Now, friends listen well, let me tell you a story 现在，朋友们听好了，让我告诉你一个故事

I remember just like yesterday 我记得，就像昨天

Of a footloose young lad who ran off with the circus 一个自由自在的小伙子谁与马戏团跑了

Much to his mama's dismay 到他妈妈的不舍

He was cleaning up after the elephants when 他被大象当后清理

This high-flying trapeze girl smiled down 这种高飞人的女孩微笑着低头

In search of a handsome companion because 寻找一个英俊的伴侣，因为

She had just broken up with a clown 她刚刚打破了一个小丑

   

Now the with one graceful aerial flip he was smitten 现在有一个优美的空中翻转他神魂颠倒

With her and her little tutu 与她和她的小短裙

Standing there love struck, why he almost stumbled 站在那里爱来袭，为什么他几乎绊倒

Into the elephants doing their tricks 到大象做他们的把戏

And the ringmaster tipped his top hat and said 而掌门放倒他礼帽，说

Son, bid adieu to your heart 儿子道别你的心脏

And his words rang true right there under the bleachers 他的话听上去真实可靠：在那里下看台

Soon after that big top went dark 不久之后，​​大顶黑了

   

Now, the old bearded lady, she whispered "be careful" 现在，老胡子的老太太，她小声说“小心”

On the train to the very next town 在火车上非常下镇

And the handful of midgets who ride unicycles 和侏儒的少数谁骑单轮脚踏车

Peddled by with one smile and four frowns 用一个微笑和四个皱眉兜售

So he had a vague sense of uneasiness when 于是，他隐隐约约的不安感时

His new sweetheart opened the door 他的新欢打开了门

And he knew when he saw the clown standing behind her 他知道，当他看到小丑站在她身后

In front of her, there stood one more 在她的面前，站着一个更多

   

Now, I can't say for sure if it was Barnum or Bailey 现在，我不能肯定地说，如果它是巴纳姆·贝利或

To whom I handed the note 对她我把那张票子递给

But a tall skinny feller standing on stilts 但是，一个高大的瘦汉子站在高跷

First read these words that I wrote 第一次读到这句话，我写的

It said I promise to never again give my heart 它说，我保证再也不会给我的心脏

To some high-flying trapeze girl 一些高空中飞人的女孩

Goodbye cruel circus 再见残酷马戏团

I'm off to join the world 我要去加入世界