Old Beale Street is coming down 老比尔街正在下降

Sweeties' Snack Bar, boarded up now 甜酒“小吃吧，登上了现在

And Egles The Tailor and the Shine Boy's gone 和Egles裁缝和服务男孩不见了

Faded out with ragtime blues 淡出与拉格泰姆布鲁斯

Handy's cast in bronze 方便的青铜铸造

And he's standing in a little park 而他站在一个小公园

With a trumpet in his hand 手里拿着一个小号

Like he's listening back to the good old bands 像他听了回到美好的旧乐队

And the click of high heeled shoes 和高跟鞋点击

Old Furry sings the blues 毛茸茸的老唱蓝调

Propped up in his bed 扶起躺在床上

With his dentures and his leg removed 随着他的假牙，他的腿去掉

And Ginny's there 和金妮的出现

For her kindness and Furry's beer 对于她的善良和毛茸茸的啤酒

She's the old man's angel overseer 她是老人的天使监督员

   

Pawn shops glitter like gold tooth caps 当铺闪烁如金齿帽

In the grey decay 在灰色衰变

They chew the last few dollars off 他们咀嚼过去的几元钱关闭

Old Beale Street's carcass 老比尔街的胴体

Carrion and mercy 腐肉和怜悯

Blue and silver sparkling drums 蓝色和银色的波光粼粼的鼓

Cheap guitars, eye shades and guns 便宜的吉他，眼罩和枪支

Aimed at the hot blood of being no one 针对的是没有人的热血

Down and out in Memphis Tennessee 下来，在田纳西州孟菲斯

Old Furry sings the blues 毛茸茸的老唱蓝调

You bring him smoke and drink and he'll play for you 你把他抽烟，喝，他会打你

lt's mostly muttering now and sideshow spiel LT的大多是喃喃自语，现在和杂耍高谈阔论

But there was one song he played 但是，有一首歌，他出场

I could really feel 我真的觉得

   

There's a double bill murder at the New Daisy 有一个二套谋杀的新菊花

The old girl's silent across the street 老女孩的街对面沉默

She's silent - waiting for the wrecker's beat 她的沉默 - 等待清障车的节拍

Silent - staring ar her stolen name 沉默 - AR盯着她的名字被盗

Diamond boys and satin dolls 钻石男孩和绸缎娃娃

Bourbon laughter- ghosts - history falls 波旁laughter-鬼 - 历史瀑布

To parking lots and shopping malls 到停车场和商场

As they tear down old Beale Street 当他们推倒老比尔街

Old Furry sings the blues 毛茸茸的老唱蓝调

He points a bony finger at you and 他指出骨性手指着你，

"I don't like you" “我不喜欢你”

Everybody laughs as if it's the old man's standard joke 所有人都笑了，仿佛这是老男人的标准笑话

But it's true 但是，这是真的

We're only welcome for our drink and smoke 我们只欢迎对我们的饮料和烟

   

W.C. Handy I'm rich and I'm fay W.C.方便我很有钱，我小仙子

And I'm not familiar with what you played 而且我不熟悉你所扮演

But I get such strong impressions of your hey day 但我得到如此强烈的全盛印象

Looking up and down old Beale Street 展望上下的老比尔街

Ghosts of the darktown society 在darktown社会的幽灵

Come right out of the bricks at me 来的权利，砖块的我

Like it's a Saturday night 就像是一个星期六的晚上

They're in their finery 他们在自己的服饰

Dancing it up and making deals 舞动了起来，做交易

Furry sings the blues 毛茸茸唱蓝调

Why should I expect that old guy to give it to me true 我为什么要想到那老家伙把它给了我真正的

Fallen to hard luck 跌到你倒霉

And time and other thieves ，时间和其他盗贼

While our limo is shining on his shanty street 虽然我们的豪华轿车照着他的棚户区街道

Old Furry sings the blues 毛茸茸的老唱蓝调