I had a taste of bitter life 我有苦涩的生活品味

At sweet sixteen 在甜蜜16

I was growing up too fast 我长大得太快

If you know what I mean 如果你明白我的意思

Met an older man 遇见一个老男人

Who taught me his own way to live 谁教我用自己的方式生活

And all I had to do to keep him 和所有我必须做的，让他

Was to give and give 是给，给

   

The carousel man 旋转木马的人

Kept me going around and round 让我绕来绕去又圆

Carousel man always know 旋转木马的人总是知道

That I'd stay around 我会留身边

The carousel man 旋转木马的人

Wouldn't let me off his merry-go-round 不会让我离开他的旋转木马轮

   

I followed him around in traveling shows 我跟在他身边的旅游节目

Along the main county lines 沿主线条县

Watching him drinking his mind away 看着他喝了主意走

Not ever knowing my name at time 永远不知道我的名字的时候

Each night when the show closed down 当节目​​关停每天晚上

He used to tell me of his dreams 他曾经告诉他的梦想我

He was wearing new French suits 他穿着新西装的法国

While I mended my torn jeans 虽然我修补我的牛仔裤撕裂

   

The carousel man 旋转木马的人

Kept me going around and round 让我绕来绕去又圆

Carousel man always know 旋转木马的人总是知道

That I'd stay around 我会留身边

The carousel man 旋转木马的人

Wouldn't let me off his merry-go-round 不会让我离开他的旋转木马轮

   

Then one night in Santa Fe 圣达菲一天晚上，

The horses stop going around 马停止绕来绕去

There he was my poor rich man 在那里，他是我的可怜的富翁

Lying on the Mexico ground 躺在地上墨西哥

All the sad music of his life 他的生活的一切忧郁的音乐

Is still spinning in my mind 还在旋转在我的脑海

The carousel starts up again 旋转木马再次启动

And I found my place in life 我发现我的生活的地方

   

The carousel man 旋转木马的人

Kept me going around and round 让我绕来绕去又圆

Carousel man always know 旋转木马的人总是知道

That I'd stay around 我会留身边

The carousel man 旋转木马的人

Wouldn't let me off his merry-go-round 不会让我离开他的旋转木马轮

   

The carousel man 旋转木马的人

Kept me going around and round 让我绕来绕去又圆

Carousel man always know 旋转木马的人总是知道

That I'd stay around 我会留身边

The carousel man 旋转木马的人

Wouldn't let me off his merry-go-round 不会让我离开他的旋转木马轮