歌词
The rangers had a homecoming in Harlem late last night
昨天深夜,大兵们回到了哈林区的老家
And the Magic Rat drove his sleek machine
同时,"魔术鼠"开着他的好车,("魔术鼠"是个古惑仔）
over the Jersey state line
穿过了纽泽西州.
Barefoot girl sitting on the hood of a Dodge
光着脚的女孩坐在道奇车前盖上
drinking warm beer in the soft summer rain
在缠绵的夏雨中,入口的啤酒,已不再冰凉
The Rat pulls into town rolls up his pants,
"魔鼠仔"车驶进了城,他卷起了裤腿
together they take a stab at romance and disappear down Flamingo Lane
他们魔术鼠和光脚的女孩)一起渡过了一段浪漫时光,然后消失在了佛朗明哥小巷里.
Well the Maximum Lawman run down Flamingo
同时,大盖帽警察一路赶到了佛朗明哥小巷
chasing the Rat and the barefoot girl
来追捕鼠仔和光脚女孩
And the kids 'round here look just like shadows,
这里的孩子像是沉默的黑影
always quiet, holding hands
牵着手悄悄藏在暗处
From the churches to the jails
从教堂到监狱
tonight all is silence in the world
今晚的世界,一片寂静
As we take our stand down in Jungleland
就像我们面对的是一片钢筋水泥森林
午夜出动的帮派们纷纷现身
The midnight gang's assembled
挑选了一个聚集地点.
and picked a rendezvous for the night
他们约定在埃克森石油公司巨大的灯箱下见面,
They'll meet 'neath that giant Exxon sign
这个灯箱照亮了整个城市
that brings this fair city light
高速公路旁,一出好戏就要上演
Man, there's an opera out on the Turnpike,
小巷里的芭蕾舞剧(斗殴),马上就要开幕
there's a ballet being fought out in the alley
直到当地的警察赶来,闪着警灯,鸣着警笛,撕裂了夜的宁静
Until the local cops, Cherry Tops, rips this holy night
街头的帮派就是靠这种地下交易而生活
The street's alive as secret debts are paid,
来无影呀,去无踪
contacts made, they vanished unseen
弹吉他的小子们啊
Kids flash guitars just like switch-blades
为了录一张唱片而奔波
hustling for the record machine
饥饿与被淘汰的焦虑,在摇滚乐队里迅速蔓延
The hungry and the hunted explode into rock and roll bands
这种在大街上彼此对立的脸色
They faced off against each other out in the street
充斥在这片都市丛林
down in Jungleland
吉他solo
(guitar solo)
在停车场,潮人们衣着光鲜闪亮
In the parking lot the visionaries dress in the latest rage
后街里,女孩们随着唱片里音乐的节奏起舞
Inside the backstreet girls are dancing to the records
.
that the deejay plays
寂寞的爱侣在黑暗的角落里挣扎（魔术手和光脚姑娘）
Lonely-hearted lovers struggle in dark corners
越夜越绝望
desperate as the night moves on
霎那间,他们消失了
Just one look and a whisper, they're gone
萨克斯solo
(saxophone solo)
一座城,两颗驿动的心
Beneath the city two hearts beat,
紧闭的卧室里,两人的灵魂交汇在这温柔的夜里.
soul engines running through a night so tender
欲拒还迎....最后听之任之(.这个是说鼠仔和光脚女该...)
In a bedroom locked, in whispers of soft refusal and then surrender
在这城市的某个隧道里,鼠仔被自己的梦一枪击倒了.
In the tunnels uptown, the Rat's own dream guns him down
枪声回响在这夜空中
as shots echo down them hallways in the night
当救护车载走鼠仔的时候,现场早已空无一人
No one watches when the ambulance pulls away
也没有人注意到,女孩熄灭了卧室的灯
or as the girl shuts out the bedroom light
外面的街道中,真实的死亡华尔兹在跳着火舞.
Outside the street's on fire in a real death waltz
在这血肉之躯间,多么的梦幻
between what's flesh and what's fantasy
而那些所谓的诗人不会写任何东西。
And the poets down here don't write nothing at all,
只是站在一边,任由它发生
they just stand back and let it all be
在一夜之间
And in the quick of the night
他们想抓住机会，真诚的站出来，做些什么
they reach for their moment and try to make an honest stand
但是,迎接他们的将是,要生不得要死不能的痛苦
But they wind up wounded, not even dead,
今夜,在这冷漠的都市丛林....
tonight in Jungleland ...
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