I come fresh from the street 我从街上新鲜

Fast on my feet, kinda lean and lazy 快上我的脚，有点瘦懒

Not much meat on my bones 在我的骨头上没多少肉

And a whole lot alone, more than a little bit crazy 独自一大堆，多一点点疯狂

   

And the old six-string, was all I had 与旧的六弦，当时我别无选择

To keep my belly still 为了让我的肚子还是

And for each full hour lesson I gave 并为每个整点教训，我给了

I got a crisp, ten dollar bill 我得到了一个清晰的，十美元的钞票

   

You see, she was married for seven years 你看，她已经结婚七年

To a concrete castle king 一个具体的城堡之王

She said, she wanted to learn to play the guitar 她说，她想学弹吉他

And to hear her children sing 并听她唱歌的孩子

   

So, I'd show up about once a week 所以，我会出现约一周一次

In my faded tight-legged jeans 在我的褪色紧腿牛仔裤

With a backlog full of hobo stories 一个完整的流浪汉的故事积压

And dilapidated dreams 破败的梦想

   

She said, "I wanna learn a love song 她说， “我想学一首爱情歌曲

Full of happy things" 充满快乐的事情“

She said, "I wannalearn a love song 她说， “我wannalearn情歌

Won't you let me hear you sing?" 你会不会让我听你唱歌吗？ “

   

She said, "I wanna learn a love song 她说， “我想学一首爱情歌曲

Wanna hear you play" 想听你玩“

She said, "I, I wanna learn a love song 她说， “我，我想学一首爱情歌曲

Before you go away" 在你离开“

   

So, I tried to teach her a couple of chords 于是，我试着教她几个和弦

And an easy melody 和一个简单的旋律

But it always turned out, she'd rather listen 但它总是横空出世，她宁愿听

To my guitar and me 我的吉他和我

   

I could hear her old man laughin' in the den 我能听到她的老男人嘲笑在书房

Playin' stud poker with the boys 儿戏扑克的男生

While I sang so soft in the living room 虽然我在客厅里唱得那么软

Too scared to make much noise 吓得大声喧哗

   

I came one week and the den was dark 我来了一周，书房一片漆黑

And she met me at the door 她见到我在门口

And we sat on the couch and we sang and talked 我们坐在沙发上，我们唱聊

'Til I could not sing no more 直到我不能也不歌唱

   

You know, the silence kept on buildin' 要知道，保持沉默的buildin “

And her eyes grew much too wide 她的眼睛大大增加太宽

I could hear both of our heartbeats 我能听到我们两个的心跳

But there was no place to hide 但有无处藏身

   

She said, "I wanna learn a love song 她说， “我想学一首爱情歌曲

Full of happy things" 充满快乐的事情“

She said, "I wanna learn a love song 她说， “我想学一首爱情歌曲

Won't you let me hear you sing?" 你会不会让我听你唱歌吗？ “

   

She said, "I wanna learn a love song 她说， “我想学一首爱情歌曲

Wanna hear you play" 想听你玩“

She said, "I wanna learn a love song 她说， “我想学一首爱情歌曲

Before you go away" 在你离开“

   

Guess, you know what happened 你猜，你知道发生了什么

My God, I never been so clean 我的天啊，我从来没有这么干净

Yeah, I feel like I'm workin' in a Hollywood movie 是啊，我觉得我日夜不停的在好莱坞电影

Or livin' out a good bad dream 还是活着出来了良好的噩梦

   

And all them pin-up girls in that tinsel world 而所有这些迷人的女孩在金属丝的世界

Never touched me, like she can 从来没有碰过我，就像她可以

It took another man's wife in the real world life 又过了男人的妻子在现实世界中的生活

To make this boy, a man 为了使这个男孩，一个男人

   

She said, "I wanna learn a love song 她说， “我想学一首爱情歌曲

Full of happy things" 充满快乐的事情“

She said, "I wanna learn a love song 她说， “我想学一首爱情歌曲

Won't you let me hear you sing?" 你会不会让我听你唱歌吗？ “

   

She said, "I wanna learn a love song 她说， “我想学一首爱情歌曲

Wanna hear you play" 想听你玩“

She said, "I wanna learn a love song 她说， “我想学一首爱情歌曲

Before you go away" 在你离开“

I guess you know, I stayed 我想你知道，我留下来