It's four in the morning the end of December
现在是凌晨四点十二月底
I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
我给你写信只是想看看你是否好起来了
New York is cold but I like where I'm living
纽约很冷但我喜欢我生活的地方
There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening
克林顿街上彻夜放着音乐
I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert
我听说你在沙漠深处建造你的小房子
You're living for nothing now I hope you're keeping some kind of record
你的人生毫无意义我希望你能做点什么记录
Yes and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
是的简来了带着你的一束头发
She said that you gave it to her
她说是你给她的
That night that you planned to go clear
那晚你打算一去不回
Did you ever go clear
你可曾幡然醒悟
Ah the last time we saw you you looked so much older
上一次见到你时你看起来苍老多了
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
你那件著名的蓝色雨衣肩部撕裂
You'd been to the station to meet every train
你去车站迎接每一列火车
And you came home without Lili Marlene
你回家的时候没有带着LiliMarlene
And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
你把我的女人当做你生命中的一部分
And when she came back she was nobody's wife
当她回来时她不是任何人的妻子
Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth
我看见你牙齿上镶着玫瑰
One more thin gypsy thief
又一个瘦骨嶙峋的吉普赛小偷
Well I see Jane's awake
我看见Jane醒了
She sends her regards
她向我问候
And what can I tell you my brother my killer
我能对你说什么我的兄弟我的杀手
What can I possibly say
我还能说什么
I guess that I miss you I guess I forgive you
我可能是想念你我可能会原谅你
I'm glad you stood in my way
我很高兴你挡了我的路
If you ever come by here for Jane or for me
如果你来这里是为了简还是为了我
Your enemy is sleeping and his woman is free
你的敌人酣然入睡他的女人重获自由
Yes and thanks for the trouble you took from her eyes
谢谢你让她不再忧愁
I thought it was there for good so I never tried
我以为它永远不会消失所以我从未尝试
And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
Jane来了带着你的一束头发
She said that you gave it to her
她说是你给她的
That night that you planned to go clear
那晚你打算一去不回