Nothing is real 没有什么是真正的

In Cardboard California 在加州纸板

Just waking up 刚刚醒来

Brings you down 带给你失望

One lousy deal 一个糟糕的协议

Is Cardboard California 是纸板加州

You just can't survive 你就不能存活

In a make believe town 在一个虚构小镇

   

Lost in a city of little tin gods 迷失在城市的小锡神

Cold plastic people with phony facades 冷塑性人假门面

How can you win when you look at the odds? 你怎么能当你看赔率赢了吗？

   

You're running down a one way street 你顺着单行道

Nobody cares if you survive 没有人，如果你能活着在乎

Sometimes you beg or you don't eat 有时候，你求求你还是不要吃

You gotta fight to stay alive 你得为了生存而战

Hey 嘿嘿

You're never gonna get away 你永远无法脱身

   

Where's the world you used to know? 哪来的世界里，你用了就知道？

Where did all the good times go? 做了所有的美好时光去？

Look around your hopes and dreams are gone 环顾四周，你的希望和梦想都不见了

But like a fool you still keep hanging on 但是，像一个傻瓜，你还在继续挂在

   

Come and be a movie star 快来成为电影明星

Come and drive a fancy car 来吧，驾驶一辆好车

Come and see 快来看看

What you really are 你真的是

   

Everybody's going somewhere 每个人都去什么地方

But you 但是你

You're going nowhere 你无处可去

   

Look in the mirror 照照镜子

Mirrors don't lie 镜子不说谎

You're getting older, your time's past you by 你变老，你的时间的过去，你通过

You lost your shot 你失去了你的镜头

To some younger guy 一些年轻的家伙

   

You're running down a one way street 你顺着单行道

Nobody cares if you survive 没有人，如果你能活着在乎

Sometimes you beg or you don't eat 有时候，你求求你还是不要吃

You gotta fight to stay alive 你得为了生存而战

Hey 嘿嘿

You're never gonna get away 你永远无法脱身

   

Nothing is real 没有什么是真正的

In Cardboard California 在加州纸板

Just waking up 刚刚醒来

Brings you down 带给你失望

One lousy deal 一个糟糕的协议

Is Cardboard California 是纸板加州

You just can't survive 你就不能存活

In a make believe town 在一个虚构小镇