Now if I were a bricklayer, 现在，如果我是一个瓦匠，

I wouldn't build just anything, 我不会只建什么，

If I was a ballplayer, 如果我是一个球员，

I wouldn't play no second string, 我不会打没有第二个字符串，

And if I were some jewelry, baby, 如果我是一些首饰，宝贝，

Lord, I'd have to be a diamond ring, 主啊，我要钻戒，

If I was a secret, you know I would never be told, 如果我是一个秘密，你知道我永远也不会被告知，

If I was a jug of wine, 如果我是一壶酒，

Lord, my flavor would be plenty old, 主啊，我的口味将会有大量的老，

I could be 'most anything, 我可能是最什么，

But it got to be 24-karat solid gold 但它必须是24克拉纯金

   

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I'm the Penthouse Pauper; I've got nothing to my name 我的阁楼乞丐;我没有什么我的名字

I'm the Penthouse Pauper; I've got nothing to my name, 我的阁楼乞丐;我没有什么给我的名字，

I can be 'most anything, 我可以是任何东西，

'Cause when you got nothin' it's all the same 因为当你什么都没了也都是一样的

   

If I was a gambler, you know I'd never lose, 如果我是一个赌徒，你知道我从来没有失去，

And if I were a guitar player, 如果我是一个吉他手，

I'd have to play the blues 我要玩蓝调

   

If I was a hacksaw (hatchet), my blade would be razor sharp, 如果我是一个钢锯（斧头） ，我的刀是锋利的，

If I were a politician, I could prove money could talk, 如果我是一个政客，我可以证明钱会说话，

You can find the tallest building, 你可以找到最高的建筑，

Lord, you know I'd have the house on top 主啊，你知道我有在上面的房子

   

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I'm the Penthouse Pauper; I've got nothing to my name 我的阁楼乞丐;我没有什么我的名字

I'm the Penthouse Pauper; I've got nothing to my name, 我的阁楼乞丐;我没有什么给我的名字，

I can be 'most anything, 我可以是任何东西，

'Cause when you got nothin' it's all the same 因为当你什么都没了也都是一样的