Life and death in an alleyway 生死在一条小巷

Just a heartbeat away from a man 只是心跳远离男人

Who's learned to turn his head away 谁学会了把自己的头去

From the pain that drains the land. 从水渠土地的痛苦。

Harlem's not too far from here, 哈林离这里不是很远，

You can smell the garbage, feel the fear. 你可以闻到垃圾，感到恐惧。

I hear they're gonna build a sky-scraper there, 我听说他们要建一个摩天大楼在那里，

As if we didn't need the extra air. 就好像我们并不需要额外的空气。

 

New York city blues, 纽约市的蓝调，

In order to win, you gotta lose. 为了赢得胜利，你得赔。

Old before your time, 老你的时间之前，

The dirt and the grime 的污垢和尘垢

Get into everything. 进入一切。

And the papers love to say 和纸爱说

It's the meanest town in the USA, 这是最卑鄙的小镇在美国，

But I think it's OK, it's the town I've made my home. 但我认为这是好的，这是我做了我的家乡小镇。

 

On another side of Park Avenue 在公园大道的另一侧

Respectable folks don't know, 可敬的人不知道，

Hungry eyes take in the view 饥饿的眼睛欣赏美景

Of the world that lays them low. 那把它们较低的世界。

Too many years on a welfare line, 太多年的福利线，

The old song and dance time after time, 老歌舞一次又一次，

You can only get so pushed around 你只能得到这样推来推去

Until you wanna tear the damn thing down. 除非你要撕了那该死的东西了。

 

New York city blues, 纽约市的蓝调，

In order to win, you gotta lose. 为了赢得胜利，你得赔。

Old before your time, 老你的时间之前，

The dirt and the grime 的污垢和尘垢

Get into everything. 进入一切。

And the papers love to say 和纸爱说

It's the meanest town in the USA, 这是最卑鄙的小镇在美国，

But I think it's OK, it's the town I've made my home. 但我认为这是好的，这是我做了我的家乡小镇。

 

New York city blues, 纽约市的蓝调，

In order to win, you gotta lose. 为了赢得胜利，你得赔。

Old before your time, 老你的时间之前，

The dirt and the grime 的污垢和尘垢

Get into everything. 进入一切。

And the papers love to say 和纸爱说

It's the meanest town in the USA, 这是最卑鄙的小镇在美国，

But I think it's OK, it's the town I've made my home. 但我认为这是好的，这是我做了我的家乡小镇。