He's just an old rock 'n' roller playing music in a backstreet bar. 他只是一个老摇滚N滚演奏音乐后街酒吧。

He sings a little flat and he never learned to play the guitar. 他唱的小公寓，他从来没有学过弹吉他。

But he keeps on belting out them rhythm and blues, 但他不断高歌他们的节奏蓝调，

"Long Tall Sally" and "Blue Suede Shoes". “长的高萨莉”和“蓝色麂皮鞋” 。

He never faced the fact that he's never gonna be a star. 他从来没有面对一个事实，即他永远不会成为一个明星。

He's just an old rock 'n' roller playing music in a backstreet bar. 他只是一个老摇滚N滚演奏音乐后街酒吧。

   

He had a record in the sixties, it was big enough to go Top Ten. 他在六十年代的纪录，这已经足够大去前十名。

And though he tried and he tried he never could make it happen again. 虽然他试图与他努力，他永远无法让它再次发生。

He's been living twenty years on bourbon and pride. 他一直活二十年后波旁和骄傲。

Jerry Lee went crazy and Elvis died. 杰里李疯狂和猫王去世。

Then his third wife left him but he never really thought it would last. 然后，他的第三任妻子离开了他，但他从来没有想过它会持续。

And now she ain't nothing but another little blast from the past. 而现在她不只是另一个小过眼云烟。

   

But sometimes at night when the music and the crowd is having fun, 但有时在晚上的音乐和人群的玩乐时，

He steps up on the mike with a gleam in his eye and once again he's twenty-one. 他台阶上的麦克风，在他的眼睛里的光芒，再次他是21 。

And then it's "Be-Bop-A-Lula" and "Heartbreak Hotel" and "That'll Be The Day" 然后它的“ BE- BOP- A-卢拉”和“伤心酒店”和“那会是一天”

Then the "Sweet Bird of Youth" just flies away. 那么“甜蜜鸟少年”刚刚飞走了。

   

He's an earthbound eagle that never did learn how to fly. 他是一个乡土鹰是从来没有学会如何飞翔。

He ain't never gonna make it but he sure did give it a try. 他是不是绝不会去做，但他肯定没有给它一个尝试。

So go dye your hair and turn the music up loud, 所以去染头发，并把音乐开大声，

And when it's time to go at least you'll go down proud. 而当它的时间去至少你会去骄傲。

You ain't never gonna be nothing but what you are 你是不是永远不会成为什么，但你是什么

Just an old rock 'n' roller playing music in a backstreet bar. 只是一个老摇滚N滚演奏音乐后街酒吧。

Just an old rock 'n' roller playing music in a backstreet bar. 只是一个老摇滚N滚演奏音乐后街酒吧。