The scene is set, everybody's in place - 设置场景，每个人都在的地方 -

Two chairs filled for every five gone to waste. 两把椅子填充每五个白白浪费掉。

The pantsuit girl gave me a nasty gaze, 在裤装的女孩给了我一个讨厌的目光，

Said, "Play that on your own time." 他说：“玩是自己的时间。 ”

   

I walk to the bandstand, blowin' my horn, 我走在音乐台，吹我的角，

Nobody knows what we're really here for. 没有人知道我们是真的在这里。

Let's take it out hard 'til they show us the door, 让我们把它拿出来很难，直到他们向我们展示了大门，

It's us against them tonight. 这是我们对他们今晚。

   

Play the changes, 玩的变化，

Make the changes, 进行更改，

Hear the changes, 听到的变化，

Take it out hard 'til they show us the door. 把它拿出来很难，直到他们向我们展示了大门。

   

A girl with a nose ring said to me, 用鼻环一个女孩对我说，

She said, "Where's the joy in your delivery?" 她说：“哪里是在你分娩的快乐？ ”

I said, "Maybe there's not supposed to be 我说，“也许有不应该

Any real joy at all." 在所有的任何真正的快乐。 “

   

She sat there with that plaster smile 她与石膏的微笑坐在那里

As we sit jiving, but in a little while, 当我们坐在jiving ，但一小会儿，

Holding her hair, she joined the single file 抱着她的头发，她加入了一个文件

And walked on down the hall. 而走在了大厅。

   

Play the changes, 玩的变化，

Make the changes, 进行更改，

Hear the changes, 听到的变化，

Us against them, them tonight. 我们反对他们，他们今晚。

   

The owner says he thinks we need some work, 店主说，他认为我们需要一些工作，

"Got a place for you, we got some roadwork - “有一个地方给你，我们得到了一些道路工程 -

Laying asphalt on the interstate." 在州际公路上铺设沥青。 “

Nobody cares, and why should they? 无人问津，而他们为什么要？

   

A white girl in a dashiki says, "You're all the rage, 白人女孩在dashiki说， “你所有的愤怒，

My friends and I think you're quite the sage." 我和我的朋友，我认为你是个了不起的圣人。 “

Wear a kofu and a finger gauge 戴甲府和手指规

To see which way the wind blows today. 看风往哪个方向吹今天。

   

Play the changes, 玩的变化，

Make the changes, 进行更改，

Hear the changes, 听到的变化，

To see which way the wind blows today. 看风往哪个方向吹今天。

   

Old friend Dave with the silver spoon, 老朋友戴夫的银匙，

Says, "Why don't you play those good old tunes? 说：“你为什么不玩那些美好的旋律？

Give it up now, you could fill the room." 放弃吧，现在，你可以充满整个房间。 “

I say, "There's nothing like a good 'Trane tune." 我说：“没有什么比一个好”特灵调。 “

   

Changes, 变化，

These things called changes, 这些东西叫做变化，

Where do we go, go from here? 我们下一步怎么走，何去何从？