Well he came home from the war 嗯，他放学回家的战争

with a party in his head 在他的头上方

and modified Brougham DeVille 并修改布鲁厄姆蒂娜

and a pair of legs that opened up 而一双美腿的开辟

like butterfly wings 像蝴蝶的翅膀

and a mad dog that wouldn't 而疯狗是不会

sit still 坐不住了

he went and took up with a Salvation Army 他去了，拿起一个救世军

Band girl 带女孩

who played dirty water 谁发挥脏水

on a swordfishtrombone 在swordfishtrombone

he went to sleep at the bottom of 他去睡觉的底部

Tenkiller lake Tenkiller湖

and he said "gee, but it's 他说： “哎呀，但它的

great to be home." 极大地回家。 “

   

Well he came home from the war 嗯，他放学回家的战争

with a party in his head 在他的头上方

and an idea for a fireworks display 和一个想法的烟花汇演

and he knew that he'd be ready with 他知道他会愿意与

a stainless steel machete 不锈钢砍刀

and a half a pint of Ballentine's 和巴伦坦的半品脱

each day 每一天

and he holed up in room above a hardware store 他在房间上面的五金店龟缩

cryin' nothing there but Hollywood tears 哭泣，什么也没有，但好莱坞的眼泪

and he put a spell on some 他把咒语一些

poor little Crutchfield girl 可怜的小女孩克拉奇菲尔德

and stayed like that for 27 years 而住这样的27年

   

Well he packed up all his 嗯，他收拾起所有的

expectations he lit out for California 期待他点燃了加州

with a flyswatter banjo on his knee 在他的膝盖苍蝇拍班卓琴

with a lucky tiger in his angel hair 在他的天使头发瑞虎

and benzedrine for getting there 和苯丙胺获取有

they found him in a eucalyptus tree 他们发现他在桉树

lieutenant got him a canary bird 中尉得到了他的金丝雀

and shaked her head with every word 和振荡她的头的每一个字

and Chesterfielded moonbeams in a song 和Chesterfielded月光一首歌

and he got 20 years for lovin' her 他得到了20年的爱她

from some Oklahoma governor 来自俄克拉何马州的一些省长

said everything this Doughboy 都说了这个空间Doughboy

does is wrong 所做的是错的

   

Now some say he's doing 现在，有些人说他在做什么

the obituary mambo 讣告曼波

and some say he's hanging on the wall 有的说他是挂在墙上

perhaps this yarn's the only thing 也许这纱的唯一

that holds this man together 持有这个男人在一起

some say he was never here at all 有人说，他从来没有在这里所有的

   

Some say they saw him down in 有人说，他们看到他倒在

Birmingham, sleeping in a 伯明翰，睡在一个

boxcar going by 棚车去了

and if you think that you can tell a bigger tale 如果你认为你可以告诉一个更大的故事

I swear to God you'd have to tell a lie... 我向上帝发誓，你不得不撒谎...