It's 3 AM in New York 这是上午03时在纽约

Sometime in 1995 在1995年的某个时候

The other half of the world 在世界的另一半

The other side 另一侧

   

It might have been warm outside, maybe cold 这可能是温暖之外，也许冷

Who could tell? 谁可以告诉？

Three of us stumbled into room 421 我们三个人跌跌撞撞进入房间421

At the Grammercy Park Hotel 在Grammercy公园酒店

   

It's 3 AM in New York 这是上午03时在纽约

We sat for a while 我们坐了一会

We started to talk 我们开始谈

We started to smile 我们开始微笑

   

Then he played a song I knew very well 然后，他打了一首歌，我知道得很好

3 AM in New York 上午03时在纽约

At the Grammercy Park Hotel 在Grammercy公园酒店

   

He passed the guitar around 他通过身边的吉他

Over and over and over again 一遍又一遍又一遍

Till one of us broke a string 直到我们中的一个突破串

It was probably him 这可能是他

   

But the songs came out strong 但歌曲出来了强大的

They were loud, they were long 他们响亮，他们是长

There were songs about girls, about boys 有女孩子的歌，男生约

Sung a lot, screamed a lot 唱了很多，尖叫了很多

We made lots of noise 我们做了很多的噪音

   

It's 3 AM in New York 这是上午03时在纽约

It's the time of my life 这是我一生的时间

Minstrels and maidens and heartbroken songs 吟游诗人和使女和心碎的歌曲

Made me cry 让我哭

   

And we were anonymous, androgynous 我们是匿名的，不男不女

Bearers of truth 真理的载体

And the indie rock columnists would have freaked out 和独立摇滚专栏作家会吓坏了

If they knew 如果他们知道

   

It's 3 AM in New York 这是上午03时在纽约

And I knew we were right 我知道我们是正确的

We were young, not so young 我们是年轻的，不那么年轻

And in love with our lives 并爱上了我们的生活

   

3 AM in New York 上午03时在纽约

I went back to bed 我回去睡觉了

Three lone true prophets 三孤真正的先知

With songs in our heads 歌曲在我们的头脑

   

It's 3 AM in New York 这是上午03时在纽约

And I just felt God 我只是觉得上帝

Lying awake in the dark 在黑暗中醒着躺在

I was in awe 我是在敬畏

   

And I know in reality 我也知道在现实中

It might not be true 它可能不是真的

But for three of us here in New York 但是对于我们三个人在纽约

It's all we could do 这都是我们可以做的

   

I know it's just songs, played on guitars 我知道这只是歌曲，演奏吉他

It's not rocket science, flying to Mars 这不是火箭科学，飞往火星

And I know it's not much, but it's all that I have 我知道这并不多，但它的所有，我有

To be sure that I'm real 可以肯定的说我是真实的

Again and again 连连

   

And If there comes a day 而如果有那么一天

When my fingers don't work 当我的手指不工作

Or my voice loses sound 或者我的声音失去声音

Gives me grief, gives me hurt 让我悲伤，让我伤

Well, I swear on that day 好吧，我发誓那一天

When I lose what's worthwhile 当我失去了什么值得

From that day forth I never shall smile 从那以后我从来没有要微笑

   

It's 3 AM in New York 这是上午03时在纽约

I feel fine, I feel well 我感觉很好，我感觉很好

Sound asleep 呼呼大睡

At the Grammercy Park Hotel 在Grammercy公园酒店