The last time I saw Richard was Detroit in '68 我最后一次看到理查德是在底特律的68年

And he told me all romantics meet the same fate someday 他告诉我所有的浪漫主义达到同样的命运有一天

Cynical and drunk and boring someone in some dark cafe 玩世不恭和喝醉了，无聊的人在一些黑暗的网吧

"You laugh," he said, "You think you're immune, “你笑了， ”他说， “你以为你是免疫，

Go look at your eyes, they're full of moon 去看看你的眼睛，他们是满月

You like roses and kisses and pretty men to tell you 你喜欢玫瑰，亲吻和漂亮的人告诉你

All those pretty lies, pretty lies 所有这些美丽的谎言，漂亮的谎言

When you gonna realize they're only pretty lies 你什么时候意识到他们只是漂亮的谎言

Only pretty lies, just pretty lies" 只有漂亮的谎言，只是美丽的谎言“

   

He put a quarter in the Wurlitzer 他把四分之一的乌利泽

And he pushed three buttons and the thing began to whirr 他推三个按钮和东西开始转动了起来

And a bar maid came by in fishnet stockings and a bow tie 和一间酒吧侍女渔网丝袜和领结走过来

And she said, "Drink up now it's gettin' on time to close" 她说： “喝了，现在它的时间来关闭刚开了”

"Richard you haven't really changed," I said, “李察，你还没有真正改变， ”我说，

"It's just that now you're romanticizing some pain that's in your head “这只是现在你浪漫化一些痛苦那是在你的脑袋

You got tombs in your eyes, but the songs you punched are dreaming 你有墓葬在你的眼前，但你一拳的歌曲是在做梦

Listen, they sing of love so sweet, love so sweet 听，他们唱的爱情如此甜蜜，爱得那么甜蜜

When you gonna go get yourself back on your feet? 当你要去让自己回到你的脚吗？

Oh love can be so sweet, love so sweet." 哦，爱情可以如此甜蜜，爱的那么甜。 “

   

Richard got married to a figure skater 理查德结婚到花样滑冰运动员

And he bought her a dishwasher and a coffee percolator 他给她买了一台洗碗机和咖啡过滤器

And he drinks at home now most nights with the TV on 他在家里喝，现在大多数晚上上电视

And all the house lights left up bright 和所有屋内的灯光留下了光明

I'm gonna blow this damn candle out 我要打击这个该死的蜡烛了

I don't want nobody comin' over to my table 我不希望任何人马上就要来了，以我的表

I got nothing to talk to anybody about 我什么都没跟任何人有关

All good dreamers pass this way some day 所有优秀的梦想家通过这样有一天

Hidin' behind bottles in dark cafes, dark cafes 躲到“背后的瓶子在黑暗的网吧，黑网吧

Only a dark cocoon before I get my gorgeous wings and fly away 只有一个黑暗的茧之前，我让我的华丽翅膀，飞走了

Only a phase, these dark cafe days. 只是一个阶段，这些黑暗的咖啡馆天。