Once upon a time not long ago 曾几何时不久前

When people wore pajamas and lived life slow 当人们穿着睡衣和居住生活慢

When laws were stern and justice stood 当法律是严肃和公正站

And people were behavin' like they ought to good 和人们behavin就像他们应该不错

There lived a little boy who was misled 住着一个小男孩谁是误导

By another little boy and this is what he said 由另一个小男孩，这是他说的

"Me and you tonight are gonna make some cash “我和你今晚是要让一些现金

Robbin' old folks and makin' the dash" 罗宾老伙计和金破折号“

They did the job, money came with ease 他们做的工作，钱从哪里来轻松

But one couldn't stop, it's like he had a disease 但是，一个人不能停下来，这就像他有一种病

He robbed another and another, a sister and a brother 他抢了其它一个又一个，一个姐姐和一个弟弟

He tried to rob a man who was a D.T. undercover 他试图抢劫一名男子谁是卧底D.T。

The cop grabbed his arm, he started acting erratic 该警察抓住他的胳膊，他开始行动飘忽不定

He said, "Keep still, boy, no need for static" 他说， “别动，男孩，无需静态”

Punched him in his belly and he gave him a slap 拳打在他肚子，他给了他一记耳光

But little did he know the little boy was strapped 但他不知道小男孩被绑

The kid pulled out a gun, he said, "Why'd ya hit me?" 孩子掏出一把枪，他说：“你为什么雅打我？ ”

The barrel was headed straight for the cop's kidney 枪管是直奔警察的肾

The cop got scared, the kid, he starts to figure 吓坏了的警察的孩子，他开始图

"I'll do years if I pull this trigger" “我会做几年，如果我把这扳机”

So he cold dashed and ran around the block 于是，他冷冲跑了各地块

Cop radioes it to another lady cop 警匪radioes到另一位女士警察

He ran by a tree, there he saw this sister 他跑了一棵树，在那里，他看到了这个妹妹

Shot for the head, shot back but he missed her 打一枪换头，拍背，但他错过了她

Looked 'round due to expectations 看着轮，由于预期

So he decided he'd head for the subway stations 于是，他决定，他会前往地铁站

But she was coming and he made a left 但她来了，他做了一个左

He was runnin' top speed 'til he was outta breath 他飞奔的最高速度，直到他一口气失控

Knocked an old man down and he swore he killed him 撞倒一位老人来，他发誓，他将他打死

Then he made his move to an abandoned building 然后，他做了他转会到一个废弃的建筑物

Ran up the stairs to the top floor 跑上楼梯到顶楼

Opened up the door there, guess who he saw? 打开了车门那里，你猜他看到了谁？

Dave the dope fiend shootin' dope 戴夫的吸毒者乱射涂料

Who don't know the meaning of water nor soap 谁不知道水也不肥皂的意义

He said, "I need bullets, hurry up, run" 他说， “我需要子弹，快点，跑”

The dope fiend brought back a spanking shotgun 在吸毒者带回打屁股猎枪

He went outside but there was cops all over 他走到外面，但有警察遍布

Then he dipped into a car, a stolen Nova 然后，他浸入了一辆车，偷来的新星

Raced up the block doing 83 跑上块做83

Crashed into a tree near a university 撞向一棵树附近的一所大学

Escaped alive though the car was battered 逃脱活着，虽然车子被殴打

Rat-a-tat-tatted and all the cops scattered 鼠-A- TAT-梭织和所有的警察散

Ran out of bullets and still, he had static 跑出去的子弹，仍然，他有静

Grabbed a pregnant lady, pulled out the automatic 抓起一只怀孕的女士，掏出自动

Pointed at her head and said the gun was full o' lead 指着她的头说枪是全O引

He told the cops, "Back off or honey here's dead" 他告诉警察， “回到关闭或蜂蜜在这里死了”

Deep in his heart, he knew he was wrong 深藏在他的心脏，他知道自己错了

Let the lady go and started to run along 让老太太去，开始沿运行

Sirens sounded, he seemed astounded 警笛响起，他似乎吓了一跳

Before long, the little boy got surrounded 没过多久，小男孩得到了包围

He dropped his gun, so went the glory 他放弃了他的枪，所以去的荣耀

And this is the way I have to end this story 这是我的样子要结束这个故事

He was only seventeen, in a madman's dream 他只有十七岁，在一个疯子的梦想

The cops shot the kid, I still hear him scream 警察开枪的孩子，我仍然能听到他的尖叫

And this ain't funny so don't you dare laugh 而这一点都不好笑，所以不要你敢笑

Just another case about the wrong path 大约在错误的道路只是另一种情况

Straight and narrow or your soul gets cashed 笔直，狭窄，或你的灵魂得到兑现