Maybe it's just age or a thousand other fears 也许这只是年龄或其他千万恐惧

That took me back tonight to my early carnival years 这把我带回今晚我早期的狂欢年

I can see the parade a-movin' like the source of the old gulf stream 我可以看到阅兵A-往前像老湾流的来源

Oh what a lovely dream 哦，多么可爱的梦想

   

Adolescent lust was begging for a start 青少年的欲望是乞求一个开始

As I side-stepped those Brothers with their sacred hearts 我一边阶梯那些兄弟与他们的神圣的心

Yet for those two weeks a year, it was all about sin 然而，对于这两个星期以来，这是所有关于罪

Folly's chasin' death, you can count me in 愚蠢的追赶之死，你可以指望我

   

There's a flambeaux man with a gold earring 有一个flambeaux人用金耳环

And the cold north wind smells like kerosene 和寒冷的北风闻起来像煤油

Here comes the float of the Carnival Queen 这里谈到的嘉年华皇后的浮动

I want to wrap her in serpentine 我想换她的蛇形

   

Hands up high, eyes open wide 双手举高，双目圆睁

"Throw me something mister" “把我的东西老总”

That's why you ride 这就是为什么你骑

Cracker Jacks with toys inside 饼干插座里面的玩具

Real beyond our wildest dreams 真正的超出了我们最疯狂的梦想

Floats and masks and a two mule team 花车和口罩和两骡队

Some things really are 有些事情真的是

The way they seem 他们似乎一路

   

Beads and confetti were littering the air 珠和纸屑都散落在空气

When the Queen looked at me with her Ava Gardner stare 当王后看着我，她的艾娃·加德纳的眼神

Though tomorrow would bring ashes and penance by the ton 虽然明天会带来灰烬和苦修的吨

Mardi Gras's where I learned to have fun 狂欢节的在那里我学会了乐趣

   

There's a flambeaux man with a gold earring 有一个flambeaux人用金耳环

And the cold north wind smells like kerosene 和寒冷的北风闻起来像煤油

I'm still in love with the Carnival Queen 我仍然爱着嘉年华皇后

I want to wrap her in serpentine 我想换她的蛇形

Still want to wrap her in serpentine 还是想换她的蛇形

   

It was the devil 这是魔鬼