Well, they told me to come on over 那么，他们告诉我在加油

I made my way to New York 我走进去纽约

And they tried to have me deported 他们设法让我被驱逐出境

Stop me from getting work 从得到的工作阻止我

Blacklisted me all over 我的黑名单各地

They were vicious and they were mean 他们是邪恶的，他们是平均

They were bigtime operators 他们BIGTIME运营商

Baby, on the music business scene 宝贝，在音乐业务场景

   

Oh, they looked like politicians 哦，他们看起来像政客

But underneath they were thugs 但骨子里他们是暴徒

And they spread malicious rumours 他们散布恶意谣言

Threatened to have me busted for drugs 威胁我已破获毒品

They had nothing on me 他们什么都没有给我

Oh man, I was really clean 天啊，我真的很干净

But they were bigtime operators 但他们BIGTIME运营商

On the music business scene 在音乐业务场景

   

They put a bug in my apartment 他们把一只虫子在我的公寓

To listen in on my calls 在我的电话监听

I was looking for some motivation 我一直在寻找一些动力

I couldn't find any, any motivation at all 我找不到任何任何积极性可言

They were very desperate people 他们很绝望的人

Riding in long black limousines 骑在长长的黑色豪华轿车

But they were bigtime operators 但他们BIGTIME运营商

On the music business scene 在音乐业务场景

   

They were glorified by the media 他们被媒体尊称

They were heroes who had names 他们是英雄谁了名

They said that they would bury me 他们说，他们将我埋了

If I didn't play their game 如果我不玩他们的游戏

They said I didn't know the score 他们说我不知道比分

And that I was young and green 而且我还年轻，绿色

They were bigtime operators 他们BIGTIME运营商

On the music business scene 在音乐业务场景

   

Tried to hold me to a phoney contract 试图把我抱到一个虚假的合同

I said I didn't agree 我说我不同意

Had to get out of the clutches 必须离开离合器

Had to go underground you see 不得不转入地下，你看

Now I'm living in another country 现在我住在另一个国家

But I know exactly just where I've been 但我确切地知道只是我去过的地方

Stay away from bigtime operators 远离BIGTIME运营商

Baby, on the music business scene 宝贝，在音乐业务场景

   

Well, baby bigtime operators 好了，宝贝BIGTIME运营商

On the music business scene 在音乐业务场景

Oh baby, bigtime operators 哦，宝贝， BIGTIME运营商

On the music business scene 在音乐业务场景

Well, full of names and places 嗯，全名及地

Baby, you know who I mean 宝贝，你知道我是谁的意思