A Summer In Ohio
I could have a mansion on the hill
我可以买山中的宅邸
I could lease a villa in Seville
我可以买塞维利亚的别墅
But it wouldn´t be as nice as a summer in Ohio
但这些都没有俄亥俄的夏天美丽
With a gay midget named Karl playing Tevye and Porgy
跟一个名叫卡尔的小矮人表演特依和波吉
I could wander Paris after dark
我可以在夜晚的巴黎漫步
Take a carriage ride through Central Park
也可以坐着马车穿越中央公园
But it wouldn´t be as nice as a summer in Ohio
但这些都没有俄亥俄的夏天美丽
Where I´m sharing a room with a former stripper and her snake Wayne
在那里我要和一个脱衣舞娘和她的伟恩蛇一起住
I could have a satchel full of dollar bills
我可以拥有装满一书包的美金
Cures for all the nations ills
可以治疗全国所有的疾病
Pills to make a lion purr
药可以让狮子“呜呜”(“purr”指猫发出的呜呜声)
I could be in line to be the British queen
我可以向英国女王一样
Look like I was seventeen
看起来就像十七岁
Still I´m certain I´d prefer to be going slowly batty
但是我可以确信我喜欢放慢古怪的节奏
Forty miles east of Cincinnati
像辛辛那提以东四十英里(约64公里)
I could shove an ice pick in my eye
我可以把一只冰锥凿进我的眼睛
I could eat some fish from last July
我可以吃去年七月份的鱼
But it wouldn´t be as awful as a summer in Ohio
但是那也没有俄亥俄的夏天糟糕
Without cable hot water Vietnamese food or you
没有电线 热水 越南食物和你
I saw your book at a Border´s in Kentucky
在肯塔基州我把你的书当成靶子
Under a sign that said New and Recommended
有一个牌子上写着“新书推荐”
I stole a look at your picture on the inside sleeve
我偷偷看你了你的照片
And then I couldn´t leave
并且无法自拔
Richard who was with me got uncharacteristically quiet
和我在一起的理查德出奇的安静
And he said All things considered
他说“从全面考虑”
I guess you don´t have to buy it
“我觉得你不用管那么多”
So I smile like Mona Lisa and I lay my Visa down
所以我笑得像蒙娜丽莎放下了签证
He wants me he wants me but he ain´t gonna get me
他想得到我 但是他得不到
I´ve found my guiding light I tell the stars each night
我找到了我的指路明灯 我每天晚上告诉星星们
Look at me look at him
看看我 看看他
Son of a ***** I guess I´m doing something right
狗养的 我觉得我做的才是对的
I finally got something right
我终于做对了
No it´s not Nirvana but it´s on the way
不 不在天堂但已经在路上了
I play Anita at the matinee
在白天我扮演安妮塔
Then I´ll get on my knees and pray I can state in my next bio
然后我跪下来祈祷我在我的下一部自传上写的
I´m never gonna go back to Ohio
我再也不会回到俄亥俄了
I could chew on tin foil for a spell
我可以咀嚼锡纸
I could get a root canal in hell
我可以做根管治疗
But it wouldn´t be as swell as this summer is gonna be
但也不会像这里的夏天
´Cause the torture is just exquisite
因为实在是折磨
While I´m waiting for you to visit
因为我在等你的到来
So hurry up schmuck get unstuck and get on the scene
所以快点吧笨蛋 快点现场来
Love
爱
The midget the stripper Wayne the snake and Mrs. Jamie Wellerstein
爱上小矮人 脱衣舞娘 伟恩蛇和杰米伟勒斯坦太太
That´s me
也就是我