She asked me how love gets along 她问我怎么爱相处

with me all by myself 我全部由我自己

Wonders how I keep from getting 想知道我是如何避免引火

dust upon that shelf 灰尘在那架

She wanted to know how a man like me 她想知道如何像我这样的人

ends up alone, anyway 独自结束了，反正

'Was I breakin' all the rules of love “难道我唱到”爱的所有规则

and the games that people play 而游戏的人玩

   

I said not too many hangin' round 我说没有太多的犹豫不决，轮

of all the ones I meet 所有那些我见面

In time they always find that I'm on 随着时间的推移，他们总是觉得我在

the bitter side of sweet 甜的苦的一面

   

She huddled on the gate on my block 她蜷缩在门口我块

where I always catch my bus 在那里我总能察觉我的车

An' I hoped it wouldn't stop today, 一个我希望它今天会不会停止，

there'd just be the two of us 有好多只是我们两个人

But it showed up like it always does, 但是，出现了像它总是这样，

about twenty minutes late 大约二十分钟迟到

I told her it'd be right along 我告诉她，这将会是沿着正确的

but she said she couldn't wait 但她说，她不能等待

She didn't need any assistance 她并不需要任何协助

in putting some distance, 在把一些距离，

between us on that empty street 我们之间的那空荡荡的街道

She was of a mind, 她是一个心思，

in record time that I'm on 在创纪录的时间是我在

the bitter side of sweet 甜的苦的一面

   

That I act this was is really not my fault 那我的行为，这是真的不是我的错

It just means all the sweet things I've got to say 它只是意味着我的一切可以说甜的东西

Come along with a grain of salt 来，随着盐粮

   

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It's no wonder I'm not scoring points, 这也难怪我没得分点，

I'm always out of bounds 我总是出界

If any wise willed words convince the point, 如果有任何明智的意志的话说服点，

I'm foolish by the pound 我很愚蠢的英镑

An' a fool can see no one believes 一个“傻瓜都能看没有人相信

what's rollin' off my tongue 什么是罗林把我的舌头

An' I've never seen a recipe 一个“我从来没有见过一个配方

for sweet talkin' anyone 甜说话“的人

I could have written a book on 我可以写上一本书

the lessons I took 我把课

in the agony of defeat 在失败的痛苦

An showed you all the signs 一个显示你所有的迹象

between the lines on 线路上的

the bitter side of sweet 甜的苦的一面