New York
In New York freedom looks like
在纽约 所谓的自由
Too many choices
不过是选项过剩的迷局
In New York I found a friend
在纽约 我觅得一友
To drown out the other voices
只为震碎耳畔嘈杂的余音
Voices on a cell phone
手机里的喧嚣
Voices from home
故土的叮咛
Voices of the hard sell
那些洗脑推销的聒噪
Voices down a stairwell
楼道深处的回响
In New York
在纽约
Just got a place in New York
终在纽约占得一席之地
In New York summers get hot
在纽约 夏日酷暑难耐
Well into the hundreds
气温早已飙升破百
You can't walk around the block
不过是绕行街区
Without a change of clothing
便已衣衫尽湿 狼狈不堪
Hot as a hair dryer in your face
热浪如吹风机般扑面窒息
Hot as handbag and a can of mace
酷热如手袋与防狼喷雾 令人焦灼
New York
纽约
I just got a place in New York
我刚在纽约落脚安身
New York New York
纽约 纽约
In New York you can forget
在纽约 你会遗忘
Forget how to sit still
忘却该如何静默安坐
Tell yourself you will stay in
虽告诫自己闭门谢客
But it's down to Alphaville
终究还是沉沦在阿尔法城的夜色
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The Irish been coming here for years
爱尔兰人在此扎根多年
Feel like they own the place
仿佛他们才是这片土地的主宰
They got the airport city hall
掌控着机场与市政厅
Asphalt asphalt
沥青 沥青
They even got the police
连秩序也被纳入囊中
Irish Italians Jews and Hispanics
爱尔兰人 意大利人 犹太人与拉美裔
Religious nuts political fanatics in the stew
宗教狂人 政坛疯子 尽数混迹这锅大熔炉
Happily not like me and you
庆幸他们不像你我这般疏离
That's where I lost you
就在那人海中 我弄丢了你
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In New York I lost it all
在纽约 我输掉了一切
To you and your vices
毁于你和你那些沉沦的恶习
Still I'm staying on to figure out
我仍执拗停留 试图看清
My midlife crisis
我那无解的中年危机
I hit an iceberg in my life
命途撞上了毁灭的冰山
You know I'm still afloat
可知我仍在这残骸中勉强维持不沉
You lose your balance lose your wife
你失去了平衡 失去了妻子
In the queue for the lifeboat
卑微地排队 渴求一线生机
You got to put the women and children first
必须让妇女儿童优先
But you've got an unquenchable thirst for New York
可你对纽约仍有着难填的欲壑
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New York New York
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In the stillness of the evening
在暮色难得的静谧时刻
When the sun has had its day
当斜阳燃尽了白昼的辉煌
I heard your voice whispering
我听见你的声音如幽灵般低语
Come away now
就此解脱 随我离去吧
New New York
纽... 纽约
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WesthambayernO（∩_∩）O