Ballad Of A Thin Man

You walk into the room

你走進房間

With your pencil in your hand

握著你的筆在手中

You see somebody naked

你看見有人裸體

And you say, “Who is that man?”

你說，那人是誰？

You try so hard

你試著非常努力

But you don’t understand

但你無法弄懂

Just what you’ll say

就只是當你到家時

When you get home

你會說的那些話

Because something is happening here

因為某些事正在此處發生

But you don’t know what it is

但你不知道那是什麼

Do you, Mister Jones?

是吧，瓊斯先生？

You raise up your head

你抬起你的頭

And you ask, “Is this where it is?”

你問，這裡是那個地方嗎？

And somebody points to you and says

有人指著你並說

“It’s his”

這是他的

And you say, “What’s mine?”

你說，什麼是我的？

And somebody else says, “Where what is?”

其他的人說，什麼在哪裡？

And you say, “Oh my God

你說，我的天

Am I here all alone?”

我在這裡是孤獨的嗎？

Because something is happening here

因為某些事正在此處發生

But you don’t know what it is

但你不知道那是什麼

Do you, Mister Jones?

是吧，瓊斯先生？

You hand in your ticket

你遞出你的門票

And you go watch the geek

你去看雜耍演員

Who immediately walks up to you

他立即向你走來

When he hears you speak

當他聽見你說話

And says, “How does it feel

他說，你有什麼感覺

To be such a freak?”

去當一個這樣的怪物

And you say, “Impossible”

你說，不可能

As he hands you a bone

當他遞給你一根骨頭

Because something is happening here

因為某些事正在此處發生

But you don’t know what it is

但你不知道那是什麼

Do you, Mister Jones?

是吧，瓊斯先生？

You have many contacts

你有很多交際

Among the lumberjacks

在伐木工人之間

To get you facts

去替你得到事實

When someone attacks your imagination

當某人攻擊你的想像

But nobody has any respect

但沒有人有任何的尊敬

Anyway they already expect you

不管如何，他們已期望你

To just give a check

會開一張支票

To tax-deductible charity organizations

給可抵稅的慈善機構

You’ve been with the professors

你一直都和教授們在一起

And they’ve all liked your looks

他們都喜歡你的長相

With great lawyers you have

你已和傑出的律師們

Discussed lepers and crooks

討論痲瘋病患者和騙徒們

You’ve been through all of

你已看遍所有

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s books

F. 史考特 費茲傑羅的書

You’re very well read

你非常博學

It’s well known

這廣為人知

Because something is happening here

因為某些事正在此處發生

But you don’t know what it is

但你不知道那是什麼

Do you, Mister Jones?

是吧，瓊斯先生？

Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to you

是啊，吞劍者，他走向你

And then he kneels

然後他跪了下來

He crosses himself

他交纏他自己

And then he clicks his high heels

然後他敲擊他的高跟鞋

And without further notice

沒有另外的警告

He asks you how it feels

他問你感覺如何

And he says, “Here is your throat back

他說，還給你，這是你的喉嚨

Thanks for the loan”

謝謝外借

BBecause something is happening here

因為某些事正在此處發生

But you don’t know what it is

但你不知道那是什麼

Do you, Mister Jones?

是吧，瓊斯先生？

Now you see this one-eyed midget

現在你看到這個獨眼侏儒

Shouting the word “NOW”

大叫那個字 現在

And you say, “For what reason?”

你說，為了什麼原因？

And he says, “How?”

他說，如何？

And you say, “What does this mean?”

你說，這是什麼意思？

And he screams back, “You’re a cow

他尖叫回去，你是頭乳牛

Give me some milk

給我一些牛奶

Or else go home”

否則就滾回家

Because something is happening here

因為某些事正在此處發生

But you don’t know what it is

但你不知道那是什麼

Do you, Mister Jones?

是吧，瓊斯先生？

Well, you walk into the room

是的，你走進房間

Like a camel and then you frown

就像一隻駱駝，然後你皺眉

You put your eyes in your pocket

你把你的眼鏡放進你的口袋

And your nose on the ground

把你的鼻子放在地上

There ought to be a law

那裡應該有條法律

Against you comin’ around

對抗你來到附近

You should be made

你應該被製造成

To wear earphones

帶著耳機

Because something is happening here

因為某些事正在此處發生

But you don’t know what it is

但你不知道那是什麼

Do you, Mister Jones?

是吧，瓊斯先生？