歌词
Two out of work models and a fashion slave
两个没了工作的模特和一个时尚界的奴隶
Try to dance away the Michelob night
试图在这弥漫着米狮龙酒味的夜色里起舞
The bartender poured herself another drink
酒吧里的酒保又给她自己倒了杯酒
While two drunks were watchin' the fight
有两个醉汉坐在一旁看着拳击比赛
The champ went down and he got up again
冠军倒下，但他又站了起来
Then he went out like a light
像盏没了油的灯一样熄灭
Fightin' for the people
他在为人们而战
But his timing wasn't right
可这不是他的时代
The high rollin' people
那些财大气粗的上等人
Takin' limos in the neon light
开着豪华轿车穿梭于霓虹灯
The Las Vegas people
拉斯维加斯城里的人们
They came to see a Las Vegas fight
纷纷跑来围观一场本地的拳击赛
Fightin' for the people
看他为人们而战
There's a man in the window with a big cigar
窗内背后有个男人叼着一根大雪茄
Says everything's for sale
说着这里所有东西都可供出售
He had a house and a boat and a railroad car
这儿有房子、轮船、甚至一架有轨电车
The owner's gotta go to jail
它们之前的主人要去蹲监狱了
He acquired these things from a life of crime
他曾用各种不法的手段获得了这些
Now he's sellin' them to make bail
现在他要为了保释金而把它们当掉
He was rippin' off the people
他曾靠压榨人们过活
Sellin' guns to the underground
把枪支卖到黑市
Livin' off the people
远离人们过活
Skimmin' the top when there was no one around
四下无人的时候站在最高处
Tryin' to help the people
打着人们的主意
Lose their ass for a piece of ground
让他们去为了一小块地出卖自己的尊严
A patch o' ground people
无处立足的人们
He was dealin' antiques in a hardware store
他在一家五金店卖着各种古董
But he sure had a lot to hide
但他还有很多见不得人的货
He had a back room full of the guns of war
他有个装满了各式枪支的小房间
And a ton ammunition besides
当然还有成吨的制式弹药
Yeah, he walked with a cane
哈，他拄着拐杖走路
Kept a bolt on the door with five pit bulls inside
拴上了那扇关着五只斗牛犬的门
Just a warnin' to the people
只是为了警告人们
In case they might try to break in at night
免得他们有谁想在夜里闯入
Protection from the people
警惕着这些人们
He's sellin' safety in the darkest night
他在最黑暗的夜里大胆兜售
Tryin' to help the people
苦心积虑地让人们
Get the drugs to the street all right
把毒品带到深夜中的大街小巷
Tryin' to help the people
不择手段地怂恿着人们
Well, it's hard to say where a man goes wrong
好吧，很难让人去分辨哪里出了问题
Might be here and it might be there
可能是这里但又说不定会是那边
What starts out weak might get too strong
最初羸弱之人也可能会变得过于强大
If you can't tell foul from fair
如果你不能明辨是非
But it's hard to judge from an angry throng
但当一个人愤怒地举起他的拳头时
Of hands stretched up in the air
人们总是很难做出判断
Vigilante people
保持治安的人们
Takin' the law into their own hands
随性地玩弄着他们手中的法律
The conscientious people
当狗腿子的人们
Crackin' down on the drug lord and his bands
在毒枭的地盘上肆意欺凌别人
Government people
那政府里的人们
Confiscatin' all the dealer's land
把商人们的土地尽数没收
The patch o' ground people
而无处立足的人们...
A new Rolls Royce, a company car
一辆新的劳斯莱斯还有一辆企业专车
They were racin' down the street
飞驰在街道上一较高下
Each one was tryin' to make it to the gate
每辆试图都赶在雇员到来之前
Before employees manned the fleet
就早早地驶进公司大门
The trucks full of products for the modern home
满载着各种现代家居的重型卡车
Were set to roll out into the street
在居民的街上缓缓展开
of ordinary people
那些平凡的人们
Tryin' to make their way to work
每天都想着怎么对付工作
The downtown people
城市中心的人们
Some are saints and some are jerks
有的像圣徒般高尚，有的就是个混球
That's me,
那就是我
everyday people
过着日常的人们
Stoppin' for a drink on their way to work
会去上班的路上止步喝上一杯
Alcoholic people,
酒精成瘾的人们
takin' it one day at a time
每天都会满醉而归
Down on the assembly line
在工厂的流水线上
They keep puttin' the same things out
人们不停地做着重复的事情
The people today, they just ain't buyin'
但直到今天依然买不起自己装的货
Nobody can figure it out
没人搞懂这是什么情况
They try like hell to build a quality in
他们为了提升质量而肝脑涂地
They're workin' hard without a doubt
他们工作的努力程度毋庸置疑
Ordinary people
平凡的人们啊
But the dollar's what it's all about
他们的所想的只是那一点点钱
Lee Iaccoca people
李·艾柯卡般的人们
But the customers are walkin' out
但是顾客们都转身离去了
The nose to the stone people
埋头苦干的人们啊
Yeah, they look but they just don't buy
他们能随便看但是他们不能买
The patch o' ground people
没有立足之地的人们啊
In a dusty town the clock struck high noon
在一个正午钟声响起的风尘小镇
Two men stood face to face
两个男人面对面地站着
One wore black and one wore white
一位身着黑衣，另一位一身煞白
But of fear there wasn't a trace
但他们面容中毫无惧色
A hundred and eighty years later
一百八十年之后的同个地方
Two hot rods drag through the very same place
工厂里各种的机器还在全速运转
A half million people
有近五十万的人们
They moved in to pick up the pace
他们选择住进这里
A factory full of people
工厂里人头攒动
Makin' parts to go to outer space
制造着各种零件运到外部世界
A train load of people
整整一火车的人们
They were leavin' for another place
在寻找着下个立足之地
Out of town people
离开了小镇的人们
Down at the factory they're puttin' new windows in
密不透风的工厂里，员工们装着新的窗户
The vandals made a mess of things
不满者把这里搞得一团糟
And the homeless just walked right in
无家可归的人们就这么走了进来
Well, they worked here once and they live here now
确实他们也曾在这工作，现在也住在这里
But they might work here again
但可能还要在这里工作
The ordinary people
无比平凡的人们啊
They're just livin' in a dream
他们懂得自己不过是活在梦里
Hard workin' people
辛勤工作的人们啊
Just don't know what it means
他们只是不知道怎样去放弃
To give up people
这些输不起的人们
They're just like they used to be
就像过去那般过着日子
Patch o' ground people
无处立足的人们
Out on the railroad track they're cleanin' ol' number nine
在九号线铁轨之上，一群人在打扫现场
They're scrubbin' the boiler down
他们正在擦洗锅炉
She really is lookin' fine, a beauty, that number nine
她看起来状态还不错，大美人，九号线
Times'll be different soon they're gonna bring her back on line
时间过得飞快，他们得让她重新运行起来
Ordinary people
无比平凡的人们
They're gonna bring the good things back
他们在把美好的东西带回来
Hard workin' people
辛勤工作的人们
They put the business back on track
他们让无数生意回到正轨上
The everyday people
过着日常的人们
I got faith in the regular kind
我对那些平凡的人抱着希冀
Patch o' ground people
无处立足的人们
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