She swings 她摇

A string 一个字符串

Of pearls on the corner 在角落的珍珠

The streelight reflects 该streelight反映

The light on the water 在水面上的光

The string, it snaps 字符串，其卡

And the pearls go sailing 与珍珠去航海

And they splash 他们泼

And bounce 和弹跳

And roll cross the wet street 和轧辊交叉的街道湿

As she bends to chase the pearls 当她弯腰去追逐珍珠

A car swings round the corner 一车摇摆指日可待

She darts from the eyes 她一个箭步蹿起眼

Of the panic struck driver 恐慌来袭驱动程序

Who's racing to 谁在竞相

The delivery room 产房

'Cause in the backseet his wife “原因在backseet他的妻子

Is busting out of her womb 被破坏了她的子宫

   

The sack breaks and out come the siamese twins 麻袋休息和出落得连体婴儿

Who grow up to become 谁长大后成为

The first president with two heads 有两个头的第一任总统

Are better than one 比一个好

He puts his heads in his hands, 他把他的头在他的手里，

Says I gotta put my heads together 说我得把我的脑袋凑在一起

I can become the Best President Ever 我可以成为最好的总统曾经

And not just president 而且不只是总统

Fend for yourself 照顾自己

   

Signs his name takes the blame 标志他的名字取怪

For all of the names with no shame 对于所有没有羞耻的名字

In their belief they adjourn 在他们的信仰，他们休会

And the leave 与假

And in walks a man 而在行走的人

With a broom, and a knife 用扫帚和一把刀

And blood on his hands 血在他的手上

And he sweeps everything 他横扫一切

Under the rug 根据地毯

And goes home 而回家

To his kids, gives them a hug 为了他的孩子，给他们一个拥抱

But his wife was not there, she had just left a letter 但他的妻子是不存在的，她刚刚离开了一封信

That said you'll be much 这就是说，你会感到非常的

Better off without me 最好没有我

   

Now his wife took the train 现在，他的妻子坐火车

To her ex-lovers funeral 她的前情人的葬礼

Who died in the bathroom, 谁在卫生间死了，

Hit his head on a urinal 打他的头放在便池

When they got together, the knowledge was carnal 当他们聚在一起，知识是肉体

And the widow was at the funeral, and they had quite a catfight 和寡妇是在葬礼上，他们有相当剧烈争吵

And they fell into the grave where the casket was resting 他们掉进坟墓所在的灵柩被搁

And the preacher just left in the middle of the service 和传道人只是留在服务中间

'Cause death was one thing, 因为死是一回事，

But women made him nervous 但女人让他紧张

And he got into his car, 他钻进他的车，

And he drove round the corner 他开车拐弯

   

Then something in the street 然后一些在街上

Caught the light in his eye 抓住了光在他的眼睛

He pulled over, reached down 他拉了过来，俯下身

And picked up the pearl from the gutter 拿起珍珠从阴沟里

He didn't know what to think 他不知道在想什么

He brought it home and washed it in the sink 他把它带回家，并在水槽冲吧

And he gave the pearl 他给了珍珠

To Sister Mary Theresa 姐姐玛丽·特雷莎

Who could not accept it, 谁也无法接受，

So she gave it to Lisa 于是，她给了丽莎

A young prostitute who was missing a pearl 一位年轻的妓女谁是失踪的一颗明珠

on the necklace that broke 上破项链

Late last night 昨天深夜