He was an artist and a writer 他是一个艺术家和作家

and a poet and a friend 和一个诗人和一个朋友

In a man's life he will take a fall 在一个人的一生中，他将下降

but how low he goes it just depends 但如何低，他去这只是取决于

   

He's shooting dope in the men's room 他的投篮命中率涂料在男厕所

at the station daly city train 在车站戴利城际列车

Have you ever seen an angel well I know I have 你见过天使好，我知道我有

they'll stay here for a while and then they'll fly away 他们将在这里呆了一会，然后他们就会飞走

   

[Chorus: x2] [合唱： X2 ]

Jackyl had a beer in his hand last time I seen him Jackyl了啤酒在他手里我最后一次见到他

When he rolled the dice he never thought twice 当他赌一把，他从来没想过两次

never thought twice about being him 从来没想过两次关于是他

   

Some grown up and some grow old 有些长大了，有些变老

but what about the kid who never learned the rules 可是你知道谁从来没有学过的规则小子

Spent all these years on this earth 花了这些年来在地球上

when you look back it's just a flicker of time 暮然回首这只是一个时间的闪烁

   

Jackyl was one of the one's that perished Jackyl是灭亡的一个人的一

He was one of the one's that was already saved 他是一个已经拯救了一个人的一

Through all the evil and wreckage 通过所有的邪恶和残骸

he maintained a sense of himself 他保持着自己的感觉

   

[Chorus x2] [合唱x ]

   

Some men are in prison even though they walk the streets at night 有些人是在监狱里，即使他们走在夜晚的街头

Other men who got the lockdown are free as a bird in flight 谁的锁定其他人可以自由的飞翔的鸟

   

[Chorus x2] [合唱x ]