Remember when the days were long 还记得当日子久

And rolled beneath a deep blue sky 并推出下方的深蓝色的天空

Didn't have a care in the world 没有一个关心世界

With mother and daddy standin' by 与妈妈和爸爸站在由

But "happily ever after" fails 但是，“从此过上幸福”失败

And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales 我们已经被毒死了这些童话

The lawyer dwell on small details 律师纠缠于小细节

Since daddy had to fly 由于爸爸只好飞

   

But I know a place where we can go 但我知道一个地方，我们可以去

That's still untouched by men 这仍然被男人不变

We could sit and watch the clouds roll by 我们可以坐下来，看云卷，

And the tall grass wave in the wind 在风高草波

You can lay your head back on the ground 你可以把你的头回原地

And let your hair fall all around me 让你的头发落在我周围

Offer up your best defense 提供你最好的防御

But this is the end 但是，这是结束

This is the end of the innocence 这是纯真的结束

   

O'beautiful, for spacious skies Obeautiful ，在广阔的天空

But now those skies are threatening 但现在这些天很危险

They're beating plowshares into swords 他们击败了犁耙成剑

For this tired old man that's no longer king 对于这种老掉牙的男人不再是王

Armchair warriors often fail 纸上谈兵经常失败

And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales 我们已经被毒死了这些童话

The lawyers dwell on small details 律师纠缠于小细节

Since daddy had to fly. 由于爸爸只好飞。

   

But I know a place where we can go 但我知道一个地方，我们可以去

And was a away this sin 并且是离开这个罪恶

We'll sit and watch the clouds roll by 我们会坐下来，看云卷，

And the tall grass wave in the wind 在风高草波

Just lay your head back on the ground 只需把你的头回原地

And let your hair spill all around me 让你的头发全部泼洒在我身边

Offer up your best defense 提供你最好的防御

But this is the end 但是，这是结束

This is the end of the innocence 这是纯真的结束

   

Who knows how long this will last 谁知道多久，这将持续

Now we've come so far, so fast 现在，我们已经走了这么远，这么快

But, somewhere back there in the dust 但是，后面的某个地方有尘埃

That same small town in each of us 同样的小镇，我们每个人

I need to remember this 我需要记住这

So baby give me just one kiss 所以，宝贝给我一个吻

Come and take a long last look 来吧，需要很长的最后一眼

Before we say goodbye 在我们说再见

   

Just lay your head back on the ground 只需把你的头回原地

And let your hair fall all around me 让你的头发落在我周围

Offer up your best defense 提供你最好的防御

But this is the end 但是，这是结束

This is the end of the innocence 这是纯真的结束