Dagenham Dave - The Stranglers

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Dave was from out of town

Dave来自城外

Manchester's likely too

曼彻斯特也有可能

Had read De Sade to Marx

我把德·萨德读给马克思听

More read than me and you

比你我更爱阅读

Scaffolding pays good bread

做街头买卖收入颇丰

It pays for drugs and kicks

花钱买那种东西

Dave only had one love

Dave只有一个爱人

Had no real need for chicks

根本不需要女人

Dave was so far ahead

Dave遥遥领先

But now he's dead

但现在他死了

I'm not going to cry

我不会哭泣

I bet he hit that water high

我打赌他忘乎所以

I'm not going to cry

我不会哭泣

I bet he hit that water high

我打赌他忘乎所以

I guess he lost control

我想他失去了控制

And welcomed in the night

在夜里受到欢迎

It was too much for him

这对他来说太难了

What were his thoughts that night

那晚他是怎么想的

The River Thames is cold

泰晤士河冰冷无比

It keeps on flowing on

不断流淌

But it left Dave alone

但这让Dave孤身一人

It just kept flowing on

音乐不停流淌

There's city sickness here

这里有城市病

But now he's dead

但现在他死了

I'm not going to cry

我不会哭泣

I bet he hit that water high

我打赌他忘乎所以

I'm not going to cry

我不会哭泣

I bet he hit that water high

我打赌他忘乎所以

Late night a street in the west of the city

深夜时分城市西部的一条街道

There was a place there where he lost himself

他曾在某个地方迷失自我

Strange feelings did he feel there

他是否有一种奇怪的感觉

Strange people did he meet there

他在那里遇见了奇怪的人

Angry sounds did he hear there

他是否听到愤怒的声音

Like the howling of bulls

就像公牛的嚎叫

I'm not going to cry

我不会哭泣

I bet he hit that water high

我打赌他忘乎所以

I'm not going to cry

我不会哭泣

I bet he hit that water

我打赌他一定会成功