Перевод песни Warren Zevon - Empty Hearted Town

Ain’t life strange?
Ain’t it funny?
Nothing matters much but love and money.

Things don’t work out the way you reckoned:
Money comes first,
And the love comes second.

Cigarettes make the sun come up,
Whiskey makes the sun go down.
And in between,
We do a lot of standing around.
It’s all I can do-
To make it through the day.
She wrapped it all in darkness,
And I can’t find my way, and

I’m walking down the sidewalks of LA
Wishing I had a warmer jacket,
And the leaves are falling down.
I’m just another man,
With an empty handed heart,
In an empty hearted town.

It started out alright
Ended up all wrong.
Shoulda done, shoulda done
That’s my song.

Now the night is falling hard and fast,
All dressed up for the masquerade
And the lights of the city stretch as far as the eye can see,
Look what wonders man has made (x2)

I’m walking down the sidewalks of LA
Wishing I had a warmer jacket
And the leaves are falling down
I’m just another man
With an empty handed heart
In an empty hearted town

I’m walking down the sidewalks of LA,
Wishing I had a warmer jacket.
And something more to say?