Remember when we got the news 请记住，当我们得到消息

Confirming our worst fears 证实了我们最坏的恐惧

I said he wouldn’t make it six months 我说他不会让6个月

And others gave him a year 和其他人给了他一年

 

And sure enough last Saturday 果然最后一个星期六

We paid our last respects 我们付出了最后的敬意

He left us here still in this life 他离开了我们这里还在这个生活

And he’s gone on to the next 而且他转眼就到了下一个

 

I’d never seen him wear a tie 我从来没有见过他打领带

But he looked so natural, almost lifelike 但他看上去是那么的自然，几乎可以乱真

The preacher spoke, his mother cried 牧师布道，他的母亲哭了

When he said “Son, you may now kiss the bride” 当他说： “儿子，你现在可以亲吻新娘了”

 

Everyone cheered, I thought how odd 大家欢呼雀跃，我想怎么奇怪

I didn’t understand 我不明白

Why with champagne and cake we celebrate 为什么香槟和蛋糕庆祝

The death of a single man 单人的死亡

 

So many flowers, he was so loved 这么多的花，他是如此爱

Prior to the bride 在此之前的新娘

As a matter of fact 事实上

The maid of honor should be disqualified 伴娘应该被取消资格

 

To all his friends, it’s a wake-up call 以他所有的朋友，这是一个警钟

If it happened to him 如果它发生在他身上

It can happen to us all 它可以发生在我们所有人

Nothing says it’s over man 没有说，这是对人

Like a bad 80’s cover band 像一个坏80年代盖乐队

How can we dance to My Sharona 我们如何跳舞我沙罗纳

At the death of a single man 在一个人死亡

 

He was so young 他还这么年轻

So full of dreams 充满梦想

Before the day he fell 前一天他倒下了

Now he’s gone on to a better place 现在他走了到一个更好的地方

Or possibly to hell 或可能是地狱

 

Now here we are, seems so unfair 现在，我们在这里，似乎太不公平

It’s poker night and there’s one empty chair 这是扑克之夜，并有一空椅子

So many things we’re gonna miss 所以，很多事情，我们会想念

His happy smile and that great laugh of his 他开心的笑容和那大笑声他

 

I think of him in the afterwife, life 我觉得他在afterwife ，生活

I guess all good things must end 我想所有的好东西必须结束

So with Jack and Coke, we’ll make a toast 因此，与杰克和可乐，我们将敬酒

To the death of a single man 以单人死亡