Moves like a fist through the traffic 移动像一个拳头通过交通

Anger and no one can heal it 愤怒，没有人能够治愈它

Shoves a little bump into the momentum 塞到一个小磕碰到的势头

It's just a little lump 这只是一个小疙瘩

But you feel it 但你觉得它

In the creases and the shadows 在折痕和阴影

With a rattling deep emotion 有剑拔弩张深情

The cool, cool river 凉爽，凉爽的河

Sweeps the wild, white ocean 席卷野生的白色海洋

   

Yes Boss. The government handshake 是的老大。政府握手

Yes Boss. The crusher of language 是的老大。语言的破碎机

Yes Boss. Mr. Stillwater, 是的老大。斯蒂尔沃特先生，

The face at the edge of the banquet 在宴会的边缘，面对

The cool, the cool river 凉爽，凉爽的河

The cool, the cool river 凉爽，凉爽的河

   

I believe in the future 我相信在未来的

I may live in my car 我可能活在我的车

My radio tuned to 我的收音机调到

The voice of a star 一个明星的声音

Song dogs barking at the break of dawn 宋狗叫声，在破晓时分

Lightning pushes the edge of a thunderstorm 推闪电雷暴的边缘

And these old hopes and fears 而这些老的希望和恐惧

Still at my side 还是在我身边

   

Anger and no one can heal it 愤怒，没有人能够治愈它

Slides through the metal detector 幻灯片通过式金属探测器

Lives like a mole in a motel 生活就像在一个汽车旅馆痣

A slide in a slide projector 在幻灯机幻灯片

The cool, cool river 凉爽，凉爽的河

Sweeps the wild, white ocean 席卷野生的白色海洋

The rage of love turns inward 爱的愤怒变为内向

To prayers of devotion 为了奉献祈祷

And these prayers are 而这些祈祷

The constant road across the wilderness 整个旷野的路上不断

These prayers are 这些祈祷

These prayers are the memory of God 这些祷告是神的记忆

The memory of God 神的记忆

   

And I believe in the future 我相信在未来的

We shall suffer no more 我们会苦于没有更多的

Maybe not in my lifetime 也许在我的有生之年

But in yours I feel sure 但在你我肯定

Song dogs barking at the break of dawn 宋狗叫声，在破晓时分

Lightning pushes the edges of a thunderstorm 推闪电雷暴的边缘

And these streets 而这些街道

Quiet as a sleeping army 静如处军

Send their battered dreams to heaven, to heaven 送他们焦头烂额的梦想天堂，天堂

For the mother's restless son 对于母亲的儿子坐立不安

Who is a witness to, who is a warrior 谁是证人，谁是战士

Who denies his urge to break and run 谁否认他的冲动，打破和运行

   

Who says: Hard times? 谁说：艰难岁月？

I'm used to them 我已经习惯了他们

The speeding planet burns 超速行星烧伤

I'm used to that 我已经习惯了

My life's so common it disappears 我的生活是如此普遍消失

And sometimes even music 有时甚至音乐

Cannot substitute for tears 不能代替眼泪