歌词
Born in Red Hook,Brooklyn,in the year of who knows when
不知何时生于瑞德霍克布鲁克林
Opened up his eyes to the tune of an accordion
睁开双眼聍听手风琴的旋律
Always on the outside of whatever side there was
总是在外面随便哪个地方呆着
When they asked him why it had to be that way,"Well,"he answered,"just
当他们问他为什么非得这样
because."
“喔，”他回答，“不需要理由”
Larry was the oldest,Joey was next to last.
拉里排行老大 乔伊倒数第二
They called Joe "Crazy,"the baby they called "Kid Blast."
他们叫乔“疯子”，叫老三“Kid Blast”
Some say they lived off gambling and runnin'numbers too.
有人说他们靠赌博和号码投注为生
It always seemed they got caught between the mob and the men in blue.
看上去他们总是与暴徒和警察纠缠不清
Joey,Joey,
乔伊，乔伊
King of the streets,child of clay.
街头之王，粘土之子
Joey,Joey,
乔伊，乔伊
What made them want to come and blow you away?
究竟为了什么他们想要除掉你
There was talk they killed their rivals,but the truth was far from that
据说他们是为了杀死竞争者 但事实远非如此
No one ever knew for sure where they were really at.
没有人真正知道他们目的何在
When they tried to strangle Larry,Joey almost-a-hit the roof.
他们试图扼死拉里 乔伊勃然大怒
He went out that night to seek revenge,thinkin'he was bulletproof.
那晚他出去寻仇 不顾一切
The war broke out at the break of dawn,it emptied out the streets
战斗在黎明破晓时爆发 它清空了街道
Joey and his brothers suffered terrible defeats
乔伊和他的兄弟们遭受了可怕的失败
'Til they ventured out behind the lines and took five prisoners.
直到他们冒险在后方俘获了五名人质
They stashed them away in a basement,called them amateurs.
把他们藏在地下室里 称他们外行人
The hostages were tremblin'when they heard a man exclaim,
一个人的叫喊声让人质吓得发抖
"Let's blow this place to kingdom come,let Con Edison take the blame."
“让我们把这个地方炸上天 让柯·艾迪森承担罪责”
But Joey stepped up,an'he raised his hand,said,"We are not those kind of men.
但是乔伊走过来举起他的手 他说
It's peace and quiet that we need to go back to work again."
“我们不是那种人 我们只须要安静地回去干活."
Joey,Joey,
乔伊，乔伊
King of the streets,child of clay.
街头之王，粘土之子
Joey,Joey,
乔伊，乔伊
What made them want to come and blow you away?
究竟为了什么他们想要除掉你
The police department hounded him,they called him Mr.Smith
警方追捕他，称他为“史密斯先生”
They got him on conspiracy,they were never sure who with.
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"What time is it?"said the judge to Joey when they met
“几点了？”法官与乔伊相遇时法官问道
"Five to ten,"said Joey.Judge says,"That's exactly what you get."
“差五分十点”乔伊说 法官说“你就知道这些”
He did ten years in Attica,reading Nietzsche and Wilhelm Reich
他在阿提卡呆了十年 阅读尼采和威廉·赖希
They threw him in the hole one time for tryin'to stop a strike.
有一次他们把他扔进了隔离室 因为他试图停止一场暴乱
His closest friends were black men 'cause they seemed to understand
他最亲近的朋友都是黑人 因为他们似乎都知道——
What it's like to be in society with a shackle on your hand.
手上戴着镣铐在这社会中会是什么感受
They let him out in '71he'd lost a little weight
1971年他们释放了他 他瘦了些
But he dressed like Jimmy Cagney and I swear he did look great.
但他穿着打扮好像詹姆斯·贾克内 我发誓他看上去的确很棒
He tried to find the way back in ,to the life he left behind
他要找回那条路 回到离开的地方
To the boss he said,"I have returned and now I want what's mine."
对老板他说，“我回来了，现在我要要回我的东西”
Joey,Joey,
乔伊，乔伊
King of the streets,child of clay.
街头之王，粘土之子
Joey,Joey,
乔伊，乔伊
What made them want to come and blow you away?
究竟为了什么他们想要除掉你
It was true that in his later years he would not carry a gun
是的 在他最后的岁月里他不愿携带枪支
"I'm around too many children,"he'd say,"they should never know of one."
“我身边有太多的孩子，”他说，“他们应该永远不知道有枪这回事”
Yet he walked right into the clubhouse of his lifelong deadly foe,
然而他径直走进他终身死敌的俱乐部会所
Emptied out the register,said,"Tell 'em it was Crazy Joe."
说道，“告诉他们这是疯子乔干的”
One day they blew him down in a clam bar in New York
一天他们在纽约蛤蜊餐厅击倒了他
He could see it comin'through the door as he lifted up his fork.
当他举起餐叉他看见他们破门而入
He pushed the table over to protect his family
他推翻了餐桌保护他的家人
Then he staggered out into the streets of Little Italy.
然后他步履蹒跚跑向小意大利街道
Joey,Joey,
乔伊，乔伊
King of the streets,child of clay.
街头之王，粘土之子
Joey,Joey,
乔伊，乔伊
What made them want to come and blow you away?
究竟为了什么他们想要除掉你
Sister Jacqueline and Carmela and mother Mary all did weep.
姊妹杰奎琳、卡梅拉和母亲玛丽都在哭泣
I heard his best friend Frankie say,"He ain't dead,he's just asleep."
我听见他最好的朋友弗兰基说，“他没有死，他只睡着了”
Then I saw the old man's limousine head back towards the grave
然后我看见这个老人的轿车掉过头来对着墓穴
I guess he had to say one last goodbye to the son that he could not save.
我想他是要最后一次说再见——向这个他没能保护的孩子
The sun turned cold over President Street and the town of Brooklyn mourned
总统街上的阳光变冷 这个布鲁克林小镇一片哀伤
They said a mass in the old church near the house where he was born.
他们说，“人们聚集在他出生地附近的老教堂”
And someday if God's in heaven overlookin'His preserve
如果有一天上帝在天庭俯视他的世界
I know the men that shot him down will get what they deserve.
我知道那些杀死他的人将会受到应有的惩罚
Joey,Joey,
乔伊，乔伊
King of the streets,child of clay.
街头之王，粘土之子
Joey,Joey,
乔伊，乔伊
What made them want to come and blow you away?
究竟为了什么他们想要除掉你
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