Nah Frank duduk di Lembah
and hung his wild years
dan menggantungkan tahun-tahun liarnya
on a nail that he drove through
di paku yang dia lewati
his wife’s forehead
dahi istrinya
he sold used office furniture
Dia menjual perabot kantor bekas
out there on San Fernando Road
di luar sana di San Fernando Road
and assumed a $30,000 loan
dan mengambil pinjaman $ 30.000
at 15 1/4 % and put down payment
pada 15 1/4% dan membayar uang muka
on a little two bedroom place
di tempat tidur dua kamar kecil
his wife was a spent piece of used jet trash
istrinya menghabiskan sisa sampah bekas jet bekas
made good bloody marys
membuat bloody marys yang baik
kept her mouth shut most of the time
Sering menutup mulutnya
had a little Chihuahua named Carlos
sedikit Chihuahua bernama Carlos
that had some kind of skin disease
yang memiliki beberapa jenis penyakit kulit
and was totally blind. They had a
dan benar-benar buta. Mereka punya a
thoroughly modern kitchen
Dapurnya sangat modern
self-cleaning oven (the whole bit)
membersihkan diri oven (seluruh sedikit)
Frank drove a little sedan
Frank mengemudikan sedan kecil
they were so happy
mereka sangat senang
One night Frank was on his way home
Suatu malam Frank sedang dalam perjalanan pulang
from work, stopped at the liquor store,
dari tempat kerja, berhenti di toko minuman keras,
picked up a couple Mickey’s Big Mouths
mengambil beberapa Mickey’s Big Mouths
drank ’em in the car on his way
minum mereka di mobil dalam perjalanan
to the Shell station, he got a gallon of
ke stasiun Shell, dia mendapat satu galon
gas in a can, drove home, doused
gas dalam kaleng, pulang ke rumah, disiram
everything in the house, torched it,
segala sesuatu di dalam rumah, dibakar,
parked across the street, laughing,
diparkir di seberang jalan, tertawa,
watching it burn, all Halloween
menontonnya terbakar, semua Halloween
orange and chimney red then
oranye dan cerobong asap kemudian
Frank put on a top forty station
Frank naik di atas empat puluh stasiun
got on the Hollywood Freeway
naik di Hollywood Freeway
headed north
menuju ke utara
Never could stand that dog
Tidak pernah bisa berdiri anjing itu