I was reading a magazine 我正在读一本杂志

And thinking of a rock and roll song 和思维的摇滚歌曲

The year was 1954 这一年是1954年

And I hadh't been playing that long 我hadht被打那么长的时间

When a man came on the radio 当一个人来到收音机

And this is what he said 这是他说的话

He said I hate to break it 他说，我不想打破它

To his fans 他的粉丝

But Johnny Ace is dead 但约翰尼一点死

Well, I really wasn't 好吧，我真的不是

Such a Johnny Ace fan 这样的约翰尼一点风扇

But I felt bad all the same 但我觉得不好都一样

So I sent away for his photograph 所以，我送走了他的照片

And I waited till it came 我等到它来了

It came all the way from Texas 它一路走过来，从得克萨斯州

With a sad and simple face 带着忧伤，简单的面

And they signed it on the bottom 他们签署了在底部

From the Late Great Johnny Ace 从已故的伟大约翰尼王牌

It was the year of The Beatles 这是披头士乐队的一年

It was the year of The Stones 这是该乐队的一年

It was 1964 这是1964年

I was living in London 我当时住在伦敦

With the girl from the summer before 从夏季前的女孩

It was the year of The Beatles 这是披头士乐队的一年

It was the year of The Stones 这是该乐队的一年

A year after J.F.K. J.F.K.一年后

We were staying up all night 我们都是晚上熬夜

And giving the days away 并给予天遥

And the music was flowing 而音乐是流动的

Amazing 惊人

And blowing my way 吹我的方式

On a cold December evening 在一个寒冷的晚上，月

I was walking through the Christmas tide 我走过的圣诞潮

When a stranger came up and asked me 当一个陌生人走过来问我

If I'd heard John Lennon had died 如果我听到约翰·列侬去世

And the two of us 而且我们两个人

Went to this bar 去这个酒吧

And we stayed to close the place 和我们住，关闭到位

And every song we played 而且每首歌我们打

Was for The Late Great Johnny Ace 是为已故的伟大约翰尼王牌