되죠
인생이란 정말 재미있는 문제
아직 그 누구도 풀지 못했죠
하루는 젊다가도 금세 머리가 세는
지는 장미처럼 짧은 청춘
돈을 벌고 건강을 잃으며 매일을 살고
확실한 것 없이 만사가 도박
운명과 싸우며 끝까지 와서 돌아봐도
인생은 실로 재밌는 문제