I'm in Los Angeles today... 我在洛杉矶的今天...

It smells like an airport runway. 它闻起来像机场跑道。

Jet fuel stenches in the cabin 在机舱喷气燃料臭味

And lights flickering at random. 和灯光闪烁随意。

   

I'm in Los Angeles today... 我在洛杉矶的今天...

Garbage cans comprise the medians of freeways always creaping 垃圾桶包括高速公路的中位数始终creaping

Even when the population's sleeping. 即使人口的睡觉。

   

And I can't see why you'd want to live here. 我不明白为什么你会想要住在这里。

   

I'm in Los Angeles today... 我在洛杉矶的今天...

Asked a gas station employee if he ever had trouble breathing 问加油站的员工，如果他曾经有过呼吸困难

And he said "It varies from season to season, kid." 他说： “这不同的季节，孩子。 ”

   

It's where our best are on display... 这就是我们最好的展示...

Motion picture actors' houses 动态影像演员的房子

Maps are never ever current 地图是从来没有过的电流

So save your film and $15. 所以，保存您的电影和15美元。

   

And I can't see why you'd want to live here. 我不明白为什么你会想要住在这里。

Billboards reach past the tallest buildings, 广告牌达到过去最高的建筑，

"We are not perfect - but we sure try." “我们不是完美的 - 但我们一定尽力。 ”

As UV rays "degraded" our youth with time. 由于紫外线的“退化”我们的青春与时间。

   

The vessel keeps pumping us through this zentropic place 该船不断通过这种zentropic地方抽我们

In the belly of the beast that is Californ-i-a, 在兽的肚子是Californ -I -A ，

I drank from a faucet and I kept my receipts 我从一个水龙头喝了，我一直在我的收据

For when the weigh me on my way out 因为当权衡我对我的出路

(Here nothing is free). （在这里，没有什么是免费的） 。

The greyhounds keep coming 该赛狗滚滚而来

Dumping locusts into the street 蝗虫倾倒到街上

Until the gutters overflow 直到排水沟溢出

And Los Angeles thinks, 和洛杉矶认为，

"I might explode someday soon." “我可能会在不久的将来会发生爆炸。 ”

   

It's a lovely summer's day 这是一个可爱的夏天的一天

And I can almost see a skyline through a thickening shroud of egos. 我几乎可以看到的天际线，通过自我的增厚寿衣。

(Is this the city of Angeles or demons?) （这是本市洛杉矶或恶魔？ ）

Here the names are what remain... 这里的名称是什么仍然...

Stars encapsulate the gold lame 明星封装黄金跛脚

And they need constant cleaning for when the tourists begin salivating. 他们需要不断的清洗时，游客开始垂涎欲滴了。

   

You can't swim in a town this shallow - you will most assuredly drown tomorrow. 你不能在一个小镇游这个浅 - 你会最稳妥淹死的明天。