A Summer In Ohio
I could have a mansion on the hill
我可以買山中的宅邸
I could lease a villa in Seville
我可以買塞維利亞的別墅
But it wouldn´t be as nice as a summer in Ohio
但這些都沒有俄亥俄的夏天美麗
With a gay midget named Karl playing Tevye and Porgy
跟一個名叫卡爾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
也可以坐著馬車穿越中央公園
But it wouldn´t be as nice as a summer in Ohio
但這些都沒有俄亥俄的夏天美麗
Where I´m sharing a room with a former stripper and her snake Wayne
在那裡我要和一個脫衣舞孃和她的偉恩蛇一起住
I could have a satchel full of dollar bills
我可以擁有裝滿一書包的美金
Cures for all the nations ills
可以治療全國所有的疾病
Pills to make a lion purr
藥可以讓獅子“嗚嗚”（“purr”指貓發出的嗚嗚聲）
I could be in line to be the British queen
我可以向英國女王一樣
Look like I was seventeen
看起來就像十七歲
Still I´m certain I´d prefer to be going slowly batty
但是我可以確信我喜歡放慢古怪的節奏
Forty miles east of Cincinnati
像辛辛那提以東四十英里（約64公里）
I could shove an ice pick in my eye
我可以把一隻冰錐鑿進我的眼睛
I could eat some fish from last July
我可以吃去年七月份的魚
But it wouldn´t be as awful as a summer in Ohio
但是那也沒有俄亥俄的夏天糟糕
Without cable hot water Vietnamese food or you
沒有電線熱水越南食物和你
I saw your book at a Border´s in Kentucky
在肯塔基州我把你的書當成靶子
Under a sign that said New and Recommended
有一個牌子上寫著“新書推薦”
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
並且無法自拔
Richard who was with me got uncharacteristically quiet
和我在一起的理查德出奇的安靜
And he said All things considered
他說“從全面考慮”
I guess you don´t have to buy it
“我覺得你不用管那麼多”
So I smile like Mona Lisa and I lay my Visa down
所以我笑得像蒙娜麗莎放下了簽證
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燈我每天晚上告訴星星們
Look at me look at him
看看我看看他
Son of a ***** I guess I´m doing something right
狗養的我覺得我做的才是對的
I finally got something right
我終於做對了
No it´s not Nirvana but it´s on the way
不不在天堂但已經在路上了
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
然後我跪下來祈禱我在我的下一部自傳上寫的
I´m never gonna go back to Ohio
我再也不會回到俄亥俄了
I could chew on tin foil for a spell
我可以咀嚼錫紙
I could get a root canal in hell
我可以做根管治療
But it wouldn´t be as swell as this summer is gonna be
但也不會像這裡的夏天
´Cause the torture is just exquisite
因為實在是折磨
While I´m waiting for you to visit
因為我在等你的到來
So hurry up schmuck get unstuck and get on the scene
所以快點吧笨蛋快點現場來
Love
愛
The midget the stripper Wayne the snake and Mrs. Jamie Wellerstein
愛上小矮人脫衣舞孃偉恩蛇和傑米偉勒斯坦太太
That´s me
也就是我