英语歌曲:Ironic

（单词翻译）

Ironic¹

－－by Alanis Morissette

An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery² and died the next day
It＇s a black fly in your Chardonnay
It＇s a death row pardon two minutes late
Isn＇t it ironic...don＇t you think
It＇s like rain on your wedding day
It＇s a free ride when you＇ve already paid
It＇s the good advice that you just didn＇t take
Who would＇ve thought...it figures
Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye
He waited his whole damned³ life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought
＂Well isn＇t this nice...＂
And isn＇t it ironic...don＇t you think
It＇s like rain on your wedding day
It＇s a free ride when you＇ve already paid
It＇s the good advice that you just didn＇t take
Who would＇ve thought...it figures
Well life has a funny way of sneaking⁴ up on you
When you think everything＇s okay and everything＇s going right
And life has a funny way of helping⁵ you out when
You think everything＇s gone wrong and everything blows up
In your face
A traffic jam when you＇re already late
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It＇s like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It＇s meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn＇t it ironic...don＇t you think
A little too ironic...and yeah I really do think...
It＇s like rain on your wedding day
It＇s a free ride when you＇ve already paid
It＇s the good advice that you just didn＇t take
Who would＇ve thought...it figures
Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out
Helping you out

Alanis Morissette 生长于加拿大的渥太华。在童年时即开始弹钢琴和写歌。在十岁时，她参加了儿童电视节目 You Can't Do That 的演出。并用自己挣来的钱录制了自己的第一首单曲"Fate⁶ Stay with Me"。在结束了电视剧的演出后，她将全部的精力投入到了歌唱事业。在1991年，她搬到多伦多并推出了首张专辑 Alanis。
Alanis 中收录了基于 pop 的 dance 和歌谣。这张专辑在加拿大取得了成功，其销量超过了100，000张，并为她赢得了Juno奖的最有前途女艺人奖。但是，这张专辑并未在其他国家引起反响。在1992年，她又推出了专辑 Now Is the Time .随后，Morissette 来到洛杉机。在那里，她结识了 Glen Ballard ,并推出了专辑 Jagged Little Pill。