Subterranean Homesick Blues

Johny's in the basement
強尼閃進地下室
Mixing up the medicine
偷換掉這些藥丸
I'm on the pavement
我走在人行道上
Thinking about the government
思索著政府事宜
The man in the trench coat
穿軍衣的那個男人
Badge out, laid off
一番檢查後遭解僱轟出
Says he's got a bad cough
他說他只是有些哮喘
Wants to get it paid off
沒想到因之而被解僱

當心點孩子
Look out kid
你犯下的一些罪行
It's somethin' you did
上帝一清二楚
God knows when
但你卻反复犯事
But you're doin' it again
你最好躲在那條小巷裡
You better duck down the alley way
去尋求一個新朋友
Lookin' for a new friend
戴浣熊皮帽的那個男人
The man in the coon-skip cap
手持鋼筆寫著支票
In the big pen
想要兌換十一美元的現金
Wants eleven dollar bills
你卻只拿到十塊
You only got ten.
瑪姬踩著小碎步飛快過來

臉上滿是黝黑的煤灰
Maggie comes fleet foot
聊起暖氣爐的同時
Face full of black soot
把盆栽暫時堆在床上
Talkin' that the heat put
但無論怎樣電話鈴滴滴驟響
Plants in the bed but
瑪姬說許多人都在議論
The phone's tapped anyway
他們一定會在五月初突擊搜查
Maggie says that many say
這是來自當地檢察官的口諭
They must bust in early May
當心點孩子
Orders from the DA
別在意你做過些什麼

踮起腳尖悄然滑過
Look out kid
不要再犯更多的罪行
Don't matter what you did
最好避開那些人
Walk on your tip toes
他們總是拖著滅火帶轉來轉去
Don't try , 'No Doz'
保持你神清氣爽
Better stay away from those
瞧瞧身上樸素的衣服
That carry around a fire hose
你並不需要氣象員
Keep a clean nose
告訴你風往哪個方向吹
Watch the plain clothes
生病隨後康復
You don't need a weather man
醉心於文字創作
To know which way the wind blows.
鈴聲響起很難分辨

是否又是上門推銷的人員
Get sick, get well
努力嘗試開門但被徹底封鎖
Hang around an ink well
退回來吧摸黑寫下幾行字
Ring bell, hard to tell
結果哐當入獄然後越獄逃走，如果你失敗了就加入黨派吧
If anything is goin' to sell
啊一出生全身暖和裹起
Try hard, get barred
穿上短褲噢生性浪漫還學會了跳舞
Get back, write Braille
穿好一切得到上帝庇佑
Get jailed, jump bail Join the army, if you failed
設法去成為成功人士吧

給他們買一大堆禮物
Ah get born, keep warm
不要偷盜也不要擺脫
Short pants, romance, learn to dance
你十二年受到的義務教育
Get dressed, get blessed
他們會讓你上白班
Try to be a success
當心點孩子
Please her, please him, buy gifts
他們全都躲了起來
Don't steal, don't lift
你最好從這洞中跳下
Twenty years of schoolin'
點燃一支蠟燭
And they put you on the day shift
別穿礙事的拖鞋

你得避免穿拖鞋
Look out kid
不要去做流浪漢
They keep it all hid
你最好嚼塊口香糖壓壓驚
Better jump down a manhole
水泵完全不起作用
Light yourself a candle
因為這些小偷偷走了操縱桿
Don't wear sandals
Try to avoid the scandals
Don't wanna be a bum
You better chew gum
The pump don't work
'Cause the vandals took the handles.