Standing on a corner in downtown L.A. 在洛杉矶市中心的站在一个角落

Waiting for the man to come along 等待的人一起走

She comes up to me and says " Too bad, too sad" 她过来跟我说“太糟糕了，太伤心了”

You know that he's been dead and gone. 你知道，他已经死了。

   

L.A. lady, kinda shady 洛杉矶的女士，还挺黑幕

She picked him up and took him home 她把他抱起来，带他回家

   

I woke up groggy my sight was smoggy 我醒来时昏昏沉沉了我的视线是烟雾弥漫

And I knew that it had been blown 我知道，它已经被炸毁

   

Early in the morning sitting in a hotel 清晨坐在酒店

Moscow's looking fine through the wine 莫斯科借着酒看起来很不错

Spaced out I crashed out 间隔了我撞了

When the K.G.B. came on the line. 当K.G.B.来了就行了。

   

It's a cold one, bein' sent down 这是一个寒冷的，拜因“发下来

It's gotta be fifty below 这得是50以下

   

Mama here's a postcard to let you know 妈妈这里有一张明信片，让你知道

I'm in a saltmine and looking for coal 我在一个saltmine ，寻找煤

   

Shanghai'd in Shanghai Shanghaid在上海

Stood on in Tuscon 在图森站在

Ripped off and kicked right out the bed 扯掉，右踢下床

   

Flyin' across the desert from Texas to Tuscon 来自得克萨斯州飞翔“穿越沙漠到图森

But we're headed for a southern star 但是我们朝向为南星

The captain says it's fine in Havana 船长说，它的罚款哈瓦那

This dude behind me needs a cigar. 我身后这家伙需要一个雪茄。

   

He's a big one, he's got a big gun 他是一个大的，他有一个大枪

I guess we better go along 我想我们最好走

   

Mister we've got a gig in Arizona 先生，我们已经有了在美国亚利桑那州演出

Second billing to the rolling stones 其次计费滚石

   

Shanghai'd in Shanghai Shanghaid在上海

Stood on in Tuscon 在图森站在

Ripped off and kicked right out the bed 扯掉，右踢下床

Shanghai'd in Shanghai Shanghaid在上海

Laid low in 'Frisco 在“弗里斯科特低

Done in and left behind for dead 做的和死留下