Folks call me a maverick 人们说我是特立独行

Guess I ain't too diplomatic 猜猜我是不是太外交

I just never been the kind to go along 我从来就不是那种附和

Just avoidin' confrontation 只是avoidin “对峙

For the sake of conformation 为了构象的

   

And I'll admit I tend to sing a different song 我得承认我倾向于唱不同的歌曲

But sometimes you just can't be afraid 但有时你就不能害怕

To wear a different hat 戴不同的帽子

If Columbus had complied 如果哥伦布一直遵守

This old world might still be flat 这旧世界的可能仍然是平的

   

Nothin' ventured, nothin' gained 没什么冒险，什么也没得到

Sometimes you've got to go against the grain 有时候，你必须反其道而行

   

Well, I have been accused 好吧，我被控告

Of makin' my own rules 金我自己的规则

There must be rebel blood 必须有血统叛乱

Just a-runnin' through my veins 只是，飞奔穿过我的血管

But I ain't no hypocrite 但我也不是没有伪君子

   

What you see is what you get 你所看到的就是你得到的

And that's the only way I know 这就是我所知道的唯一途径

To play the game 玩游戏

Old Noah took much ridicule 老诺阿抢了许多调侃

For building his great ark 建立了巨大的方舟

But after forty days and forty nights 但经过四十天四十夜

He was lookin' pretty smart 他看着很聪明

   

Sometimes it's best to brave the wind and rain 有时候，最好的勇敢风雨

By havin' strength to go against the grain 通过就吃实力反其道而行

   

Well, there's more folks than a few 嗯，有超过数更多的人

Who share my point of view 谁分享我的观点

But they're worried 但是他们很担心

If they're gonna sink or swim 如果他们会下沉或游泳

They'd like to buck the system 他们想逆势系统

But the deck is tacked against ?em 但甲板上涨对？ EM

   

And they're a little scared 而且他们有点害怕

To go out on a limb 走出去的肢体

But if you're gonna leave your mark 但是，如果你要留下你的印记

You can't follow like a bunch of sheep 你就不能按照像一群绵羊

You got to listen to your heart 你得听你的心脏

   

Go bustin' in like old John Wayne 像老约翰·韦恩去认真过

Sometimes you got to go against the grain 有时候，你得反其道而行

Nothin' ventured, nothin' gained 没什么冒险，什么也没得到

Sometimes you've got to go against the grain 有时候，你必须反其道而行