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《
Desolation
Row
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They're
selling postcards of the hanging
他们把那张处私刑绞死的照片当作明信片来卖
They're painting the passports brown
他们把护照都刷成了咖啡色
The
beauty parlor is filled with sailors
美容院里挤满了水手
The
circus is in town
马戏团也已巡游至此
Here comes the blind commissioner
这边厢来了位瞎子参议院
They've got him in a trance
大家看着他晃晃悠悠,恍恍惚惚
One hand is tied to the tight-rope
walker
一只手和一个走钢丝的人一起绑着
The other is in his pants
另一只手插在裤子里
And
the riot squad they're restless
暴乱的队伍已经焦躁不安
They
need somewhere to go
他们需要去某个新的地方
As
Lady and I look out tonight from Desolation Row
女士与我,正向外望着,从这条荒凉小街。
Cinderella, she seems so easy
灰姑娘,看上去如此随意
彼此彼此啦
,她微笑着
说
And puts her hands in her
back pocket
然后把双手插入后面的口袋
Bette Davis style
活脱一副贝蒂戴维斯的老明星范儿
Then in comes Romeo, he's moaning
那边厢罗密欧又过来,苦逼着脸悲叹:
你是属于我的,我相信!
Then someone says,
朋友,
你来错地方咯
,另一些人赶紧说,
You better leave
你
最好还是马上走。
And the only sound
that's left
,
After the
ambulances go
当救护车已经远去,最后唯一剩下的声响
Is Cinderella sweeping up On Desolation
Row
只有灰姑娘,在那条荒凉小街上,默默地扫地。
Now the moon is almost hidden
现在,月亮几乎已经没影了
The
stars are beginning to hide
星星也开始躲了起来
The
fortunetelling lady
那个算命的占卜女巫
Has
even taken all her things inside
也已把她的鬼把戏都收拾妥当
All except for Cain and Abel
除了该隐和亚伯
And the
hunchback of Notre Dame
和钟楼怪人卡西莫多
Everybody is making love
每个人都正忙着做爱
Or
else expecting rain
或期待老天能下场雨
And
the Good Samaritan, he's dressing
那个乐善好施的撒玛利亚人,他正在精心打扮
He's getting ready for the show
正为一个派对做着准备
He's
going to the carnival tonight On Desolation Row
今晚他将出席,在荒凉小街上,举办的一场狂欢嘉年华
Ophelia, she's 'neath the window
奥菲利娅,她靠在窗前
For
her I feel so afraid
对她我感到很害怕
On her
twenty-second birthday
在她
22
岁生日的那天
She
already is an old maid
已然变成了一个大龄的女仆
To
her, death is quite romantic
死亡对她来说是那么地罗曼蒂克
She wears an iron vest
她穿着一件铁制的背心
Her
profession's her religion
宗教信仰是她的职业
Her
sin is her lifelessness
枯燥乏味却是她犯下的罪孽
And
though her eyes are fixed upon
虽然她的双眸紧紧地凝视
Noah's great rainbow
诺亚的那道伟大的彩虹
She
spends her time peeking Into Desolation Row
但她也会花一点点的时间,偷瞥一眼,荒凉小街上所发生的一切
Einstein, disguised as Robin Hood
爱因斯坦把自己假扮成罗宾汉
With his memories in a trunk
拎着一只鼓鼓的装满自己回忆的旅行箱
Passed this way an hour ago
一个小时前刚刚路过这儿
With
his friend, a jealous monk
带着他的朋友,一个嫉妒的和尚
Now he looked so immaculately frightful
他看上去如此彻底地胆战心惊
As
he bummed a cigarette
当他乞讨一根香烟的时候
Then
he went off sniffing drainpipes
然后他凑上去,闻了一闻排水管的气味
And reciting the alphabet
并背诵起英语字母表来
You
would not think to look at him
你甚至都不愿去瞧他一眼
But
he was famous long ago
但他确实在很久以前就已经红了
For playing the electric violin On
Desolation Row
凭着在这条荒凉小街上,表演拉电子提琴
Dr. Filth, he keeps his world
费斯博士,把自己的世界
Inside of a leather cup
放在一只皮质的杯子里
But
all his sexless patients
而他所有的性冷淡病人们
They
are trying to blow it up
却都试着要把它炸掉
Now
his nurse, some local loser
他的护士,某个当地的失意者
She's in charge of the cyanide hole
她负责看管放氰化物的洞口
And
she also keeps the cards that read
同时还会保存着那些卡片
上面写着
愿上帝垂怜他的灵魂
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They all play on the penny whistle
他们都会吹那种六孔小竖笛
You
can hear them blow
你随时都可以听见他们的笛音
If
you lean your head out far enough From Desolation
Row
只要你伸出你的脑袋,足够远地,从那条荒凉小街。
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