Elly wrapped her nineteen years 伊丽裹着她19年

In a coat from ’41 在从41外套

Had the looks that’d make a grown man sigh 有说会做一个成年男子叹长相

From the Diamantina River country 从迪亚曼蒂纳河乡村

She crossed the dry mid west 她越过干中西部

From her childhood schemes and sheltered dreams 从她的童年方案和庇护的梦想

She broke the ties 她打破了关系

   

The commercial man made blunt demands 商业人造钝需求

As they travelled south by east 当他们走过南偏东

Elly turned into a woman over night 伊丽变成一个女人过夜

He set her down in the heart of town 他在城市的心脏地带她失望

The millionaires retreat 百万富翁撤退

She gazed up at the tall glass and concrete walls 她抬起头望着高高的玻璃和混凝土墙

At Main St. Surfers Paradise 在主街的冲浪者天堂

   

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If the decks been marked before the deal 如果甲板被标记处理前

You learn to compromise 你要学会妥协

Or you get to know the cool hand with the dice 或者你知道爽手骰子

You learn to live off losers, for they make the mistakes twice 你要学会生活过失败者，因为他们犯的错误两次

You’re living in high society but you’re street wise 你生活在上流社会，但你是街头智慧

Just to survive, just to survive 只是为了生存，只是为了生存

   

With those centrefold looks 有了这些centrefold外观

And bay-blue eyes 和海湾蓝眼睛

Man she stacked them in 男人，她把它们堆在

All the senators and doctors called her Madam 所有的参议员，医生叫她太太

With her fifteen girls she built a world 与她的15女孩，她建立了一个世界

A pleasured paradise à嬉戏的天堂

On what a man of God would call the wages of sin 在神的男人会叫罪的工价

   

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A wealthy woman 一个富有的女人

Drinks with diamond rings 饮料与钻石戒指

Twenty stories high 二十层楼高

Gazes out as the sun lifts from the sea 看着眼前的太阳从海上升降机

To make it to the top 为了让顶端

Elly sacrificed the lot 伊丽牺牲了很多

And found that seven figure sum was far too high a fee 结果发现七位数字总和是高得离谱的费用

   

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