There's a city filth that lingers 有一个城市藏污纳垢不散

   

All over my naked hands 所有在我赤裸的双手

Deep into the weave of the clothes I wear 深入到我穿衣服的织法

   

And every step brings another 它的每一步带来了另一个

   

Every hour adds some more 每个小时增加了一些更

Till I'm on the other side leaning on your door 直到我在另一边扶着你的门

Are the taps running, darling? 是水龙头跑，亲爱的？

Is the air thick with steam? 是空气中弥漫着蒸汽？

Can I find some place to cry these tears of shame? 我可以找个地方哭耻辱的泪水？

   

Every step brings another 每一步都带来了另一个

   

Every hour adds some more 每个小时增加了一些更

Till I'm on the other side leaning on your door 直到我在另一边扶着你的门

   

There's a smell so sweet it's sickly 有一种气味这么甜是病恹恹

   

It follows me into the room 它跟着我进了房间

Hangs in the air like rotting perfume 挂在空中像腐烂的香水

   

I never bathe in it, darling 我从来不洗澡吧，亲爱的

   

Got down on my hands and knees 跪在我的手和膝盖

Got in so far, I became, well, a part of it all 得到的，到目前为止，我成了，好了，这一切的一部分

I've been wading through it 我一直在涉水通过它

Don't you know it's up to my neck? 难道你不知道这是给我的脖子？

And it won't be long 'fore it's over my head 它不会很长前就结束了我的头

And it's the thought of you in my mind, keeps me... 而且它是你在我心中的想法，让我...

   

Thought I knew these streets, and how they turn 以为我知道这些街道，以及他们如何把

   

Could always find my way home 总是可以找到回家的路

There's something there, can't leave it alone 有什么东西在那里，不能息事宁人

   

The trains they run all night 他们跑了一夜的火车

   

We could leave everything behind 我们可以身后留下的一切

Just bring that dress you bought when we first met 只要把你买了，当我们第一次见面的那件衣服

   

I know it's faded, darling 我知道它的消失，亲爱的

I know it's tattered and worn 我知道它的破烂和陈旧

In that dress, I could never love you more 在那件衣服，我永远爱你

I've been wading through it 我一直在涉水通过它

Don't you know it's up to my neck? 难道你不知道这是给我的脖子？

And it won't be long 'fore it's over my head 它不会很长前就结束了我的头

And I can suck it into my love, breathe it in 我可以吸进我的爱，呼吸它