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
They're painting the passports brown
他们把护照都刷成了咖啡色
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
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 squad they're 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。
Cinderella, she seems so easy
灰姑娘,看上去如此随意
"It takes one to know one," she smiles
"彼此彼此啦",她微笑着说
And puts her hands in her back pockets
然后把双手后面的口袋
Bette Davis style
活脱一副贝蒂戴维斯的老明星范儿
And in comes Romeo, he's moaning
那边厢罗密欧又过来,苦逼着脸悲叹:
"You Belong to Me I Believe"
"你是属于我的,我相信!"
And someone says," You're in the wrong place, my friend
"朋友,你来错地方咯",另一些人赶紧说,
You better leave"
"你最好还是马上走。"
And the only sound that's left
最后唯一剩下的声响
After the ambulances go
当救护车已经远去,
Is Cinderella sweeping up
只有灰姑娘,默默地扫地。
On Desolation Row
在那条荒凉小街上,
Now the moon is almost hidden
现在,月亮几乎已经没影了
The stars are beginning to hide
星星也开始躲了起来
The fortunetelling lady
那个算命的占卜女巫
Has even taken all her things inside
也已把她的鬼把戏都收拾妥当
All except for Cain and Abel
除了该隐和亚伯
And the hunchback of Notre Dame
和钟楼怪人卡西莫多
Everybody is making love
每个人都正忙着
Or else expecting rain
或期待老天能下场雨
And the Good Samaritan, he's dressing
那个乐善好施的撒玛利亚人,他正在精心打扮
He's getting ready for the show
正为一个派对做着准备
He's going to the carnival tonight
今晚他将出席,举办的一场狂欢嘉年华
On Desolation Row
在荒凉小街上,
Now Ophelia, she's 'neath the window
奥菲利娅,她靠在窗前
For her I feel so afraid
对她我感到很害怕
On her twenty-second birthday
在她22岁生日的那天
She already is an old maid
已然变成了一个大龄的女仆
To her, death is quite romantic
死亡对她来说是那么地罗曼蒂克
She wears an iron vest
她穿着一件铁制的背心
Her profession's her religion
宗教信仰是她的职业
Her sin is her lifelessness
枯燥乏味却是她犯下的罪孽
诺亚的那道伟大的彩虹
Noah's great rainbow
但她也会花一点点的时间,偷瞥一眼,
She spends her time peeking
荒凉小街上所发生的一切
Into Desolation Row
爱因斯坦把自己假扮成罗宾汉
Einstein, disguised as Robin Hood
拎着一只鼓鼓的装满自己回忆的旅行箱
With his memories in a trunk
一个小时前刚刚路过这儿
Passed this way an hour ago
带着他的朋友,一个嫉妒的和尚
With his friend, a jealous monk
他看上去如此彻底地胆战心惊
He looked so immaculately frightful
当他乞讨一根香烟的时候
As he bummed a cigarette
然后他凑上去,闻了一闻排水管的气味
Then he went off sniffing drainpipes
并背诵起英语字母表来
And reciting the alphabet
你甚至都不愿去瞧他一眼
Now you would not think to look at him
但他确实在很久以前就已经红了
But he was famous long ago
凭着表演拉电子提琴
For playing the electric violin
在这条荒凉小街上
On Desolation Row
费斯博士,把自己的世界
Dr. Filth, he keeps his world
放在一只皮质的杯子里
Inside of a leather cup
而他所有的性冷淡病人们
But all his ***less patients
却都试着要把它炸掉
They're trying to blow it up
他的护士,某个当地的失意者
Now his nurse, some local loser
她负责看管放的洞口
She's in charge of the cyanide hose
同时还会保存着那些卡片
And she also keeps the cards that read
上面写着"愿上帝垂怜他的灵魂"
"Have Mercy on His Soul"
他们都会吹那种六孔小竖笛
They all play on penny whistles
你随时都可以听见他们的笛音
You can hear them blow
只要你伸出你的脑袋,足够远地,
If you lean your head out far enough
从那条荒凉小街。
