歌词与中文翻译
So long to silent movies
再见了，我的无声电影
To quiet dances on a screen
再也没有银幕上无声的舞蹈了
So long to burning slowly
再见了，缓缓燃烧的烟卷
Smelling sweat and kerosene
混杂着汗水和煤油的气味
And all the actors on the stage are rolling cigarettes
舞台上的演员们默不作声地卷着烟
And whispering so low
低压着声音窃窃私语
Call my parents up, tell them I’m not coming home
打给我的父母，告诉他们我不会回家了
So long to silent movies
再见了，我的无声电影
To waking early, staying late
失眠到凌晨 黎明前又醒来
I think I’ll head on down to Reno
我想我还是去里诺吧（美国著名的“离婚城市”）
Try my hand at real-estate
也许会在那里买个房子吧
And I’ll fix up a Cadillac and find a girl who likes to dance so slow
再修好一辆卡迪拉克（一种高级轿车）去找一个总是慢慢跳舞的女孩
Call my parents up, tell them I’m already home
打给我的父母，告诉他们我已经到家了
But I swear I’ve seen my share of black and white
但是我发誓，我早就看明白了我这个如同黑白电影的婚姻
And I swear this screen, it never tells the story right
而且我敢肯定的是，它永远也不会有一个好故事可讲
So long to silent movies
再见了，我的无声电影
To all the talking in between
以及里面所有的对话和无休止的争吵
Cleaning dust off of the press-box
擦干净媒体席上的灰尘，记者们早已离去
And fixing broken tape machines
但我还是修好了那个坏掉的录音机
Wasn’t much of an actor, was I?
我并不是个好演员，不是吗？
I ain’t much of anything at all
我简直糟透了
But I can’t see those marquee lights
但我已经看不见那些
that are hanging on the wall
墙上的安全出口的标志
But I swear I’ve seen my share of black and white
但是我发誓，我早就看明白了我这个如同黑白电影的婚姻
And I swear this screen, it never tells the story right
而且我敢肯定的是，它永远也不会有一个好故事可讲
So I ain’t ever gonna talk again
所以我只能选择默不作声
I ain’t ever gonna talk again
默不作声
No, no
So I ain’t ever gonna talk again
绝口不提