A hot cloud was hangin'around 热云彩hanginaround

We were a rowdy crowd 我们是一个喧闹的人群

Drinkin'beer and smokin' at the end of the pier Drinkinbeer和斯莫在码头的尽头

Danny was shufflin' through a magazine 丹尼是shufflin “通过一本杂志

Clippin'out pictures of a car 汽车的Clippinout图片

To get us out of here 让我们离开这里

   

Laura was hounding him to get a bike 劳拉猎他得到一辆自行车

Warning him the time was now 警告他当时是，现在

Or he'd be out on his ear, she'd disappear 或者他会出在他的耳朵，她会消失

   

If only we could cross the river 如果我们能过河

We couldn't get a jump-start on life 我们不能让生活跳跃启动

The whispers across the Hudson 横跨哈德逊河的低语

Grow louder in our ears 生长在我们的耳边响

Louder in our ears every night 每天晚上在我们的耳边大声

   

We were all somewhat out of school 我们都有点失学

Jersey by birth, relaxing but not on a holiday 新泽西州出生，放松而不是在度假

An appalling amount of time spent at the mall 时间的令人震惊的量在商场花

Not a tragedy, but not exactly the Milky Way 不是悲剧，但不完全银河

   

Looking for a bigger laugh, a better store, 寻找一个更大的笑声，有较好的商店，

A cutter guy, a shorter working day, better pay 切割器的家伙，更短的工作日，提高工资

   

If only we could cross the river 如果我们能过河

We couldn't get a jump-start on life 我们不能让生活跳跃启动

The whispers across the Hudson 横跨哈德逊河的低语

Grow louder in our ears 生长在我们的耳边响

Louder in our ears 在我们的耳边大声

Louder in our ears every night 每天晚上在我们的耳边大声

   

When Laura and Danny broke up 当劳拉和丹尼分手

She set her sights on Billy Stone 她在比利石将她的景点

Well, I had just split from Jonathan 好吧，我刚刚从乔纳森分裂

So by chance, I was all alone 所以，一个偶然的机会，我独自一人

Danny and I got along as well 丹尼我相处得也

We spent hours on the phone 我们花了几个小时在手机上

Just talkin'on the phone 只是talkinon手机

   

When I was twenty and crazy as a joke 当我还是20和疯狂的笑话

I went to bed with a broker 我去睡觉了经纪人

When I was broke 当我破产

I got used to doormen and limousines 我习惯了门卫和豪华轿车

And Christmas cards from friends signed by a machine 和朋友的圣诞卡片被机器签署

And woman, they were calling me "Ma'am" 和女人，他们叫我“大妈”

As they cleaned up after me 当他们在我清理

   

If only we could cross the river 如果我们能过河

But something is holding us back 可是，我在阻止我们

A way of life that's too familiar 生活的一种方式，是再熟悉不过了

Like the lines are to the railroad track 像线条的铁路轨道

   

If only we could cross the river 如果我们能过河

We couldn't get a jump-start on life 我们不能让生活跳跃启动

The whispers across the Hudson 横跨哈德逊河的低语

Grow louder in our ears 生长在我们的耳边响

Louder in our ears every night 每天晚上在我们的耳边大声

   

Dear Laura, I know it's been years 亲爱的劳拉，我知道它已经多年

Since I crossed the bridge back to the Palisades 自从我过了桥回帕利塞兹

How are your kids? 怎么是你的孩子吗？

Mine are both swell little fellas 矿都是肿的小家伙

Here are some clippings of me and Brad 下面是我和布拉德的一些剪报

At a charity ball and a White House sup 在慈善舞会和白宫SUP

I've perfected my smile for the camera 我完善我的微笑相机

Chin is up 下巴向上

I miss you all so much 我很想念大家这么多

   

If only I could cross the river 如果我能过河

But something me holding us back 但有些事我阻止我们

A way of life that's too familiar 生活的一种方式，是再熟悉不过了

Like the lines are to the railroad 像线条的铁路

Lines are to the railroad 线的铁路

   

If only we could cross the river 如果我们能过河

We couldn't get a jump-start on life 我们不能让生活跳跃启动

The whispers across the Hudson 横跨哈德逊河的低语

Grow louder in our ears 生长在我们的耳边响

Louder in our ears 在我们的耳边大声

   

If only we could cross the river 如果我们能过河

But something is holding us back 可是，我在阻止我们

A way of life that's too familiar 生活的一种方式，是再熟悉不过了

Like the lines are to the railroad 像线条的铁路

Lines are to the railroad 线的铁路

Railroad track 铁轨