desolation row

They're selling postcards of the hanging
他們正出售絞刑的明信片
Where they're painting the passports brown
他們正把護照塗成棕色
Yeah, the beauty parlor's filled with sailors
美容院裡擠滿了水手
The circus is in town
馬戲團也來到城裡
Oh now but here comes the blind commissioner
這時走來一位瞎眼的官員
Well, they got him in a trance
他們讓他神誌恍惚
One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker
一隻手系在走鋼絲的人身上
The other's in his pants
而另一隻插進他自己的褲子
And the riot squad, they're restless
這時防暴警察們也開始躁動不安
They need somewhere to go
他們需要去往一個新的地方
As Lady and I look out tonight
而女士和我，今夜正從那條荒蕪的小巷
From Desolation Row
凝視外面的世界
Cinderella, she seems so easy
灰姑娘辛德瑞拉，她看起來如此輕佻
'Well, it takes one to know one,' she smiles
“只有同類才最了解彼此”，她笑著說
And she puts her hands in her back pockets
接著她把雙手插進後面的口袋
Bette Davis style
有種貝蒂·戴維斯的感覺
Now but in comes Romeo moaning
這時羅密歐走進來，喃喃地說
'You belong to me I believe'
“我相信你是屬於我的”
And someone says, 'You're in the wrong place, my friend
然後有人發話，“你來錯地方了，我的朋友”
You better leave'
“你最好滾”
And then only sound that's left
當救護車駛遠
After the ambulances go
唯一剩下的聲音
Is Cinderella sweeping up
是辛德瑞拉在那條荒蕪的小巷
On Desolation Row
獨自打掃
Now at midnight all the agents
現在正是午夜，所有的特工
And super-human crew
以及超人類部隊
Go out and round up everyone
出動並逮捕了每一個
That knows more than they do
知道得比他們多的人
They gonna bring 'em to the factory
他們將這些人帶回工廠
Where the heart-attack machine
在那裡，心髒病發生器
Is strapped across their shoulders
被捆在每個人的肩膀上
And then the kerosene!
接著煤油被保險推銷員們
Is brought downfrom the castles
從城堡中帶下
By insurance men who go
他們在那裡檢查
Check to see that no one is escaping
確保沒有人正在逃往
To Desolation Row
那條荒蕪的小巷
'Cause right now I can't read too good
現在，我沒有辦法很好地認字
Don't send me no letters, no
千萬不要再給我任何來信
Not unless you gotta mail them
除非，你將它們寄自
From Desolation Row
那條荒蕪的小巷