歌词
They're selling postcards of the hanging
他们把那张处私刑绞死的照片当作明信片来卖
And they're painting the passports brown
他们把护照都刷成了咖啡色
Yeah the beauty parlor is filled with sailors
美容院里挤满了水手
The circus is in town
马戏团也已巡游至此
And now well here comes the blind commissioner
这边厢来了位瞎子参议院
They've got him in a trance
大家看着他晃晃悠悠，恍恍惚惚
One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker
一只手和一个走钢丝的人一起绑着
The other is in his pants
另一只手插在裤子里
And the riot squads are restless
暴乱的队伍已经焦躁不安
They need somewhere to go
他们需要去某个新的地方
As Lady and I look out tonight
女士与我，正向外望着，
From Desolation Row
从这条荒凉小街。
灰姑娘，看上去如此随意
Cinderella she seems so easy
"彼此彼此啦"，她微笑着说
"Well it takes one to know one" she smiles
然后把双手插入后面的口袋
And she puts her hands in her back pockets
活脱一副贝蒂戴维斯的老明星范儿
Bette Taylor style
那边厢罗密欧又过来，苦逼着脸悲叹
And now here comes Romeo moaning
"你是属于我的，我相信！"
"You Belong to Me I Believe"
"朋友，你来错地方咯"，另一些人赶紧说，
And someone says " You're in the wrong place my friend
"你最好还是马上走。"
You better leave"
最后唯一剩下的声响
And the only sound that's left
当救护车已经远去，
After the ambulances go
只有灰姑娘，默默地扫地。
Is Cinderella sweeping up
在那条荒凉小街上，
On Desolation Row
午夜，所有的特工们
和超级人类联盟
四处围捕每一个
Now at midnight all the agents
知道得比他们还多的人
And the superhuman crew
他们把他们带进工厂
Go out and round up everyone
那里有台心脏撞击机
That knows more than they do
它被绑在捉来人们的肩膀上
So come on bring them to the factory
然后是煤油
Where the heart-attack machine
从城堡中流淌下来
Is strapped across their shoulders
某个保险推销员会去查看
And then the kerosene
确定是否真的没人能够逃脱，
Is brought down from the castles
去往那条荒凉小街
By insurance men who go
因为我并不怎么能阅读了
Check to see that nobody is escaping
请不要再给我寄信，不要再寄了
To Desolation Row
除非，你是从
Cause I can't read too good
荒凉小街上，将它们一一寄出
Don't send me no letters no
Not unless you gotta mail them
From Desolation Row
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