When I was a hitchhiker on the road 当我在路上搭车

I had to count on you 我必须依赖你

But you needed me to ease the load 但是你需要我，以缓解负载

And for conversation too 而对于谈话太

Or did you just drive on through. 还是你只是开车经过。

   

You didn't see me in Toronto 你没看到我在多伦多

When I first tried out some hash 当我第一次尝试了一些散

Smoked some then and I'll do it again 熏有的话，我会再次这样做

If I only had some cash 如果我只有一些现金

Only had some cash. 只有一些现金。

   

Then I tried amphetamines 然后我试图安非他明

And my head was in a glass 我的头是在一个玻璃

Taped underneath the speedometer wires 带式速度表下方的电线

Of my '48 Buick's dash. 我的48别克的冲刺。

But I knew that wouldn't last. 但我知道这将不会持续。

   

Then came California 然后来到加州

Where I first saw open water 在那里我第一次看到水开

In the land of opportunity 在充满机遇的土地

I knew I was getting hotter 我知道我是越来越热

I knew I was getting hotter. 我知道我是越来越热。

   

But the neon lights 但霓虹灯

And the endless nights 和无尽的夜

The neon lights 霓虹灯

And the endless nights 和无尽的夜

The neon lights 霓虹灯

And the endless nights 和无尽的夜

The neon lights 霓虹灯

And the endless nights 和无尽的夜

They took me by surprise 他们让我惊讶

The doctor gave me valium 医生给了我安定

But I still couldn't close my eyes 但我还是没能合眼

I still couldn't close my eyes. 我仍然没有合眼。

   

Then came paranoia 然后是偏执狂

And it ran away with me 它跑了我

I couldn't sign my autograph 我不能签上我的签名

Or appear on TV 或在电视上亮相

Or see or be seen 或见或可见

See or be seen 见或可见

Or see or be seen. 或见或可见一斑。

   

Living in the country 住在乡下

Sounded good to me 听起来不错，我

Smoking grass while the summer lasts 吸烟草，而夏季持续

In the real organic sea 在现实有机海

Where everything was green 这里的一切是绿色的

Everything was green. 一切都是绿色。

   

Then we had a kid and we split apart 然后我们有一个孩子，我们分道扬镳

I was living on the road 我当时住在路上

A little cocaine went a long long way 有一点可卡因走了很长很长的路

To ease that different load 为了缓解不同的负载

But my head did explode 但是，我的头都爆炸

My head did explode. 我的头也发生爆炸。

   

I wish I was an Aztec 我希望我是一个阿兹特克

Or a runner in Peru 或者在秘鲁亚军

I would build such beautiful buildings 我想建立这样美丽的建筑

To house the chosen few 容纳寥寥

Like an Inca from Peru. 像印加秘鲁。

   

When I was a hitchhiker on the road 当我在路上搭车

I had to count on you 我必须依赖你

But you needed me to ease the load 但是你需要我，以缓解负载

And for conversation too 而对于谈话太

Or did you just drive on 还是你只是开车

Did you just drive on 你刚才开车

Did you just drive on through. 你刚才驾车通过。

   

Or did you just drive on 还是你只是开车

Did you just drive on 你刚才开车

Did you just drive on through. 你刚才驾车通过。