A cab combs the snake, 一个出租车梳理蛇，

Tryin' to rake in that last night's fare, 试着去耙在昨晚的票价，

And a solitary sailor 和一个孤独的水手

Who spends the facts of his life like small change on strangers... 谁花了他的生活就像陌生人微小变化的事实...

   

Paws his inside P-coat pocket for a welcome twenty-five cents, 他的爪子里的P-大衣口袋里的一个值得欢迎的25美分，

And the last bent butt from a package of Kents, 而从包肯特的最后弯曲对接，

As he dreams of a waitress with Maxwell House eyes 因为他的梦想与麦斯威尔眼睛女服务员

And marmalade thighs with scrambled yellow hair. 和果酱的大腿，炒黄的头发。

   

Her rhinestone-studded moniker says, "Irene" 她的水钻镶满名字说，“艾琳”

As she wipes the wisps of dishwater blonde from her eyes 当她洗碗抹布金发碧眼的缕缕从她的眼睛

And the Texaco beacon burns on, 而德士古灯塔发烫，

The steel-belted attendant with a 'Ring and Valve Special'... 在半钢子午线服务员以环和阀特殊 ...

Cryin' "Fill'er up and check that oil" 哭泣“ Filler并检查油”

"You know it could be a distributor and it could be a coil." “你知道这可能是一个经销商，它可能是一个圈。 ”

   

The early mornin' final edition's on the stands, 早期的早上，最终版本的看台上，

And that town cryer's cryin' there with nickels in his hands. 而这小镇克莱尔的哭泣，还有在他的手中镍。

Pigs in a blanket sixty-nine cents, 在毯子69美分猪，

Eggs - roll 'em over and a package of Kents, 鸡蛋 - 滚时间过去，一个包肯特的，

Adam and Eve on a log, you can sink 'em damn straight, 亚当和夏娃的日志，你可以下沉时间该死的直线，

Hash browns, hash browns, you know I can't be late. 薯饼，薯饼，你知道我不能迟到。

   

And the early dawn cracks out a carpet of diamond 与黎明裂缝了钻石地毯

Across a cash crop car lot filled with twilight Coupe Devilles, 跨越经济作物车很多充满了暮色双门轿跑车Devilles ，

Leaving the town in a-keeping 离开小镇的保管

Of the one who is sweeping 的一个谁是席卷

Up the ghost of Saturday night... 截至周六晚的鬼...