歌词
I was driving through my hometown
我驾车穿过家乡
I was just kinda killin' time
只是消磨消磨时间
When I seen a face
这时我看见一张脸
Staring out of a black velvet painting
在一幅黑丝绒的画上 注视着人们
From the window of the five and dime
它挂在一个杂货店窗口
I couldn't quite recall the name
我不能一下子叫出名字
But the pose looked familiar to me
但那姿势我十分熟悉
So I asked the salesgirl 'Who was that man
我就问卖东西的女孩：“那男人是谁？
Between the doberman and Bruce Lee?' ——
短毛犬和布鲁斯·李中间的那个？”
She said 'Just a local hero
'她回答说：“一个我们这儿的英雄”
'Local hero' she said with a smile “
本土英雄”，她说话的时候带着微笑
'Yeah a local hero he used to live here for a while' “
哦，是本土英雄，他过去在这里住过一阵子”
I met a stranger dressed in black
在火车站
At the train station
我遇上一个黑衣人
He said 'Son your soul can be saved'
他说“孩子，你的灵魂能得救”
There's beautiful women nights of low livin'
生活中卑微的夜晚，有美丽的女人
And some dangerous money to be made
有危险的赚钱的营生
There's a big town 'cross the whiskey line
过了这个威士忌生产线，就是一个大城镇
And if we turn the right cards up
一旦我们翻对了牌
They make us boss the devil pays off
我们就成了老板，大把大把地赚钱
And them folks that are real hard up
而那些没钱的人
They get their local hero
他们有了他们的本土英雄
Somebody with the right style
一个有风度的人
They get their local hero
他们有了他们的本土英雄
Somebody with just the right smile
一个有着不错笑容的人
Well I learned my job I learned it well
是啊我已适应了工作，适应得不错
Fit myself with religion and a story to tell
给我配上信仰，再配上可以讲述的故事
First they made me the king then they made me pope
首先使我成为国王，然后使我成为主教
Then they brought the rope
然后他们拿来了绳索
I woke to a gypsy girl sayin' 'Drink this'
醒来时听见一个吉普赛女孩说“喝了它”
Well my hands had lost all sensation
你看，我的手已失去了任何知觉
These days I'm feeling all right
这些天我感觉非常好
'Cept I can't tell my courage from my desperation
只是无法辨得清楚，绝望和勇气
From the tainted chalice
从肮脏的酒杯
Well I drunk some heady wine
我喝了一些上头的酒
Tonight I'm layin' here
今晚就睡在这里
But there's something in my ear
但是有一些声音 在我耳边说着
Sayin' there's a little town just beneath the floodline
有一个小镇，位于洪水线下面
Needs a local hero
需要一个本土的英雄
Somebody with the right style
一个有风度的人
Lookin' for a local hero
他们寻找着本土英雄
Someone with the right smile
一个有着不错笑容的人
[03:02.70]Local hero local hero she said with a smile
[03:02.70]本土英雄啊本土英雄，她说着露出了笑容
[03:10.30]Local hero he used to live here for a while
[03:10.30]本土英雄啊他曾在这里住过一阵儿
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