We bet on our lives and we bet on the horses 我们赌对我们的生活和我们赌的马

In that upstairs apartment 在楼上的公寓

On Orlando and 4th 在奥兰多和第4

And the rent was due and the rent man was knocking 而房租到期，房租男子敲门

Like a Chinese proverb 像中国谚语

We were always searching 我们一直在寻找

   

Nightlife's a no-win but nobody noticed 夜生活是一个没有输赢的，但没有人注意到

How we killed off the bottles 我们如何杀死了瓶

Looking good on the surface 好看的表面

The dog days barked and the house cat got old 狗日的吠叫和家猫老了

We were Bonnie and Clyde 我们是邦妮和克莱德

In the emperor's new clothes 在皇帝的新衣

   

And the tears never came 和泪水再也没

They just stayed in our eyes 他们只是住在我们眼前

We refused to admit that we wore this disguise 我们不肯承认，我们穿着这种伪装

Every inch of us growing 我们的每一寸成长

Like Pinocchio's nose 像匹诺曹的鼻子

As we walked around in the emperor's new clothes 正如我们在皇帝的新装走了一圈

   

We flew by our wits and by the seat of our pants 我们飞过了我们的智慧和我们凭感觉

In the state of illusion 在幻觉状态

In the nation of chance 在偶然的国家

And the repo was hauling the wreck we'd been driving 而回购是拖着沉船，我们一直在推动

As the dashboard Madonna 由于仪表板麦当娜

Smiled back at us kindly 她微笑地看着我们请

   

We cheated the system never batting an eyelid 我们被骗的系统永远不会不动声色

Seeing only the good 只看到好的

Through the holes in our shoes 通过我们的鞋孔

And our halos were rusty but we wore them proudly 而我们的光晕是生锈的，但我们穿他们自豪

We were two little gods 我们是两个小神仙

In the emperor's new clothes 在皇帝的新衣