Things these days are better by far, 这几天的事情是目前较好的，

A horse can out run a motor car, 马可以跑得动车，

If the wheels are rubber and the rails are steel 如果车轮是橡胶和导轨钢

That beast can outrun any automobile 那兽可以逃脱任何汽车

   

Here's the story of progress and all the bullets they spent 这里是进步的故事，他们都花了子弹

On a sheet hung up in a circus tent 在纸张的马戏团的帐篷就挂了

There's a lantern shining - it's pointing the way 有一个闪亮的灯笼 - 它指向的方式

This kind man has probably had his day 这种男人可能已经有他的日子

But they keep him around with his last vain hope 但让他身边与他最后的奢望

For selling tickets while spinning a rope. 对于卖票，而纺绳。

   

They brought him down off the vanishing trail 他们带他下过的痕迹消失

But nobody these days wants to hear his tale 但是没有人这几天想听到他的故事

So he spends his nights leaning up at the bar 于是，他花了他晚上靠在了在酒吧

The real gone cowboy with the fake tin star. 真正的牛仔了用假锡星。

   

Up on the screen there's a boy half his age 在屏幕上有一个小男孩他一半年龄

They pay him 20 times his weekly wage 他们付给他20次他的周薪

For dodging phony bullets and catching blunt blades 为了躲避假子弹和追赶钝的刀片

For blowing up horses and kissing young maids. 吹起来的马和亲吻的年轻女佣。

   

Children cheer 孩子们欢呼

Women throw flowers 女子扔鲜花

Men just glower 男人只是怒视

Up at the screen 向上在屏幕

But they don't know 但他们不知道

Just what it means 刚才是什么意思

Vengeance and dreams. 复仇和梦想。

   

Girls just swoon at the mention of him 女孩只是昏厥一提到他

With his face all powdered and his immaculate brim 随着他的脸上都粉状和他完美无暇的边缘

And his hair pommaded and his fingernails clean 他的头发pommaded和他的指甲干净

While old men whisper "Just look at him preen" 而老男人耳语“你看看他舞动”

And outside muttering through a cheap cigar 并通过廉价的雪茄外喃喃自语

There's a real gone cowboy with a fake tin star. 这里是一个真正的牛仔了用假锡星。