Close to the Borderline - Billy Joel

Blackout heatwave 44 caliber homicide
断电热浪中 44口径的杀戮上演
The buns drop dead and dogs go mad
面包发霉变质 疯狗成群结队
In packs on the West Side
在西区街头游荡
Young girl standing on a ledge looks like another suicide
少女站在天台边缘 又一场悲剧即将发生
She wants to hit those bricks
她想要纵身一跃
'Cause the news at six gotta stick to a deadline
只因六点新闻必须赶上截稿时间
While the millionaires hide in Beekman Place
当百万富翁们躲在比克曼豪宅
The bag ladies throw their bones in my face
流浪妇人将残羹冷炙扔向我脸庞
I get attacked by a kid with stereo sound
街头少年用音响声浪将我淹没
I don't want to hear it but he won't turn it down
不愿聆听却被迫承受这喧嚣
Life is tough but it's just enough
生活艰难却还要强撑
To hold back the tears until it's closing time
强忍泪水直到打烊时分
I survived I'm still alive
我幸存着 仍在呼吸
But I'm getting close to the borderline
却已濒临崩溃边缘
Close to the borderline
游走在崩溃边缘
A buck three eighty
穷困潦倒
Won't buy you much lately on the street these days
街头物价飞涨 生活难以为继
And when you can get gas
即便加满汽油
You know you can't drive fast anymore on the parkways
公园大道上 再难肆意驰骋
Rich man poor man either way American
富者贫者 皆为美国子民
Shoved into the lost and found
被遗弃在失物招领处
The no nuke yell we're gonna all go to hell
反核声浪中 我们终将堕入地狱
With the next big meltdown
等待下一场浩劫降临
I got remote control and a color T V
手握遥控器 对着彩色电视机
I don't change channels so they must change me
我不换频道 只能被生活调频
I got real close friends that will get me high
身边所谓挚友 只会带我沉沦
They don't know hot to talk and they ain't gonna try
他们不懂倾诉 也懒得过问
I shouldn't b***h I shouldn't cry
不该抱怨 不该落泪
I'd start a revolution but I don't have time
想掀起革命 却抽不出空
I don't know why I'm still a nice guy
不知为何 我仍在当个老好人
But I'm getting close to the borderline
却已濒临崩溃边缘
Close to the borderline
游走在崩溃边缘
I thought I'd sacrifice so many things
我以为我愿牺牲一切
I thought I'd throw them all away
我以为能抛弃所有
I didn't think I needed anything
原以为我无欲无求
But you can't afford to squander what you're not prepared to pay
但无力承担就不该挥霍
I need a doctor for my pressure pills
我需要医生开降压药
I need a lawyer for my medical bills
需要律师处理医疗账单
I need a banker to finance my home
我需要银行家为我的家提供资金
I need security to back my loan
我需要担保来支持我的贷款
It isn't new what I'm going through
我所经历的并非新鲜事
But everybody knows you got to break sometime
但谁都知道 人总有崩溃的时候
Another night I fought the good fight
又一夜 我奋力抗争
But I'm getting closer to the borderline
但我已越来越接近崩溃边缘
Closer to the borderline
越来越接近崩溃边缘