What's the matter with the songs he's singin' 出了什么事的歌曲，他的歌唱

Can't you tell that they're pretty lame 你能不能告诉他们是很蹩脚

After listenin' to a couple albums listenin 一对夫妇的相册后

Well, they all start to sound the same 好了，他们都开始声音一样

   

So he tried to change his musical style 于是，他试图改变自己的音乐风格

He tossed all his ballads in the circular file 他把他所有的民谣循环文件中

Then he found the punk sound 然后，他发现了朋克的声音

Breakin' ground all around 唱到“地面四周

It's still Billy Joel to me 它仍然是比利·乔尔给我

   

What's the matter with the tune he's writin' 什么是同调他以创作“这件事

Well, you know it's gonna be a smash 那么，你知道这会是个粉碎

It's so nice when you're a big name artist 它是如此美好，当你是一个大牌艺人

Doesn't matter if it sounds like trash 如果这听起来像垃圾无所谓

   

Now everybody thinks the new wave is super 现在大家都认为，新一波超级

Just ask Linda Ronstadt or even Alice Cooper 只要问琳达朗丝黛甚至爱丽丝库珀

It's a big hit, isn't it 这是一个很大的打击，是不是

Even if it's a piece of junk 即使是一块垃圾

It's still Billy Joel to me 它仍然是比利·乔尔给我

   

Woah, it doesn't matter what the critics say about him 哇，这不要紧，评论家对他说

'Cause he doesn't worry how they feel 因为他不放心他们的感受

When you're record's sellin' millions and it's goin' triple platinum 当你记录的出卖百万，这是布莱恩三白金

You don't worry 'bout your next meal 你不用担心回合你的下一顿

'Cause money is no big deal 因为钱是没有什么大不了的

   

Maybe he should dye his hair bright pink 也许他应该他的头发染成鲜艳的粉红色

And stick a safety pin through his cheeks 并坚持安全别针穿过他的脸颊

Then he'd really fit the new wave image 然后，他真的很适合新一波形象

But he couldn't sit down for weeks 但他不能坐下来周

   

Don't you know about the record business, honey 你不知道的唱片业，蜂蜜

You gotta be trendy if you wanna make some money 你得时髦，如果你想赚点钱

Now everybody's sayin' that he sure sounds funny 现在每个人都在说他肯定听起来很可笑

But it's still Billy Joel to me 但它仍然是比利·乔尔给我

   

All right, Alfred 好吧，阿尔弗雷德

Oh 呵呵

   

I can hardly wait 'til his next album 我简直不能等待，直到他的下一张专辑

Well, I'll bet it's gonna be the rage 好吧，我敢打赌，这会是风靡一时

Buy a ticket to his next big concert 买了票，他的下一个大型音乐会

Well, I wonder what he'll do on stage 嗯，我不知道他会做什么样的阶段

   

It might be disco and it might be the blues 这可能是迪斯科，它可能是蓝调

Or maybe even somethin' like the B-52's 或者甚至事端，如B- 52的

Just a handclap, finger snap 只是拍手，手指扣

Even if it's mindless pap 即使是无意识的爸爸

It's still Billy Joel to me 它仍然是比利·乔尔给我

   

Everybody's sayin' that he sure sounds funny 每个人都在说他肯定听起来很可笑

But it's still Billy Joel to me 但它仍然是比利·乔尔给我