Well I woke up this morning 早上好，我就醒了

The place was such a wreck 这个地方是这样的沉船

I couldn't reach the bathroom 我够不到卫生间

Thought I'd better clear the deck 想我最好还是远离甲板

I tried to call the lawyer 我试着打电话给律师

And ask him what to do 并问他该怎么办

He referred me to his doctor 他叫我去他的医生

Who referred me back to you 谁提到我回到你身边

And when you checked the manual 而当你检查手册

You kept inside the case 你一直在机壳内

It said 'put it in a cool dry place' 它说， 把它放在阴凉干燥处“

   

I drove around the city 我开车在城市

Looking for a room 寻找房间

That was high above the water 那是高高在上的水

Where my things could be in tune 在那里我的东西可能是在调

There was no one to help me 有没有人帮我

Nobody even cared 甚至没有人关心

I had to got through hell 我只好拨通了地狱

To get those things up there 为了得到这些东西在那里

I paid my first subscription 我付出了我的第一个收费

Then I joined the idle race 然后，我加入了闲置比赛

And they said 'store it in a cool dry place' 他们说： “其存放在阴凉干燥的地方”

   

I got guitar, basses, amplifiers and drums 我有吉他，贝司，放大器和鼓

Accordions and mandolins and things that sometimes hum 手风琴和曼陀铃和事物，有时哼哼

Cymbals and harmonicas, capos by the score 钹，口琴， capos的得分

And lots of things in boxes laying all around the floor 而且很多东西在箱子全部铺设在地板上

   

Some places they get mildew 有些地方，他们得到霉变

And others get too hot 和其他太热

Some places are so damp that 有些地方是如此潮湿的

Everything you got just rots 一切你得到只是腐烂

All kinds of condensation 各类凝结

Directories of the rain 雨目录

There's not much compensation 有没有什么补偿

When everything's been stained 当一切都被染色

Some have sentimental value that 一些有纪念价值的

Cannot be erased 不能被擦除

Go store it in a cool dry place 去其存放在阴凉干燥的地方

   

We got solids and acoustics 我们得到了固体和声学

And some from plywood board 有的来自胶合板

And some are trimmed in leather 而一些被修剪皮革

And some are made with gourds 还有一些都是用葫芦

There's organs and trombones 有机构和长号

And reverbs we can use 和混响，我们可以使用

Lots of DX-7s 很多DX- 7S

And old athletic shoes 老运动鞋

I bought a great big building 我买了一个伟大的大建筑

It took up one whole block 我花了一整块

I made an inventory 我做了一个盘点

Of all the things in stock 所有的事情在股票

The place was getting longer 这个地方是越来越长

I was up all night 我整夜

I used up all my pencils 我用了我所有的铅笔

But I went onto spite 但我去到，尽管

The blury of my vision 我的视力blurY的

The sweat upon my face 在我脸上的汗水

I've got to put this stuff away 我得把这个东西拿出

I mustn't leave a trace 我不能留下痕迹

   

The landlord's breathing down my neck 房东的呼吸顺着我的脖子

He say's it's a disgrace 他说的这是一个耻辱

So I said 'put it in a cool, dry, place.' 所以我说， 把它放在阴凉，干燥，地点。 “