Blackout, heatwave, .44 caliber homicide 停电，热浪， 0.44口径的凶杀案

The buns drop dead and dogs go mad 包子砸不死，狗发疯

In packs on the West Side 在上西城包

Young girl standing on a ledge looks like another suicide 年轻的女孩站在窗台看起来像另一个自杀

She wants to hit those bricks 她想打那些砖

'Cause the news at six gotta stick to a deadline “原因的消息，在6总得坚持到最后期限

While the millionaires hide in Beekman Place 而百万富翁隐藏比克曼地点

The bag ladies throw their bones in my face 这个包女士把他们的骨头在我的脸上

I get attacked by a kid with stereo sound 我得到了立体声音响一个孩子攻击

I don't want to hear it but he won't turn it down 我不想听，但是他不会把它倒

Life is tough but it's just enough 生活是艰难的，但它只是不够

To hold back the tears until it's closing time 要忍住眼泪，直到它的关闭时间

I survived, I'm still alive 我活了下来，我还活着

But I'm getting close to the borderline 但我越来越接近边缘

Close to the borderline 靠近边缘

   

A buck three eighty 降压3 80

Won't buy you much lately on the street these days 不会买你多少最近在大街上，这些天

And when you can get gas 而当你可以得到气体

You know you can't drive fast anymore on the parkways 你知道你不能开快车了上大路

Rich man, poor man, either way American 富人，穷人，无论哪种方式，美国

Shoved into the lost and found 推到失物招领

The no nuke yell we're gonna all go to hell 无核武器嚷嚷我们要都去见鬼

With the next big meltdown 随着下一个大危机

I got remote control and a color T.V. 我拿到遥控器和彩色T.V.

I don't change channels so they must change me 我不换台所以他们必须改变我

I got real close friends that will get me high 我得到了真正的亲密的朋友，这将让我高

They don't know how to talk and they ain't gonna try 他们不知道如何说话，他们是不是要去尝试

I shouldn't bitch, I shouldn't cry 我不应该婊子，我不应该哭

I'd start a revolution but I don't have time 我开始了一场革命，但我没有时间

I don't know why I'm still a nice guy 我不知道为什么我还是一个好人

But I'm getting close to the borderline 但我越来越接近边缘

Close to the borderline 靠近边缘

   

I thought I'd sacrifice so many things 我想我会牺牲这么多东西

I thought I'd throw them all away 我想我应该把他们全都冲去

I didn't think I needed anything 我不认为我需要什么

But you can't afford to squander what you're not prepared to pay 但你不能浪费你什么不准备支付

   

I need a doctor for my pressure pills 我需要一个医生为我压丸

I need a lawyer for my medical bills 我需要一个律师，我的医疗费

I need a banker to finance my home 我需要一个银行家，资助我的家

I need security to back my loan 我需要安全备份我的贷款

It isn't new what I'm going through 这是不是新的，我所经历的

But everybody knows you got to break sometime 但所有人都知道你到了某个时候突破

Another night I fought the good fight 另一个晚上，我打了漂亮仗

But I'm getting closer to the borderline 但我越来越接近边缘

Closer to the borderline 接近边缘