All my life I had to struggle, I paid some heavy dues 我所有的生活中，我要靠自己的努力，我付出一些沉重的会费

Squeekin' out a livin', playin' easy blues Squeekin 了活着，弹唱“易忧郁

Then one day my music made me a millionaire 后来有一天，我的音乐让我成为百万富翁

I bought a big old mansion with central heated air 我买了一个大的旧邸中央加热空气

Now I got more money than I know how to use 现在，我有了更多的钱比我知道怎么用

Got everything a man could want, but I ain't got no blues 得到的一切的人可能想要的，但我没有得到任何的蓝调

Success for me could only lead to my immediate doom 成功对我来说只能导致我眼前的厄运

'cause I can't play the blues in an airconditioned room 因为我不能玩布鲁斯在空调的房间

   

Now I was doin' better with a smaller piece of pie 现在，我是干什么用较小的一块馅饼更好

But all my fame and fortune I can't identify 但我所有的名利，我不能确定

I lost the inspiration that came natural in the start 我失去了自然就在启动的启示

I have to have a mean old woman, just to break my heart 我必须有一个平均的老女人，只是为了打破我的心脏

Now my life's too easy, I'd be getting soft 现在，我的生活太容易了，我会越来越软

I used to play the blues all day, but now I just play golf 我用了一整天玩蓝调，但现在我只是打高尔夫

Now all my pain is rearranged, my life is changes too 现在，我所有的痛苦是重排，我的生活改变太大

'cause I can't play the blues in an airconditioned room 因为我不能玩布鲁斯在空调的房间

   

You know what I'm saying 你知道我在说什么

It's kinda hard to play the blues 这是有点难以发挥蓝调

if you don't have any problems 如果你没有任何问题

   

You might think I'm crazy, you might think I'm strange 你可能会认为我疯了，你可能会觉得我很奇怪

The first thing in the morning I'm gonna make a change 早上我要的第一件事情做出改变

I throw away my money, I move back to that shag 我扔了我的钱，我搬回到僧舍

Do whatever I gotta do to get that old feelin' back 做我必须做的让老感觉回

I know I'd be feelin' better with nothing left to lose 我知道我会感觉有没有更好的可以失去

When times are bad, the less I had, the better I played the blues 在经济不景气时，少我，还好我发挥的蓝调

I buy myself some turkey and wine, and howl it at the moon 我去买自己的一些火鸡和葡萄酒，并在月亮嚎叫它

'cause I can't play the blues in an airconditioned room 因为我不能玩布鲁斯在空调的房间

   

If I should die tomorrow you can write it on my tomb 如果我明天就会死去，你可以在我的墓前写

'He couldn't play the blues in an airconditioned room' “他无法发挥布鲁斯在空调的房间”