When I Was Cruel No. 2(Album Version) - Elvis Costello

When I Was Cruel No. 2 (Album) - Elvis Costello
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I exit through the spotlight glare
我穿过耀眼的聚光灯离开
I stepped out into thin air
踏入虚无的空气之中
Into a perfume so rarefied
进入一种如此稀有的香水气息
Here comes the bride
新娘来了
Not quite aside they snide she's number four
他们轻蔑地低声说她是第四任
There's number three just by the door
第三任就站在门边
Those in the know don't even flatter her
知情者甚至不屑奉承她
They go one better
他们更胜一筹
She was selling speedboats in a trade show when he met her
他们在贸易展览会上相遇时，她还在卖快艇
Look at her now
看看现在的她
She's starting to yawn
她开始打哈欠
She looks like she was born to it
她看起来仿佛天生就该如此
But it was so much easier
但过去的生活却简单得多
When I was cruel
当我还能肆意妄为时
She reaches out her arms to me
她向我伸出双臂
Imploring another melody
祈求另一段旋律
So she can dance her husband out on the floor
让她能与丈夫共舞于舞池
The captains of industry just lie there where they fall
那些工业巨头们只是倒在那里
In eau-de-nil and pale carnation creation
身着淡绿色与浅粉色礼服
A satin sash and velvet elevation
缎带与天鹅绒的装饰
She straightens the tipsy head dress of her spouse
她整理着丈夫那歪斜的头饰
While her recalls a honey house
而她回忆起曾经的甜蜜小屋
There'll be no sorrows left to drown
再无悲伤需要被淹没
Early in the morning in your evening gown
清晨时分 你身着晚礼服
But it was so much easier
但过去的生活却简单得多
When I was cruel
当我还能肆意妄为时
The entrance hall was arranged with hostesses and ushers
入口大厅里站着招待员和引座员
Who turned out to be the younger wives nursing schoolgirl crushes
他们竟是那些年轻妻子 怀揣着少女般的迷恋
Parting the waves of those few feint friends
穿过那些虚伪朋友的浪潮
Fingers once offered are now too heavy to extend
曾经伸出的手指 如今沉重得无法抬起
The ghostly first wife glides up stage whispering to raucous talkers
幽灵般的第一任妻子悄然上台 对喧闹的交谈者低语
Spilling family secrets out to flunks and Castro walkers
向那些无名小卒和卡斯特罗的追随者泄露家族秘密
See that girl
看那个女孩
Watch that scene
看那场景
Digging the dancing queen
沉醉于舞会女王
Two newspaper editors like playground sneaks
两位报纸编辑像操场上的小混混
Running the book on which of them is going to last the week
打赌他们中谁能撑过这周
One of them calls to me
其中一个向我打招呼
And he says I know you
他说我认识你
You gave me this tattoo back in '82
你在82年给我留下了这个纹身
You were a spoil child then with a record to plug
那时你是个被宠坏的孩子，忙着推销唱片
And I was a shaven headed seaside thug
而我则是个剃光头的海边混混
Things haven't really changed that much
其实一切并没有太大改变
One of us is still getting paid too much
我们中依然有人赚得盆满钵满
There are some things I can't report
有些事情我无法言说
The memory of his last retort
只记得他最后的反驳
But it was so much easier
但过去的生活却简单得多
When I was cruel
当我还能肆意妄为时
Look at her now
看看现在的她
She's starting to yawn
她开始打哈欠
She looks like she was born to it
她看起来仿佛天生就该如此
But it was so much easier
但过去的生活却简单得多
When I was cruel
当我还能肆意妄为时