I was walking around, just a face in the crowd 我走来走去，只是在人群中的脸

Trying to keep myself out of the rain 试图让自己离开的雨

Saw a vagabond king wear a styrofoam crown 看到一个流浪的国王戴上保丽龙冠

Wondered if I might end up the same 如果我最终可能同样不知道

There's a man out on the corner 有一个人出的角落

Singing old songs about change 唱变革老歌

Everybody got their cross to bare, these days 每个人都得到了他们的十字架裸露，这几天

   

She came looking for some shelter with a suitcase full of dreams 她来寻找一些住所与充满梦想的旅行箱

To a motel room on the boulevard 要在林荫大道的汽车旅馆房间

I guess she's trying to be James Dean 我猜她想成为詹姆斯·迪恩

She's seen all the disciples and all the "wanna be's" 她看到所有的门徒和所有的“想成为的”

No one wants to be themselves these days 没有人想成为自己这些天

Still there's nothing to hold on to but these days 依然没有什么可以留住，但这些天

   

These days - the stars seem out of reach 这些天来 - 星星似乎遥不可及

These days - there ain't a ladder on the streets 这些天来 - 没有在街道上的梯子

These days are fast, nothing lasts in this graceless age 这些天来的速度快，没有什么可以在这个粗俗的年龄

There ain't nobody left but us these days 有没有人离开，但我们这些天

   

Jimmy shoes busted both his legs, trying to learn to fly 麦鞋猛击他的双腿，努力学飞

From a second story window, he just jumped and closed his eyes 从第二个故事的窗口，他只是跳了起来，闭上了眼睛

His momma said he was crazy - he said, "Momma, I've got to try. 他的妈妈说他疯了 - 他说， “妈妈，我得试试。

Don't you know that all my heroes died? 难道你不知道，我所有的英雄死了？

And I guess I'd rather die than fade away." 我想我死也不消失。 “

   

These days - the stars seem out of reach 这些天来 - 星星似乎遥不可及

But these days - there ain't a ladder on the streets 但这些天 - 没有在街道上的梯子

These days are fast, nothing lasts in this graceless age 这些天来的速度快，没有什么可以在这个粗俗的年龄

Even innocence has caught the midnight train 即使是天真无邪已经引起了午夜火车

And there ain't nobody left but us these days 并没有留下任何人，但我们这些天

   

I know Rome's still burning 我知道，罗马仍在燃烧

Though the times have changed 虽然时代变了

This world keeps turning round and round and round and round 这个世界继续转动一圈又一圈又一圈又一圈

These days 这些日子

   

These days - the stars seem out of reach 这些天来 - 星星似乎遥不可及

But these days - there ain't a ladder on the streets 但这些天 - 没有在街道上的梯子

These days are fast, love don't last in this graceless age 这些天来的速度快，爱情不长久在这个粗俗的年龄

Even innocence has caught the midnight train 即使是天真无邪已经引起了午夜火车

And there ain't nobody left but us these days 并没有留下任何人，但我们这些天

   

These days - the stars seem out of reach 这些天来 - 星星似乎遥不可及

These days - there ain't a ladder on the streets 这些天来 - 没有在街道上的梯子

These days are fast, nothing lasts 这些天来的速度快，没有什么可以

There ain't no time to waste 不过是没有时间可以浪费

There ain't nobody left to take the blame 有没有人留下来承担责任

There ain't nobody left but us these days 有没有人离开，但我们这些天