The Ghosts Of Saturday Night - Tom Waits

A cab combs the snake
出租车如蛇般穿行街巷
Tryin to rake in that last nights fare
试图揽尽昨夜最后一单生意
And a solitary sailor
孤独的水手茕茕孑立
Who spends the facts of his life
将人生际遇如零钱般
Like small change on strangers
随意抛洒给陌生过客
Paws his inside p-coat pocket
他摸索着内衬口袋
For a welcome twenty-five cents
寻找那枚救赎的二十五分硬币
And the last bent butt from a package of kents
和肯特牌烟盒里最后一支皱巴巴的烟蒂
As he dreams of a waitress with maxwell house eyes
他梦见了咖啡色眼眸的女招待
And marmalade thighs with scrambled yellow hair
蜜糖般的大腿 蓬乱的金色秀发
Her rhinestone-studded moniker says irene
她缀满水钻的名牌写着"艾琳"
As she wipes the wisps of dishwater blonde from her eyes
当她擦去眼前洗碗水染金的发丝
And the texaco beacon burns on
德士古加油站的灯牌依旧闪亮
The steel-belted attendant with a ring and valve special
穿钢带围裙的加油工 戒指与阀门交相辉映
Cryin filler up and check that oil
喊着"加满油 检查机油"
You know it could be a distributor and it could be a coil
可能是分电器故障 也可能是线圈问题
The early mornin final editions on the stands
清晨报摊上摆着最新一期的晨报
And that town cryers cryin there with nickels in his hands
报童手握硬币在街头声声叫卖
Pigs in a blanket sixty-nine cents
热狗六毛九分钱一条
Eggs - roll em over and a package of kents
煎蛋翻面 再来包肯特香烟
Adam and eve on a log you can sink em damn straight
面包夹蛋直接吞下 绝对管饱
Hash browns hash browns you know I can't be late
薯饼 薯饼 我可不能迟到
And the early dawn cracks out a carpet of diamond
破晓时分洒落满地钻石般晨光
Across a cash crop car lot
映照着二手车市场的斑驳
Filled with twilight coupe devilles
暮色中驶过凯迪拉克车队
Leaving the town in a-keeping
缓缓驶离这座沉睡的小镇
Of the one who is sweeping
只留下那个清扫街道的人
Up the ghost of saturday night
收拾着昨夜狂欢的残影