there’s a bluebird in my heart that

我心中有只蓝鸟

wants to get out

想出来

but I’m too tough for him,

但我对它很粗暴，

I say, stay in there, I’m not going

我说，老实点儿，我不会

to let anybody see

让人

you.

看见你。

there’s a bluebird in my heart that

wants to get out

我心中有只蓝鸟

but I pour whiskey on him and inhale

想出来

cigarette smoke

我把威士忌倒在他身上，吸入

and the whores and the bartenders

香烟烟雾

and the grocery clerks

妓女、酒保

never know that

和杂货店店员

he’s

永远不会知道

in there.

他

there’s a bluebird in my heart that

在那儿。

wants to get out

but I’m too tough for him,

我心中有只蓝鸟

I say,

想出来

stay down, do you want to mess

但我对他很粗暴，

me up?

我说

you want to screw up the

趴下，你想让我

works?

不得安宁吗？

you want to blow my book sales in

你想搞砸我的

Europe?

作品吗？

there’s a bluebird in my heart that

你想毁了我在欧洲的

wants to get out

图书销售吗？

but I’m too clever, I only let him out

at night sometimes

我心中有只蓝鸟

when everybody’s asleep.

想出来

I say, I know that you’re there,

但我很聪明，我只在

so don’t be sad.

晚上大家都睡着时

then I put him back,

放出他。

but he’s still singing a little

我说，我知道你在那儿，

in there, I haven’t quite let him

所以

die

别难过。

and we sleep together like

that

然后我把他放回去，

with our

但他在里面唱了

secret pact

一会儿歌，我还没让他

and it’s nice enough to

完全死掉

make a man

我们就这样

weep, but I don’t

睡在一起

weep, do

根据我们的

you?

秘密协定

这很美妙足以

让人流泪，但我不

会哭，你

呢？