Well sitting in a bar alone 以及坐在酒吧里独

where no-one knows your name 在那里，没有人知道你的名字

is like laying in a graveyard 就像是躺在墓地

wide awake 清醒

You're scared that if you cough or yawn 你害怕，如果你咳嗽或打哈欠

you might wake up the dead 你可能会唤醒死人

So pretend to read a paper 于是假装读报纸

or just drink instead 或者只是喝，而不是

   

I'm a stand-up comedian 我是一个站立的喜剧演员

but I'd sit down if I could 但我如果我能坐下

The world just seems 世界似乎只是

to want folk like me to stand 想民间和我一样站在

And the punch-lines seem to disappear 和冲线似乎消失

like clouds across the sky 如云划过天空

And the laughter could be real 和笑声可能是真实的

or could be canned 或者可以罐装

   

Rum by the kettle drum 朗姆酒的定音鼓

Whisky by the jar 威士忌的瓶子

At Liar's Bar 在说谎者的酒吧

   

Well living with a lying man 以及生活在撒谎的男人

could never really hurt 从来没有真正伤害

But living with a drunk 但是，生活在醉

well no-one deserves 还有没有人值得

And you're looking for your husband 而你正在寻找你的老公

you're not sure he's still alive 你不知道他还活着

Don't bother with the cemetery 不与理会墓地

he'll be down at liar's dive 他会倒在骗子的潜水

   

I'm a travelling businessman 我是一个旅行商人

I just stopped in for one drink 我只是停在了一杯酒

You'll find 你会发现

that I'm not like the other men 说我不喜欢别的男人

Their noses are red 他们的鼻子是红色的

whilst mine is only pink 而我的是只粉红色

And they didn't choose their drink 他们并没有选择自己喝

their drink chose them 他们的饮料选择了他们

   

Rum by the kettle drum 朗姆酒的定音鼓

Whisky by the jar 威士忌的瓶子

At Liar's Bar 在说谎者的酒吧

   

And the grave-digger's smiling 和掘墓人的微笑

at his reflection in his spade 他在他的铁锹反思

He's visiting the seediest 他参观了极不道德

the shallowest of graves 坟墓的浅

The vocal chords of elephants 大象的声带

and the characters of mice 和小鼠的字符

They're singing "whisky, whisky" 他们演唱的“威士忌，威士忌”

so good they named it twice 那么好，他们把它命名为两次

   

And son, this is Rule 1 和儿子，这是第1

Well I don't pass buildings with lights on 好吧，我不通过灯光的建筑物

if I said that I did I'd have lied 如果我说我没我撒了谎

'Cause what looks like a Chinese restaurant “原因是什么看起来像一个中国餐馆

may have Chinese New Year inside 可能有中国新年内

And son all my life I've been searching 和儿子我所有的生活中，我一直在寻找

the bars I've been in I forget 我一直在í酒吧忘记

The lights outside ever brighter 外界曾经明亮的灯

but a light on the inside not yet 但在里面的光还没有

   

Rum by the kettle drum 朗姆酒的定音鼓

Whisky by the jar 威士忌的瓶子

At Liar's Bar 在说谎者的酒吧

   

And he's a world-wide traveller 他是一个世界性的旅行

he's not like me or you 他不喜欢我，或者你

But he comes in mighty regular 但是最后他还是在强大的常规

for one who's passing through 一谁是通过传递

That one came in his work clothes 一个排在他的工作服

he's missed his last bus home 他错过了最后一班公交车回家

He's missed a hell of a lot of buses 他错过了很多公交车的地狱

for a man who wants to roam 一个人谁愿意漫游

He'll never get to roam, son 他永远也不会去漫游，儿子

   

And son, this is Rule 2 和儿子，这是第2条

If I look rough I am rough 如果我显得粗糙，我粗略的

If I look sad I am 如果我看起来很伤心，我

If I look broke I am broke 如果我期待打破我破产了

Just a broke down piece of man 只是打破了一片人

   

I've turned over enough leaves 我翻了足够的叶子

to fill an autumn 填写秋天

and if I had one final wish 如果我有一个最后的愿望

I'd be your slave for a decade 我是你的奴隶了十年

if you could take me away from this 如果你能带我离开这个

If you took me away from this 如果从这个把我带走

I'd be different you'd see 我会很不同，你会看到

'Cause I didn't choose the drink 因为我没有选择饮料

a drink just chose me 饮料只是选择了我

   

Rum by the kettle drum 朗姆酒的定音鼓

Whisky by the jar 威士忌的瓶子

At Liar's Bar 在说谎者的酒吧

   

Well I'm smoking like a chimney 嗯，我喜欢抽烟烟囱

And I'm drinking like a fish 而我喝着像鱼

At Liar's Bar 在说谎者的酒吧