Billy the bum lived by the thumb 比利流浪汉住的拇指

And sang of the hobo's delight 并演唱了流浪汉的喜悦

He'd prove he could run 他想证明自己可以跑

Twice as fast as the sun 快两倍的太阳

By losing his shadow at night 由失去了他的身影，晚上

Now he loved every girl 现在，他爱每一个女孩

In this curly headed world 在这种卷曲的双头世界

But no one will know it seems 但是，没有人会知道这似乎

For two twisted legs and a childhood disease 两个扭曲的腿和一个儿童疾病

Left Billy just a bum in his dreams 左比利只是在他的梦想一个流浪汉

   

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And he was just a gentle boy 而他只是一个温柔的男孩

A real florescent light 一个真正的荧光灯

Cried pennies on Sunday morning 上周日早上哭了便士

Laughs nickels on Saturday night 笑镍上周六晚

And your bullets they can't harm him 和你的子弹也无法伤害他

Nor your knives tear him apart 也不是你的刀撕裂他与众不同

Humiliation killed him 屈辱杀了他

God bless his little heart 愿上帝保佑他的小心脏

   

Now he lived all alone 现在，他住孤独

In a run down home 在往下跑回家

Near the side of the old railroad track 附近的老的铁路轨道的侧

Where the trains used to run 其中用于运行列车

Carrying freight by the ton 携带运费由每吨

And blow the whistle as Billy'd wave back 和吹哨的Billyd挥手

But the children around Billy's home town 但周围比利的家乡的孩子们

Seemed to have nothin' better to do 似乎没什么好做

Then run around his house 然后在他家跑

With their tongues from their mouth 从他们的口中舌头

And make fun of that crippled old fool 并做出残缺老不死的乐趣

   

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Now some folks they wait 现在一些人，他们等待

And some folks they pray 还有一些人，他们祈祷

For Jesus to rise up again 对于耶稣再起来

But none of these folks 但没有这些人的

In their holy cloaks 在他们神圣的外衣

Ever took Billy on as a friend 曾任比利作为一个朋友

For pity's a crime 怜悯是一种犯罪

And it ain't worth a dime 而这是不值得一角钱

To a person who's really in need 一个人谁是真正需要的

Just treat 'em the same 只是把时间一样

As you would your own name 正如你所你自己的名字

Next time that your heart starts to bleed 你的心脏开始流血下一次

   

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