歌词
Sure, I came out here
没错，我到这个地方
To make my name
就是为了出人头地
Wanted my pool, my dose of fame
我要私家泳池，要大噪声名
Wanted my parking space at warners.
要华纳专属车位
But, after a year
但一年过去了
A one-room hell
这间屋子仍是个地狱
A murphy bed
看这廉旧的折床
A rancid smell
这哈喇的臭味
Wallpaper peeling at the corners
这屑落的墙纸
Sunset boulevard
日落大道
Twisting boulevard
扭曲大道
Secretive and rich, a little scary.
又诡秘又堂皇，还有点儿惊躁
Sunset boulevard
日落大道
Tempting boulevard
诱惑大道
Waiting there to swallow the unwary.
蛰伏等候每一个不小心的猎物
Dreams are not enough
梦想不足以
To win a war
赢得这里的战争
Out here they're always keeping score
你无时无刻不被人估价
Beneath the tan, the battle rages.
这里霞色即硝烟
Smile a rented smile
租上一张笑面
Fill someones glass
你就可以开始左右伏低斟酒
Kiss someones wife
拥吻这人的妻子
Kiss someones ass
跪舔那人的屁股
We do whatever pays the wages.
明码标价，来者不拒
Sunset boulevard
日落大道
Headline boulevard
头名大道
Getting here is only the beginning.
到这儿只是个开始
Sunset boulevard
日落大道
Jackpot boulevard
豪赌大道
Once you've won you have to go on winning.
你赢了，就再不能输
You think I've sold out?
你说我卖得一丝不挂了？
Dead right I've sold out.
是啊我就这样儿了
I just keep waiting for the right offer:
我就是在等一个好价码
Comfortable quarters,
给我个舒服的宅子
Regular rations,
再来点不用愁的余钱
24-hour five-star room service.
哦还有24小时五星级的服务
And if Im honest
要我坦诚点说的话
I like the lady
我也喜欢那个女人
I can't help being
我不由自主
Touched by her folly.
被她的愚蠢打动
I'm treading water,
我就站这儿
Taking her money,
拿着她的票子
Watching her sunset...
目送她走向日落
Well, Im a writer.
好吧，我是个作家
L.a.s changed a lot over the years
洛杉矶这几年变了不少啊
Since those brave gold rush pioneers
自从那些勇士淘金客
Came in their creaky covered wagons.
坐着他们的破车吱吱嘎嘎而来
Far as they could go
又扬长远去
End of the line,
走到尽头
Their dreams were yours
你做过他们的梦
Their dreams were mine
我做过他们的梦
But in those dreams
但那些梦
Were hidden dragons.
都藏着恶龙
Sunset boulevard
日落大道
Frenzied boulevard
疯狂大道
Swamped with every kind of false emotion.
涌动有一百种空气，可皆名逢场作戏
Sunset boulevard
日落大道
Brutal boulevard
残酷大道
Just like you, well wind up in the ocean.
就像你也被吞入深海
She was sinking fast
她飞快陷落
I threw a rope
我抛了根绳索
Now I have suites
现在，我得到了体面衣着
And she has hope
她得到了希望过活
It seemed an elegant solution.
这交换看着优雅又完妥
One day this must end,
这一切总有一天要结束
It isn't real
这些镜花水月
Still I'll enjoy a hearty meal before tomorrows execution.
但日落来临之前，我还讨得到个酒食醉饱死
Sunset boulevard
日落大道
Ruthless boulevard
无情大道
Destination for the stony-hearted.
铁石心肠们的目的地
Sunset boulevard
日落大道
Lethal boulevard
致命大道
Everyones forgotten how they started
没人记得自己从何处坠落
Here on sunset boulevard!
在这日落大道！
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