We'll say a friend of mine, a fella I know real well, 我们会说，我的一个朋友，一个家伙，我知道真正的好，

came to me on Friday and he had a story to tell 来找我在周五和他有故事可讲

I've heard it a thousand times, but this one hits close to home 我听说一千倍，但是这一次打离家近

The woman who left him I've taken for my own 谁离开他的女人，我采取了我自己

   

Love leaves you no choice in the matter 爱让你在这个问题上没有选择

and there ain't a damn thing sadder than a man 并没有比人更难过一个该死的东西

in the throes of something real 在实实在在的阵痛

The woman that lays down beside you, 这规定了，你身边的女人，

she can't help or hide you 她不禁或隐藏

It don't matter how she wants to feel 这并不重要，她希望如何感受

   

So I bought him a round or two and gave him a talking to 于是我给他买了两回合，给了他一个说话，以

I said, "Boy, you can't let yourself get so far" 我说： “小子，你不能让自己那么远”

But you can't tell a man a thing when he's picking out diamond rings 但你不能告诉一个人的事情，当他的挑选钻戒

and you yourself don't know who you are 而你自己不知道你是谁

   

Love leaves you no choice in the matter 爱让你在这个问题上没有选择

and there ain't a damn thing sadder than a man 并没有比人更难过一个该死的东西

in the throes of something real 在实实在在的阵痛

The woman that lays down beside you, 这规定了，你身边的女人，

she can't help or hide you 她不禁或隐藏

It don't matter how she wants to feel 这并不重要，她希望如何感受

   

My hands, they used to be a young man's hands 我的手，他们曾经是一名年轻男子的手

but I worked 'em to the bone 但我的工作时间到骨头

When'd she even find the time to get to know another man? Whend她甚至找时间去了解另一个人？

"Leave me alone," he said, "leave me alone" “别烦我，”他说，“离我远点”

   

Love leaves you no choice in the matter 爱让你在这个问题上没有选择

and there ain't a damn thing sadder than a man 并没有比人更难过一个该死的东西

in the throes of something real 在实实在在的阵痛

The woman that lays down beside you, 这规定了，你身边的女人，

she can't help or hide you 她不禁或隐藏

It don't matter how she wants to feel 这并不重要，她希望如何感受