Born in Red Hook Brooklyn in the year of who knows when 出生在红钩布鲁克林谁知道当一年

Opened up his eyes to the tune of an accordion 打开了他的眼睛手风琴的调

Always on the outside whatever side there was 总是在任何一边有外

When they asked him why it had to be that way "Well" he answered "just because". 当他们问他为什么它必须是这样“好”，他回答说“只是因为” 。

   

Larry was the oldest Joey was next to last 拉里是最古老的乔伊是倒数第二

They called Joe "Crazy" the baby they called "Kid Blast" 他们叫乔“疯狂”，他们被称为“小子闯天关”宝宝

Some say they lived off gambling and running numbers too 有人说，他们住了赌博和运行数字太

It always seemed they got caught between the mob and the men in blue. 它似乎总是他们被抓暴徒和男子在蓝色之间。

   

Joey, Joey 乔伊，乔伊

King of the streets child of clay 土街头的孩子王

Joey, Joey 乔伊，乔伊

What made them want to come and blow you away. 是什么让他们要来打击你了。

   

There was talk they killed their rivals but the truth was far from that 有传言他们杀害了他们的对手，但事实远非是

No one ever knew for sure where they were really at 没有人敢肯定，他们真的在

When they tried to strangle Larry, Joey almost hit the roof 当他们试图掐死拉里，乔伊差点撞到车顶

He went out that night to seek revenge thinking he was bulletproof. 他走了出去，当晚寻求报复以为他是刀枪不入。

   

The war broke out at the break of dawn it emptied out the streets 战争爆发后，在破晓时分就清空了街道

Joey and his brothers suffered terrible defeats 乔伊和他的兄弟们遭受了可怕的失败

Till they ventured out behind the lines and took five prisoners 直到他们冒险走出敌后，并花了五年的囚犯

They stashed them away in a basement called them amateurs. 他们藏匿他们离开地下室叫他们的业余爱好者。

   

The hostages were trembling when they heard a man exclaim 当听到一个男人惊呼人质在颤抖

"Let's blow this place to kingdom come let Con Edison take the blame" “我们打击这个地方的国降临，让爱迪生承担责任”

But Joey stepped up, and he raised his hand and said, "We're not those kind of men 但乔伊加强，他举起他的手说， “我们不是那些种男人

It's peace and quiet that we need to go back to work again". 这是和平与宁静，我们需要回去工作了。“

   

Joey, Joey 乔伊，乔伊

King of the streets child of clay 土街头的孩子王

Joey, Joey 乔伊，乔伊

What made them want to come and blow you away. 是什么让他们要来打击你了。

   

The police department hounded him, they called him Mr. Smith 公安部门追捕他，他们称他为史密斯先生

They got him on conspiracy, they were never sure who with 他们得到了他的阴谋，他们从来没有确定谁与

"What time is it" said the judge to Joey when they met “现在是什么时候说：”法官乔伊，当他们遇到

"Five to ten" said Joey. The judge says, "That's exactly what you get". “五到十”乔伊说。法官说，“这正是你拿” 。

   

He did ten years in Attica, reading Nietzche and Wilhelm Reich 他做了十多年的阿提卡，读尼采和威廉·赖希

They threw him in the hole one time for trying to stop a strike 他们把他扔在孔中一次试图阻止罢工

His closest friends were black men 'cause they seemed to understand 他最亲密的朋友是黑人男性的原因，他们似乎明白了

What it's like to be in society with a shackle on your hand. 是什么感觉是在社会，在你的手桎梏。

   

When they let him out in '71 he'd lost a little weight 当他们让他在71年他失去了一点重量

But he dressed like Jimmy Cagney and I swear he did look great 但他穿得像吉米·卡格尼，我发誓他没有很好看

He tried to find the way back into the life he left behind 他试图找到路回到他留下的生活

To the boss he said, "I've returned and now I want what's mine". 老板说， “我已经回来了，现在我想什么是我的。”

   

Joey, Joey 乔伊，乔伊

King of the streets child of clay 土街头的孩子王

Joey, Joey 乔伊，乔伊

What made them want to come and blow you away. 是什么让他们要来打击你了。

   

It was true that in his later years he would not carry a gun 的确，在他的晚年，他不会带枪

"I'm around too many children", he'd say, "they should never know of one" “我身边太多的孩子” ，他会说，“他们不应该知道的人”

Yet he walked right into the clubhouse of his lifelong deadly foe 然而，他径直进了他毕生死敌的俱乐部

Emptied out his register, said, "Tell 'em it was Crazy Joe". 掏空了他的寄存器，说：“告诉他们这是疯狂的乔” 。

   

One day they blew him down in a clam bar in New York 有一天，他们在吹他下来在纽约蛤栏

He could see it coming through the doors as he lifted up his fork 他可以看到它通过门来，他举起叉子

He pushed the table over to protect his family 他把桌子上，以保护他的家人

Then he staggered out into the streets of Little Italy. 然后，他踉跄了到小意大利的大街小巷。

   

Joey, Joey 乔伊，乔伊

King of the streets child of clay 土街头的孩子王

Joey, Joey 乔伊，乔伊

What made them want to come and blow you away. 是什么让他们要来打击你了。

   

Sister Jacqueline and Carmela and mother Mary all did weep 姐姐杰奎琳和Carmela和母亲马利亚都没有哭

I heard his best friend Frankie say, "He ain't dead he's just asleep" 我听到了他最好的朋友弗兰克说， “他没有死，他只是睡着了”

Then I saw the old man's limousine head back towards the grave 然后我看到了老人的豪华轿车头背对着坟墓

I guess he had to say one last goodbye to the son that he could not save. 我猜他说的话最后一个告别了儿子，他也救不了。

   

The sun turned cold over President Street and the town of the Brooklyn mourned 太阳渐渐变冷了街总统和布鲁克林镇哀悼

They said a mass in the old church near the house where he was born 他们说，大众在老教堂附近的房子，他出生

And someday if God's in heaven overlooking his preserve 有一天，如果上帝在天上俯瞰他的保护

I know the men that shot him down will get what they deserve. 我知道他拍下来会得到他们应得的人。

   

Joey, Joey 乔伊，乔伊

King of the streets child of clay 土街头的孩子王

Joey, Joey 乔伊，乔伊

What made them want to come and blow you away. 是什么让他们要来打击你了。