Four o'clock in the afternoon 下午四点

and I didn't feel like very much. 我并没有觉得很喜欢。

I said to myself, "Where are you golden boy, 我对自己说， “你在哪里金童，

where is your famous golden touch?" 这里是著名的点石成金？ “

I thought you knew where 我以为你知道在哪里

all of the elephants lie down, 所有的大象躺下，

I thought you were the crown prince 我以为你是太子

of all the wheels in Ivory Town. 在象牙城区的所有车轮。

Just take a look at your body now, 只是看看你的身体了，

there's nothing much to save 有没有什么挽救

and a bitter voice in the mirror cries, 而在镜子的哭声苦的声音，

"Hey, Prince, you need a shave." “喂，王子，你需要刮胡子。 ”

Now if you can manage to get 现在，如果你能设法得到

your trembling fingers to behave, 你颤抖的手指的行为，

why don't you try unwrapping 你为什么不尝试展开

a stainless steel razor blade? 不锈钢刀片？

That's right, it's come to this, 这是正确的，它是来此，

yes it's come to this, 是的，它是来此，

and wasn't it a long way down, 而不是这条漫漫长路，

wasn't it a strange way down? 是不是很奇怪的方式了吗？

There's no hot water 有没有热水

and the cold is running thin. 和冷运行薄。

Well, what do you expect from 那么，你的期望是什么

the kind of places you've been living in? 那种你一直生活的地方？

Don't drink from that cup, 不要从杯子喝，

it's all caked and cracked along the rim. 这一切都结块，并沿边缘开裂。

That's not the electric light, my friend, 这不是电灯，我的朋友，

that is your vision growing dim. 这是你的眼光越来越暗淡。

Cover up your face with soap, there, 掩盖你的脸用肥皂，在那里，

now you're Santa Claus. 现在你是圣诞老人。

And you've got a gift for anyone 和你有对任何人的礼物

who will give you his applause. 谁给你他的掌声。

I thought you were a racing man, 我还以为你是个赛车的人，

ah, but you couldn't take the pace. 啊，但你不能把步伐。

That's a funeral in the mirror 那是镜中的一个葬礼

and it's stopping at your face. 而且它停在你的脸。

That's right, it's come to this, 这是正确的，它是来此，

yes it's come to this, 是的，它是来此，

and wasn't it a long way down, 而不是这条漫漫长路，

ah wasn't it a strange way down? 啊是不是一种奇怪的方式了吗？

   

Once there was a path 从前，有一个路径

and a girl with chestnut hair, 和栗色长发女孩，

and you passed the summers 而你通过的夏天

picking all of the berries that grew there; 采摘所有的成长有浆果;

there were times she was a woman, 有几次，她是一个女人，

oh, there were times she was just a child, 哦，有过那么几次，她还只是个孩子，

and you held her in the shadows 你在暗处拉着她

where the raspberries grow wild. 其中覆盆子横生。

And you climbed the twilight mountains 而你爬上山暮色

and you sang about the view, 而你唱的有关意见，

and everywhere that you wandered 到处你逛到

love seemed to go along with you. 爱情似乎跟着你。

That's a hard one to remember, 这是一个很难记，

yes it makes you clench your fist. 是的，它让你紧握的拳头。

And then the veins stand out like highways, 然后静脉脱颖而出像公路，

all along your wrist. 一直以来你的手腕。

And yes it's come to this, 是的它走到这，

it's come to this, 它来到这，

and wasn't it a long way down, 而不是这条漫漫长路，

wasn't it a strange way down? 是不是很奇怪的方式了吗？

   

You can still find a job, 你仍然可以找到一份工作，

go out and talk to a friend. 出去和朋友聊天。

On the back of every magazine 在每本杂志的背面

there are those coupons you can send. 还有，你可以发送这些优惠券。

Why don't you join the Rosicrucians, 你为什么不加入玫瑰十字会，

they can give you back your hope, 他们可以给你回你的希望，

you can find your love with diagrams 你可以找到图你的爱

on a plain brown envelope. 在一个普通的棕色信封。

But you've used up all your coupons 但是，你用完了所有的优惠券

except the one that seems 除了一个似乎

to be written on your wrist 被写在你的手腕

along with several thousand dreams. 伴随着几千年的梦想。

Now Santa Claus comes forward, 现在，圣诞老人来着，

that's a razor in his mit; 那是在他的MIT剃须刀;

and he puts on his dark glasses 他把他的墨镜

and he shows you where to hit; 他表明你在哪里打;

and then the cameras pan, 然后将相机摇摄，

the stand in stunt man, 支架的特技人，

dress rehearsal rag, 彩排抹布，

it's just the dress rehearsal rag, 这只是彩排抹布，

you know this dress rehearsal rag, 你知道这个彩排抹布，

it's just a dress rehearsal rag. 它只是一个彩排抹布。