From Desolation Row
过了大街,人们已经钉妥帘幕
Across the street they've nailed the curtains
大家都在迎接一场盛宴
They're getting ready for the feast
那个歌剧院的幽灵
The Phantom of the Opera
打扮成一副完美的祭祀的模样
A perfect image of a priest
人们在一勺一勺地喂食卡萨诺瓦
They're spoonfeeding Casanova
让他感觉更加地明白
To get him to feel more assured
然后他们会以自信的罪名杀害他
Then they'll kill him with self-confidence
而在那之前,先用语言来毒死他
After poisoning him with words
接着幽灵朝着皮包骨头的姑娘们咆哮:
And the Phantom's shouting to skinny girls
"从这儿滚出去,假如你们还搞不清楚的话"
"Get Outa Here If You Don't Know
"卡萨诺瓦正在接受严厉惩戒,只因他跑去了,
Casanova is just being punished for going
那条荒凉小街。"
To Desolation Row"
午夜,所有的特工们
Now at midnight all the agents
和超级人类联盟
And the superhuman crew
四处围捕每一个
Come out and round up everyone
知道得比他们还多的人
That knows more than they do
他们把他们带进工厂
Then they bring them to the factory
那里有台心脏撞击机
Where the heart-attack machine
它被绑在捉来人们的肩膀上
Is strapped across their shoulders
然后是煤油
And then the kerosene
从城堡中流淌下来
Is brought down from the castles
某个保险推销员会去查看
By insurance men who go
确定是否真的没人能够逃脱,
Check to see that nobody is escaping
去往那条荒凉小街
To Desolation Row
归功于尼禄的海神
Praise be to Nero's Neptune
泰坦尼克号在黎明时分启航
The Titanic sails at dawn
每个人都在咋呼:
And everybody's shouting
"你到底是站在哪一边?"
"Which Side Are You On?"
艾泽拉庞德与TS艾略特
And Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot
在船长的暸望塔里掐起架来
Fighting in the captain's tower
"加力骚"音乐的歌手们嘲笑着他们
While calypso singers laugh at them
钓鱼者正手握着鲜花
And fishermen hold flowers
在窗户之间的海洋上
Between the windows of the sea
可爱的美人鱼来回游弋
Where lovely mermaids flow
没有人需要思考太多,
And nobody has to think too much
关于那条荒凉小街
About Desolation Row
是的,我昨天收到了你的来信
Yes, I received your letter yesterday
(门把手突然坏了)
(About the time the door knob broke)
当你问到我最近如何的时候
When you asked how I was doing
这算不算是一个笑话?
Was that some kind of joke?
你提到的所有这些人们
All these people that you mention
是的,我都认识,他们都瘸了
Yes, I know them, they're quite lame
我必须重新组合他们的面孔
I had to rearrange their faces
并各取一个新的名字
And give them all another name
现在我并不怎么能阅读了
Right now I can't read too good
请不要再给我寄信,不要再寄了
Don't send me no more letters no
除非,你是从
Not unless you mail them
荒凉小街上,将它们一一寄出
From Desolation Row
专辑信息
16.Saved
17.Silver Bells
23.Highlands
39.Mississippi
40.Idiot Wind
43.Sara
47.Lenny Bruce
51.Slow Train
52.Stage Fright
65.Moonlight
70.Minstrel Boy
73.Tin Angel
75.Dirge
82.Alberta #2
85.Blue Moon
90.Three Angels
92.Cry A While
96.Lone Pilgrim
97.Billy 7
98.Belle Isle
103.Roll On John
104.Country Pie
105.Shenandoah
107.One More Weekend
108.Handy Dandy
112.You Angel You
114.Jack-A-Roe
115.Billy 4
116.Woogie Boogie
117.Are You Ready
119.Trouble
120.Jet Pilot
121.Isis (live)
123.Oxford Town
124.Gates Of Eden
126.When He Returns
128.Honest With Me
133.Tempest
138.God Knows
141.Gospel Plow
142.A Fool Such As I
143.Two Soldiers
