I was driving through my hometown 我是通过我的家乡驾车

I was just kinda killin' time 我只是有点杀人时间

When I seen a face staring out of a black velvet painting 当我看到一张脸凝视着一个黑色的丝绒画

From the window of the five and dime 从五毛钱的窗口

I couldn't quite recall the name 我不太记得名字

But the pose looked familiar to me 但姿势看着面熟

So I asked the salesgirl "Who was that man 于是我问售货员：“谁是那个人

Between the doberman and Bruce Lee ?" 杜宾和李小龙的？ “

She said "Just a local hero" 她说：“就在当地的英雄”

"Local hero" she said with a smile “本地英雄” ，她笑着说：

"Yeah a local hero he used to live here for a while" “是当地的英雄，他曾经住在这里一段时间”

   

I met a stranger dressed in black 我遇到了穿着黑色的陌生人

At the train station 在火车站

He said "Son your soul can be saved" 他说：“儿子你的灵魂可以得救。”

There's beautiful women nights of low livin' 有低活着的美女之夜“

And some dangerous money to be made 而要作出一些危险的钱

There's a big town 'cross the whiskey line 有一个大镇，穿过威士忌线

And if we turn the right cards up 如果我们把正确的卡了

They make us boss the devil pays off 他们让我们的老板魔鬼不负有心人

And them folks that are real hard up 而他们人是真正的硬起来

They get their local hero 他们得到他们的本土英雄

Somebody with the right style 有人用正确的方式

They get their local hero 他们得到他们的本土英雄

Somebody with just the right smile 有人用恰到好处的微笑

   

Well I learned my job I learned it well 好吧，我知道我的工作，我学到很好

Fit myself with religion and a story to tell 适合自己的宗教和故事，告诉

First they made me the king then they made me pope 首先，他们让我的王，然后他们让我教皇

Then they brought the rope 然后，他们把绳子

   

I woke to a gypsy girl sayin' "Drink this" 我醒来到一个吉普赛女郎的言谈“把这个喝了”

Well my hands had lost all sensation 好了我的手已经失去了所有的感觉

These days I'm feeling all right 这些天我感觉没事了

'Cept I can't tell my courage from my desperation “ CEPT我无法从我的绝望告诉我的勇气

From the tainted chalice 从被感染的圣杯

Well I drunk some heady wine 好吧，我喝了一些令人兴奋的葡萄酒

Tonight I'm layin' here 今晚我开始裁员这里

But there's something in my ear 但是，有什么东西在我耳边

Sayin' there's a little town just beaneath the floodline 说有一个小镇刚刚beaneath的floodline

Needs a local hero 需要一个本地英雄

Somebody with the right style 有人用正确的方式

Lookin' for a local hero 追寻的本地英雄

Someone with the right smile 有人用正确的笑容

Local hero local hero she said with a smile 当地的英雄当地的英雄，她笑着说：

Local hero he used to live here for a while 当地的英雄，他曾经住在这里一段时间