The firmament of Tinsel Town 茜草镇的苍穹

Is strung with tungsten stars 串起钨明星

Lot's of forty watt successes 很多公司的40瓦特成功

He says where's my own shining hour 他说，这里是我自己的大好时光

He's the well kept secret of the underground 他是保存完好的地下秘密

He's in debt to the company store 他欠了公司专卖店

Because his only channelled aspiration 因为他唯一的愿望渠道

Was getting back that girl he had before 为找回那个女孩之前，他曾

He's got stacks and stacks of words that rhyme 他有栈韵词和叠

Describing what it is to lose 说明它是什么，失去

He's got some just for laughs 他有一些只是笑

He's got some for love 他有一些爱

That mainline to his blues 这一主线，以他的蓝调

Some to shed a little light on you and on me 有些阐明你对我有一点光

Some to shed a little light on the human story 有些阐明了人类的故事一盏小灯

   

The wars of pride and property 骄傲和财产的战争

The rebel Irish and the promised land Jew 反叛的爱尔兰和应许之地的犹太人

Fighting behind his eyes and over seas 战斗之后他的眼睛和过海

Wounded in action and no ceasefire in view 挂花，并在视图中没有停火

Brave reporters bring the battles home 勇敢的记者把家里的战斗

But tonight inside that box 但今晚里面那个盒子

Just more bang bang ketchup color to him 只是更多的嘭嘭番茄酱的颜色给他

Just more Twentieth Century Fox 只是更多的二十世纪福克斯

All because that ghostly girl comes haunting 这一切都是因为那幽灵般的女孩来困扰

Just out of reach-outside his bed 就在他的床上覆盖，外

And she kicks the covers off his sleep 她揭开盖掉他的睡眠

For the clumsy things he said 对于笨拙的事情，他说：

She commands his head-She tries his sanity 她命令他的头，她尽自己的理智

She demands his head-Tonight unknowingly 她要求他的头，今晚在不知不觉中

   

Vaguely she floats and lacelike 她隐约漂浮和lacelike

Blown in like a curtain on the night wind 吹的像夜风窗帘

She's nebulous and naked 她含糊不清和裸体

He wonders where she's been 他想知道，她一直

He grabs at the air because there's nothing there 他抓住在空中，因为没有什么有

Her evasiveness stings him 她闪烁其词刺痛了他

With long legs-long lonely legs 长腿长的寂寞腿

Bruised from banging into things 从敲打成伤痕累累的东西

One day he was standing just outside her door 有一天，他站在刚刚在她家门外

He was carrying an armload of bright balloons 他手持鲜艳的气球的荷重手臂荷重

She just laughed 她笑而不答

She said she heard him knocking 她说，她听到他敲门

And she teased him for the moon 她取笑他的月亮

"Is one the moon, dear clown, “就是月亮，亲爱的小丑，

Tied to a string for me?" 绑一个字符串给我吗？ “

He tried but he could not get it down 他尝试，但他无法得到它下来

For truth or for mystery 真理或奥秘

He tried but he could not get it down 他尝试，但他无法得到它下来

For love or money 对于爱情或金钱