There's an alley cat slowly walking down a dirty street 有一个胡同猫慢慢地走在肮脏的街道

Watching a cop on the take marching to his city beat 看在为自己的行军警察到他所在的城市节拍

You got five fingers Johnny stealing everything in sight 你有五个手指约翰尼偷眼前的一切

You gotta be bad to be good in the dead of the night 你得不好是在夜深人静的好

Wowowow, kick it Wowowow ，踢它

   

You're dancing in fire, baby 你跳舞火灾，婴儿

When you're taking it to the streets 当你把它上街

Yeah to the streets 是啊街头

Baby better be better watch your back 宝宝更好地得到更好的看着你的背影

Fast on your feet 快在你的脚

   

Cause they're wheelin' dealin' 因为他们是wheelin “戏份”

Cheatin' stealin' 不忠的stealin “

Child you're gonna learn 孩子，你要去学习

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

You gotta be bad to be good 你得是坏是好

If you know what I'm talkin' about 如果你知道我说的对

What's that 那是什么

So I say it again 所以我再说一遍

You gotta be bad to be good 你得是坏是好

In the dead of the night 在夜深人静

   

When you got nothin' baby 当你什么都没了宝宝

You got nothin' to lose, nothin' to lose 你什么都没失去，什么也没输

It's an eye for an eye baby 这是一个以眼还眼宝宝

And a tooth for a tooth, ain't it the truth 并且以牙还牙，是不是真理

   

If you got nine lives you might survive 如果你有九条命，你可能生存

Cause nothing's free on the other side 原因没什么是免费的另一边

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

   

Wheelin' dealin' cheatin' stealin' Wheelin “戏份”不忠“ stealin ”

Just to stay alive 只是为了维持生命

They got love for sale, yes for sale 他们得到了爱情的销售，是出售

On the New York subway line 纽约地铁线

Watch the working girls hanging out 看工作的女孩挂出

Turning tricks underneath the lights, 翻花样下方的灯，

Oh the lights 呵呵灯

   

One step from hell 从地狱一步

The poor men sell their soul 这个可怜的人出售自己的灵魂

for a taste of wine 对于葡萄酒的味道

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

   

When it's said and done 当它说的和做

and you're on the run 而你在奔跑

And the only law comes under the gun 而只有法律来枪下