The Cool is dead, baby, go on to sleep 酷死了，宝贝，去睡觉

Rest your weary head and love a better me 休息你的疲惫的头，爱上一个更好的我

And in the morning we'll start over again 到了早晨，我们将重新开始

That's how they do it up on the screen 那他们是如何做到这一点在屏幕上

   

See me and my baby, we would dance all night 看到我和我的孩子，我们会整夜跳舞

But I don't know the steps in my baby's time 但我不知道我的孩子的时间步骤

To do it like they do it for the girls uptown 要做到这一点像他们这样做是为女孩住宅区

I heard they light 'em up like the blues 我听说他们点燃全身像蓝调

   

So I'm waiting 所以，我在等待

And she's waiting 而她的等待

For us to remember 让我们记住

   

Was I good to you, the wife of my youth? 难道我对你的好，我的青春的妻子吗？

Not another soul could love you like my rotten bones do 不是另一个灵魂可以爱你喜欢我的烂骨头做

So I will wait on the edges in between 所以我会等待之间的边缘

These New York streets where you and I would meet 这些纽约的街头，你和我见面

   

For twenty-nine years we loved that line 对于29年我们爱这一行

And I would take it easy if I had your mind 我会慢慢来，如果我有你的心

But I'm a cannonball to a house on fire 但我是一个炮弹就打得火热

And you're slow like Motown soul 和你喜欢慢摩城的灵魂

   

So what now, lover with your long black hair? 还等什么，现在，情人与你的长长的黑头发？

If I cut you open, baby, I can repair 如果我砍你打开，宝贝，我可以修

Bandage your wounds with the salt on my tongue 你包扎伤口用我的舌头盐

And I'm the only one around here 而我是唯一一个在这里

   

And I'm waiting 而我在等

And she's waiting 而她的等待

For us to recover 对于我们恢复

   

So was I good to you, the wife of my youth? 所以被我对你很好，我的青春的妻子吗？

Not another soul could love you like my rotten bones do 不是另一个灵魂可以爱你喜欢我的烂骨头做

So I will wait on the edges in between 所以我会等待之间的边缘

These New York streets where you and I would meet 这些纽约的街头，你和我见面

   

And only I can heal your wounds 也只有我能治愈你的伤口

Only I can heal your wounds 只有我能治愈你的伤口

When you can't go on, when you can't go on 当你不能再继续下去，当你不能再继续下去

When you can't go on, when you know, hold on 当你不能再继续下去，当你知道，挺住

   

Was I good to you, the wife of my youth? 难道我对你的好，我的青春的妻子吗？

Not another soul could love you like my 不是另一个灵魂可以爱你喜欢我

   

Was I good to you, the wife of my youth? 难道我对你的好，我的青春的妻子吗？

Not another soul could love you like my rotten bones do 不是另一个灵魂可以爱你喜欢我的烂骨头做

So I will wait on the edges in between 所以我会等待之间的边缘

And I will wait on the edges in between 我会等待之间的边缘

   

And I will wait on the edges in between 我会等待之间的边缘

These New York streets 这些纽约街头

On all these New York streets 在所有这些纽约街头

Where you and I would meet 你在哪里，我也满足