144.Final Theme
145.Little Sadie
147.Saving Grace
148.Shake Shake Mama
150.Abandoned Love
158.Nettie Moore
160.Dignity
163.New Morning
164.2 X 2
165.Highway 51 Blues
168.I And I
170.Masters Of War
181.Lay, Lady, Lay
182.Turkey Chase
183.Jolene
186.To Ramona
188.Brownsville Girl
189.Scarlet Town
192.Percy's Song
193.Forever Young
196.Outlaw Blues
199.I Want You
207.Born In Time
209.Canadee-I-O
212.Ring Them Bells
214.License To Kill
215.Down The Highway
218.Bye And Bye
220.Clean Cut Kid
221.Idiot Wind
226.Unbelievable
228.Blackjack Davey
230.Masters Of War
235.Narrow Way
240.Alberta #1
241.Life Is Hard
242.Heart Of Mine
243.Precious Angel
245.Black Crow Blues
247.New Pony
248.I Want You
250.Isis
252.Tombstone Blues
253.Dirt Road Blues
255.You're No Good
256.Lily Of The West
258.Odds and Ends
259.World Gone Wrong
261.Frankie & Albert
263.Shot Of Love
269.Tombstone Blues
270.Duquesne Whistle
272.Love Sick
274.Wigwam
278.The Boxer
283.Dignity
284.Christmas Island
287.Quinn The Eskimo
288.Series Of Dreams
289.The First Noel
291.Song to Woody
292.Tears of Rage
293.Diamond Joe
296.Sugar Baby
299.Wedding Song
301.Living The Blues
303.Caribbean Wind
309.Shooting Star
311.It's All Good
314.Tombstone Blues
315.Po' Boy
317.Dark Eyes
318.Can't Wait
320.Bessie Smith
321.Under Your Spell
322.One More Night
323.Silvio
325.What Good Am I?
326.Dear Landlord
327.Big Yellow Taxi
329.Lo and Behold!
330.Stack A Lee
331.Let It Be Me
332.Hard Times
333.In The Garden
337.Up to Me
340.Desolation Row
344.Not Dark Yet
347.If Dogs Run Free
348.10.000 Men
349.Most Of The Time
350.Drifter's Escape
351.Mary Ann
352.Forever Young
354.Delia
356.Little Maggie
357.Pressing On
360.I Want You
361.Union Sundown
365.Maggie's Farm
366.Trust Yourself
370.Joey
372.Peggy Day
374.Winterlude
377.Fixin' to Die
378.Mr. Bojangles
382.River Theme
385.Solid Rock
386.Forgetful Heart
387.Man Of Peace
390.Someday Baby
391.Lay, Lady, Lay
392.John Brown
394.Joey
395.Oh, sister
396.Maybe Someday
397.Pay In Blood
402.Hazel
403.Blood in My Eyes
404.Bunkhouse Theme
406.Days Of 49
410.License To Kill
411.Baby Stop Crying
413.Oh, Sister
415.4th Time Around
418.From a Buick 6
419.Million Miles
420.Sally Sue Brown
423.Sarah Jane
424.Tough Mama
426.Ragged & Dirty
427.Billy 1
429.Covenant Woman
433.Oh, Sister
435.Maggie's Farm
436.I and I
437.I Believe In You
438.Summer Days
441.No Time to Think
444.Mozambique
455.Love Henry
456.Jim Jones
460.Maggie's Farm
461.Pledging My Time
463.Shooting Star
464.They Killed Him
466.If Not for You
467.Political World
468.Jokerman
470.Maggie's Farm
472.Slow Train
474.Hurricane
475.You Wanna Ramble
479.Lay Lady Lay
486.The Shape I'm In
489.Ruben Remus
490.When You Awake
491.Tiny Montgomery
493.The Weight
499.Endless Highway