One day a visitor 有一天，一个游客

took a trip through my town 通过我镇进行了访问

We all were dancin' 我们所有的人跳舞

till he took his beat away 直到他把他的节拍走

Come to think of it, 试想想起来了，

he thought of every last detail 他认为每一个细节的

Slipped out late one night 溜出一个深夜

Completely out of sight 完全淡出人们的视线

Left his message 离开了他的消息

etched into my brain. 刻入我的脑海。

   

And when the gates are closed 当门被关闭

on The Road of Plenty 在丰盛路

The fist comes poundin' down 拳头而来poundin “下来

you feel it everyday 你觉得它每天

It's hard to really know 这是很难真正了解

if you are full or empty 如果你是满或空

Here it comes again 在这里，它又来了

You think I'm your old friend 你以为我是你的老朋友

But now we're not so easily found. 但是现在我们没有那么容易被发现。

   

Me and my old Corvette, 我和我的老克尔维特，

we were flying through the night 我们彻夜满天飞

Chasin' my blonde lover down skyline 追赶我的金发情人下来的天际线

She saw the buck 她看到了降压

and her tail lights flashed 和她的尾灯闪烁

to avoid a crash 以避免碰撞

It was way too late 这是太晚

When I hit the brakes 当我踩刹车

And we went spinnin' 于是我们在旋转

with a screeching sound. 一个刺耳的声音。

   

I was talkin' to my friend, 我是在说我的朋友，

tellin' him I lucked out 在告诉他，我走运了

He smiled at me and said 他笑着对我说：

I'm glad you feel that way 我很高兴你有这样的感觉

And when I wrote that down 当我写下来

on a piece of paper 在一张纸上

Beneath a garbage heap 下方的垃圾堆

Down upon the street 看不起街头

A Mariachi band began to play. à流浪乐队开始演奏。

   

Up in the gold hotel, 在黄金酒店，

the money hits the table 钱打表

The heavies are all there, 在重组全都有，

that's why the deal goes down 这就是为什么交易下降

With beautiful women 美女

all dressed in diamonds and sable 都穿着钻石和黑貂

Down upon the street 看不起街头

Beside a garbage heap 旁边的一个垃圾堆

A Mariachi band began to play. à流浪乐队开始演奏。

   

In Eldorado town 在埃尔多拉多镇

there lives a great bullfighter 生活有一个伟大的斗牛士

His eyes are screamin' blue, 他的眼睛是尖叫蓝色，

his hair is red as blood 他的头发是红色的血

And when the gate goes up, 并且当栅极上升，

the crowd gets so excited 人群变得如此兴奋

Then he comes dancin' out 然后，他就来跳舞了

Dressed in gold lame' 身着黄金跛脚“

He kills the bull 他杀死的公牛

and lives another day. 和生活的一天。