Oscar Wilde died in bed 王尔德在床上死亡

Several floors above my head 几层楼我头上

Living well beyond his means 生活远远超出他的手段

In that crazy Paris scene 在那个疯狂的巴黎场景

Rain falls down in sheets so clear 雨成片如此清晰倒下

No one ever calls me here 从来没有人叫我在这里

Traveling by my self these days 通过我自己旅行这几天

I'm into jazz and felt berets 我把爵士乐和感觉的贝雷帽

Far from the that old eastern shore 远离老东海岸

Searching for strange metaphors 搜索奇怪的隐喻

I don't want to be another victim of fashion 我并不想成为时尚的另一个受害者

I don't want to see my name in the paper each day 我不希望每天看到的文件我的名字

Leave that to the young Turks 留给年轻的土耳其人

They're more handsome and dashing 他们更英俊，潇洒

Posing for paparazzi's down Laguna way 冒充狗仔羽绒丽路

Down in the metro I feel the world start to multiply 倒在地铁，我觉得世界开始繁殖

Bastille, rubber wheels, spiked heels, subterranean lullaby 巴士底狱，橡胶轮，尖刺高跟鞋，地下摇篮曲

Met an African prancer, a hemisphere dancer 会见非洲prancer ，半球舞者

Spied the ghost of Brassens 窥探Brassens的鬼

We smiled at the secret we shared 我们微笑着看着我们共同的秘密

And I hid it like contraband 我把它藏违禁品一样

   

Quietly making noise, making noise 静静地制造噪音，使噪音

Starts with kindergarten toys 始于幼儿园玩具

Not too soft not too loud 不能太软不能太大声

Just enough to draw a crowd 就足以吸引观众

Quietly, quietly, quietly making noise 静静地，静静地，静静地制造噪音

Followed the beat, I found myself in this patois spot 跟着节拍，我发现自己在这个方言点

   

Outside a blizzard was blowing but inside the joint was hot 外面风雪吹，但接头内部是热的

Zouk songs, rubber thongs, sing-a-longs 祖卡歌曲，橡胶皮带，唱一个多头

The words flew right by my face 这句话在我的脸立马的权利

Rhythm and motions, a blamma jamma potion 颐和运动中， blamma JAMMA药水

You cannot erase 无法删除

   

Quietly making noise, making noise 静静地制造噪音，使噪音

Pissin off the old killjoys Pissin关老扫兴

Glass packs on a hot Mustang 玻璃包装在一个炎热的野马

A Telecaster with a twang 用鼻音à电视广播员

Quietly, quietly, quietly making noise 静静地，静静地，静静地制造噪音

   

Singers and writers and poets 歌手和作家和诗人

Have flocked here for centuries 纷纷涌向这里数百年

The city of light is built upon mountains of memories 光的城市是建立在回忆山

Baritone saxophone, monotones 中音萨克斯管， monotones

Speak of the voice I've heard before 说我以前听说过的声音

It's a lasting impression 这是一个持久的印象

A Gypsy expression you cannot ignore 吉普赛表达你不能忽视