【歌詞翻訳・意味解説】Beyonce/ビヨンセ If I Were A Boy/イフ・アイ・ワー・ア・ボーイ【歌詞翻訳・意味解説】

アメリカのシンガーソングライター、ダンサー、音楽プロデューサー、女優。本名は、ビヨンセ・ジゼル・ノウルズ。
デスティニーズ・チャイルド初期からのメンバーで、グループではリードボーカル、プロデューサーも兼ねた。愛称は“B（ビー）”、“Queen Bey”。

第52回グラミー賞において6部門で受賞し、女性アーティストでは史上最多受賞の記録を持つ。
これまでのCDトータルセールスは全世界で1億枚以上。ソロデビューからアルバム連続5作品すべて初登場1位を獲得した史上初の女性アーティストである。

ええと・・・タイトルを見た時におおよその歌詞の内容は想像していたのですが、和訳してみて「やっぱりね」という感じでしょうか。
彼女の曲はこれ以外にSingle Ladiesを和訳してみたのですが、それもやはりこういった「残念でした。もう手遅れ」系でした。

If I were a boy
Even just for a day
I’d roll outta bed in the morning
And throw on what I wanted then go
Drink beer with the guys
And chase after girls
I’d kick it with who I wanted
And I’d never get confronted for it.
Cause they’d stick up for me.

[Chorus]
If I were a boy
I think I could understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I’d be a better man.
I’d listen to her
Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted
Cause he’s taken you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed

[Verse]
If I were a boy
I would turn off my phone
Tell everyone it’s broken
So they’d think that I was sleepin’ alone
I’d put myself first
And make the rules as I go
Cause I know that she’d be faithful
Waitin’ for me to come home (to come home)

[Chorus]
If I were a boy
I think I could understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I’d be a better man.
I’d listen to her
Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted (wanted)
Cause he’s taken you for granted (granted)
And everything you had got destroyed

[Bridge]
It’s a little too late for you to come back
Say its just a mistake
Think I’d forgive you like that
If you thought I would wait for you
You thought wrong

[Chorus 2]
But you’re just a boy
You don’t understand
Yeah you don’t understand
How it feels to love a girl someday
You wish you were a better man
You don’t listen to her
You don’t care how it hurts
Until you lose the one you wanted
Cause you’ve taken her for granted
And everything you have got destroyed
But you’re just a boy